1.8 Explaining to others why safeguarding is important

Part of your job will be to help other people understand that everyone is responsible for safeguarding in sport. Knowing what motivates different groups can help us explain safeguarding in a way that is relevant to them and increase the chances of them engaging with the process.

Activity: Identify stakeholders’ motivations and the benefits of safeguarding

Look at the example tiles below. One tile is a Stakeholder Group, one tile is the Motivation, and one tile is the Benefits of Safeguarding.

These three example tiles all match up. The junior athlete wants to have fun and if they like the club they will stay there. By selecting the three tiles correctly, the tiles disappear.

Follow these instruction to play the interactive

  1. Look at the tiles for Stakeholder Group. Choose one of the tiles and select it.

  2. Then look at the tiles for Motivation and select the correct one to match your chosen Stakeholder Group tile.

  3. Finally, look at the tiles for Benefits of Safeguarding. Select the correct one to match your chosen Stakeholder Group and Motivation tiles.

  4. If you get all three tiles correctly matched, the tiles will disappear. Repeat for the remaining tiles until they have all gone.

Select Next to start the interactive

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Now you have reflected on how you can engage others, let’s think about the different ways you can influence people.

1.7 Who can help me in my role?

1.9 Different ways to influence others