Menai Track and Field - Child Safeguarding Policy
Policy Objectives
This policy and related documents apply to the Home Country Athletics Federations or Governing Bodies { in respect of Menai Track and Field this is Welsh Athletics {WA}} and UK Athletics {UKA}.
The purpose of the policy is to:
- Keep children and young people safe by valuing , listening to and respecting.
- Promote wellbeing of children by providing opportunities to take place in athletics safe.
- Put in place policies and procedures to promote the wellbeing and protection of children.
- Ensure coaches and volunteers prioritise the safety of children who take part in the club activities.
Policy Statement:
All children and young people have the right to be cared for, protected from harm and abuse, and to participate in a sporting environment which is safe, and in which their rights are respected, and their needs met. Children and young people should get the help they need, when they need it, and their safety is paramount. This Policy is written in conjunction with the relevant government policies and legislation regulating the protection
of children and young people in the four Home Countries, and we will work to the agreed policies of Welsh Athletics and UKA to ensure best practice is implemented and maintained. This policy sits in a governance framework alongside the Adult Safeguarding Policy for the club
Application of this Policy:
Safeguarding and protecting children is everyone’s responsibility within our club, not just the obligation of a few. We as a club will take appropriate action against anyone who is suspected of a breach of this Policy, or of the associated codes of conduct, licence terms and conditions, and relevant disciplinary regulations.
Definition of a child: “For the purposes of this policy a child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.”
If you have an immediate and serious concern about the safety or health of a child, contact the emergency services on 999.
Key Principles of this Policy:
- The welfare of children is the primary concern
- The protection and wellbeing of all children in our care is everyone’s responsibility
- A child, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, socioeconomic status, religious belief and/or sexual identity have the right to protection from all forms of harm and abuse
- A child has the right to express views on all matters that affect them, should they wish to do so.
- A child’s rights, and opinions should be respected and promoted.
- The best way to promote the wellbeing, health and development of a child is to work in partnership with the child, parents/carers and other relevant organisations.
Implementation of this Policy:
- Promote the health and wellbeing of children through the provision of opportunities to take part in athletics safely.
- Put in place procedures to promote the wellbeing and protection of children
- Seek to prevent and address bullying through the development and implementation of effective anti-bullying policies and practices, under duty to care auspices.
- Appoint Club Welfare Officers
- Recruit, train and support our volunteers and coaches to prioritise and safeguard the wellbeing of children who take part in our activities and protect them from harm.
- Require clubs, volunteers and coaches to adopt and abide by this safeguarding policy and related procedures including the codes of conduct for working with children.
- Respect the rights of all children to express views on any matter which affect them, should they wish to do.
- Respond to any child wellbeing or protection concerns in line with this policy and related procedures
- Regularly monitor, review, and evaluate the implementation of this policy and related procedures
- Yearly review of this policy.
As a club affiliated to Welsh Athletics it is mandated that their Policies are adopted. Therefore as such the Home
Federation Policy for Welsh Athletics for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Athletics Policy and Procedures is
Appendaged to this document
