1.7 Who can help me in my role?

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A female safeguarding lead in the centre is surrounded by four other individuals involved in sport, each enclosed in a speech bubble, showcasing diversity and communication. The female safeguarding lead is positioned in a thoughtful pose.

Your work as a Safeguarding Lead will be greatly helped if you have a team of people in your organisation who understand and champion safeguarding, and external experts who you can call on for advice and support.

Activity: Identify the external support a Safeguarding Lead can access

Here are some examples of the type of advice that external organisations might be able to offer you – identify whether external safeguarding experts could provide valuable advice about the subjects listed below by choosing ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in the dropdown menu.

Could external organisations offer valuable advice about each one of the following statements?

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There are many tasks that external experts can support you with. It is important that you identify and form working relationships with them.

You can connect with Safeguarding Leads at other sports organisations, or your International Federation, National or Member Federation, National Olympic Committee or Commonwealth Games Association.

Other sectors can really help you too. For example, government departments or non-government organisations (NGOs) that have a responsibility for promoting safeguarding and child protection in your country.

People like police officers, social workers or teachers may all have great insight that can help you in your role.

1.6 Other important Safeguarding Lead qualities in action

1.8 Explaining to others why safeguarding is important