Introduction
Welcome to Effective Safeguarding.
This course has been specifically designed for anyone who has responsibility for leading safeguarding in an organisation. In the course we refer to people in this role as the ‘Safeguarding Lead’, irrespective of whether you have the term safeguarding in your job title.
Throughout this course we refer to ‘athletes’. This is a broad term referring to anyone taking part in any sport (including, for example, those taking part in golf, netball, rugby and tennis who are commonly called players).
We will also use the term ‘sports organisation’. This refers to any type of organisation delivering sporting activities, or responsible for governance in sport. The organisation may be local, national, or international, provide a range of different sporting activities, or focus on just one type of sport.
We hope you find the course interesting.
Your welfare
During this course, you will be asked to think about different types of abuse that children and adults can experience. You may have your own lived experience of abuse and may find some of the content in this course difficult and upsetting.
Please make yourself aware of the
Trigger warning
Whenever there is particularly sensitive content, you will see this symbol.
This acts as a trigger warning: a warning that the subject matter that follows contains content that is related to abuse in sport which some learners may find difficult or distressing.
In the box below, there are various download options. This is useful if you wish to study the course content offline for a period or you have issues with internet bandwidth or connection. There is a download box at the start of each session on this course.
