Northumberland Sport Policy Summary
The following articles are useful bite size advice and guidance information taken from Northumberland Sport's Child Protection Policies & Procedures for convenience.
For more information about child protection that is not listed in this section, please download our full policy document.
Concerns about Poor Practice and Possible Abuse | |
 | What you should do?If a young person discloses, indicates or complains that he or she is being abused (by an adult or another child) or other information is obtained which raises concerns about ... read more... |
Sharing Confidential Information | |
 | Handling Sensitive InformationIn all cases information should be shared on a need to know basis and within the identified reporting procedures. Staff reporting information should restrict the ... read more... |
Ensuring the welfare of Disabled Children & Vulnerable Adults | |
 | Some disabled children and adults are mentally or physically more vulnerable than others leaving them more open to exploitation and abuse. They may also find it more difficult to recognise and ... read more... |
Ensuring the welfare of children from minority ethinc groups | |
 | Northumberland Sport operates an inclusive approach to the provision of sports opportunities including policies and procedures for the welfare and safety of children in sport. Consistent with ... read more... |
Bullying | |
 | Northumberland Sport condemns bullying in any form. Any adult or child found to be contravening the rights of another individual (child or adult) or group through behaviour perceived as bullying ... read more... |
Developing the Workforce in Northumberland | |
 | Northumberland Sport is passionate about the many benefits sport can deliver especially for children and young people. We believe that these benefits which increase through sustained involvement ... read more... |
Codes of Conduct & Behaviour within Sport | |
 | Northumberland Sport believes it is imperative that everyone operates within agreed ethical standards and demonstrates high standards of behaviour and practice. This means that codes of conduct ... read more... |
Duty of care and promoting good practice | |
 | What does Duty of Care Mean?Duty of care means that a sports body needs to take such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that individuals will be safe to participate in an ... read more... |
Guidance on Phyiscal Contact | |
 | Physical Contact within Sport Northumberland Sport advocates that physical contact between adults and young people involved in sport should be restricted to specific circumstances related to ... read more... |
Managing Challenging Behaviour in Sport | |
 | Staff/volunteers who deliver sports activities to children may, on occasions, be required to deal with a child’s challenging behaviour. Northumberland Sport have produced guidelines aimed to ... read more... |
Information about poor practice | |
 | In the event of complaints being made which alleges poor practice and contravenes the codes of conduct an investigation of the complaint will be made which employs the complaints procedure. This ... read more... |
Guidelines for Use of Photographic/Video Recording Equipment | |
 | There is evidence that some people have used sporting activities including events as an opportunity to take inappropriate photographs or film footage of young and disabled sportspeople in ... read more... |
Guidelines for transporting children | |
It is the responsibility of the Northumberland Sport office to arrange transport to all events organised by Northumberland Sport. In the event of activities being organised by a partner of ... read more... | |
Feedback Welcomed
We welcome feedback on all sections of the Northumberland Sport website. However, if you would like to provide feedback particularly on the Northumberland Sport Child Protection Policies and Procedures and the Safe in Sport pages, contact the Lead Child Protection Officer.
