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Safeguarding for adults

What is safeguarding?

All organisations that work with or come into contact with children or vulnerable adults should have safeguarding polices and procedures to ensure that every child or adult, regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity, can be protected from harm. This includes voluntary and community organisations, faith groups, private sector providers, as well as schools, hospitals and sports clubs.

Do we need safeguarding in ice skating?

Safeguarding is needed in everyday walks of life and in all sports, including ice skating. Safeguarding in sport is important to make sure that children and adults alike have a safe and positive experience. This, in turn, will help people to keep skating and enjoy sport throughout their lives.

Children and young people are the foundations and future of sport, the next generation of club competitors, officials and administrators. They are potentially the sport stars or Olympic medallists of the future.

Children and young people face risks in all aspects of their life – and sport is no different.

So whatever your role in sport, as a parent, coach, volunteer or young person, you should be familiar with our clubs or NISA's  safeguarding policies and procedures. In particular, you should know how to respond to concerns around abuse or poor practice.

Benefits of having safeguards in place

Having the right safeguards in place will help the club to:

  • respond appropriately, with the knowledge and confidence to recruit people working with children responsibly, manage bullying and harassment, report concerns and much more

  • protect WISC's reputation and help NISA make the sport attractive to sponsors

  • keep sport safe and fun for children and young people

What does BIS Expect from the club and you?

  • All BIS (NISA) affiliates and members will:

  • accept the moral and legal responsibility to implement procedures to provide a duty of care for young people and vulnerable adults, safeguard their wellbeing and protect them from harm;

  • respect and promote the rights, wishes and feelings of young people and vulnerable adults

  • recognise that some young people and vulnerable adults face additional barriers to getting help because of increased vulnerabilities which could include their ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, social background or culture

  • ensure they adopt best practice to safeguard and protect young people and vulnerable adults from abuse and to reduce the likelihood of allegations being made against themselves

  • accept and abide by the Safeguarding Policy and Procedures and the NISA Code of Ethics and Conduct as well as all other policies, procedures and guidance respond appropriately to any complaints about poor practice or allegations of abuse. 

What do I do if I am concerned or someone tells me something that makes me feel concerned? 
External information about Safeguarding

BIS Safeguarding information

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NSPCC

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Children 1st

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Children protection in sport

Club Welfare Officers

David Johns

Lead

David is one of our Club Welfare Officer. The safeguarding officers have the responsibility for ensuring Widnes Ice Skating Club's safeguarding policy is followed and adhered to. David will always be looking out for all of our club members.

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 If you need to speak to David over any concerns you have or have seen please use the provided email address below. None of the other committee members, rinks staff or coaches will see this information.  All disclosures are dealt with by the Club Welfare officer.

Sue Miller

Supporting

Sue is one of our Welfare Officers at the club. As a club, we aim to have at least one of the Club Welfare Officers present at all of our events. Any disclosures are dealt with by David or Sue. We have to have two Club Welfare Officers in case they are required to deal with a disclosure which could be relating to one of them. This means one will take Lead over the other.

If you need to speak to Sue over any concerns you have, or have seen please use the provided email address below. None of the other committee members, rinks staff or coaches will see this information.  All disclosures are dealt with by the Club Welfare Officer and BIS.

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