Welfare and Safeguarding

Athletics is about running, jumping and throwing as fast, as high and as far as you can.

​Our Athletic Club aims to create an environment where everyone involved in athletics feels safe and secure to enable them to achieve their potential – to run, jump and throw, to coach, officiate or to support those who do.

Welfare covers a range of issues such as safeguarding and protecting children, anti-bullying, equity, poor practice in coaching and disciplinary and grievances matters.

​It encompasses policies and procedures to set out minimum standards of expectations, such as codes of conduct, procedures to follow for dealing with child protection concerns, other welfare issues or complaints, and to ensure that our Club meet their statutory responsibilities to safeguard and protect children.

All qualified coaches and coaching assistants are DBS checked and have completed England Athletics Safeguarding training.   All volunteers need to fill in a volunteer disclosure form which should be returned to the Welfare officers via the email address below.

If you need to contact us regarding any welfare or safeguarding issue, please speak to  Mandy or Ibi on a club night or use this email  

                        welfaresuttondistrictac@gmail.com

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Who We Are

Our Club Welfare Officers are:- ​​Ibi Blackburn, Wendy Shepard & Alex Starr

Our Policies and Documents

The Welfare Officer will:

•  Deal with confidential matters that may arise related to athletes and have an understanding and an appropriate way to such matters.
• Responsible for the promotion of codes of conduct to members, parents and young people.
• Receive, record and pass on to the NGB Child Protection officer, any concerns relating to the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults
• To provide advice on the development of activities for young people within the club/organisation.
• Support the registration of all personnel involved in activities for young people with the club/organisation (DBS checks).
• Recognise the difference between poor practice in according to club rules and matters that would be seen as welfare issue.