CHILD SAFEGUARDING POLICY
Bapchild Cricket Club – Safeguarding Policy
Bapchild Cricket Club (The Club) is committed to ensuring all Children (i.e. all person under the age of 18) participating in cricket have a safe and positive experience.
We will do this by:
- Recognising all children participating in cricket (regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability or disability) have the right to have fun and be protected from harm in a safe environment.
- Ensuring individuals working within cricket at, or for, our club provide a welcoming, safe and fun experience for children.
- Adopting and implementing the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) “Safe Hands – Cricket Policy for Safeguarding Children”
- Appointing a Club Safeguarding Officer and ensuring they attend training modules required by the ECB.
- Ensuring all people who work in cricket at, or for, our club (such as officials, volunteers, team managers, coaches and so on) understand how the “Safe Hands Policy” applies to them,
- Ensuring all individuals working within cricket at, or for, the club are recruited and appointed in accordance with ECB guidelines and relevant legislation.
- Ensuring all individuals working within cricket at, or for, the club are provided with support through education and training, so they are aware of, and can adhere to, good practice and Code of Conduct guideline defined by the ECB and the club.
- Ensuring the name and contact details of the Club Safeguarding Officer and Deputy Club Safeguarding Officer is available
- As the first point of contact for parents, children and volunteers/members within the club.
- As a local source of procedural advice for the club, its committee and members
- As the main point of contact within the club for the ECB Kent County Safeguarding Officer and the ECB Safeguarding Team, and
- As the main point of contact within the club for relevant external agencies in connection with child safeguarding.
Ensuring correct and comprehensive reporting procedures exist for raising and managing child safeguarding concerns.
- Providing an environment where the views of children, parents and volunteers are sought and welcomed on a range of issues. This will help us create an environment where people have the opportunity to voice any concerns (about possible suspected child abuse/neglect, and/or about poor practice to the Club Safeguarding Officer(s)
- Ensuring all suspicions, concerns and allegations are take seriously and dealt with swiftly and appropriately
- Ensuring access to confidential information relating to a child safeguarding matters is restricted to those who need to know in order to safeguard children – including the Club Safeguarding Officers and the appropriate external authorities, such as the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), as specified within ECB child safeguarding procedures.
Club Safeguarding Officer – Mel Hawkes
Email: meljhawkes@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: 07875047714
Deputy Safeguarding Officer – James Sutton
Email: suttonjames111649@gmail.com
Tel: 07789957685
If for any reason you cannot, or do not wish to report the matter to your Club Safeguarding Officer or Assistant Safeguarding Officer, you should refer to the KCB County Welfare Officer.
Kent County Safeguarding Officer – Bridget Owen
email: bridget.owen@kentcricket.co.uk
Tel: 07807 026247
If you cannot, or do not wish to, report the information to any of the above, then please contact the ECB Safeguarding Team
ECB Safeguarding Team
email: safeguarding@ecb.co.uk
Tel: 020 7432 1200.
Date completed – 6th July 2020
Reviewed – 13th February 2023
Completed – Mel Hawkes/Club Safeguarding Officer