SASSOT CSP achieves Safeguarding Children Award |
Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent is proud to have been awarded the Intermediate Level of the Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport Award.
The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) introduced the National Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport in 2003 with the purpose of improving safeguarding in sport.
The Standards make it possible for the CPSU to quality assure the child protection policies and procedures for all the County Sports Partnerships and National Governing Bodies (NGB i.e. the Football Association) of Sport accessing funding from Sport England. Working towards and achieving the Standards is and will continue to be a condition for accessing lottery funding from Sport England for Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The award provides recognition of the Partnership’s commitment to help to create a safe sporting environment for children. The continuing work also enables sports professionals to obtain the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of young people.
The Partnership received a letter of congratulation from Mary Marsh, Director of the NSPCC and from Jennie Price, Chief Executive of Sport England upon achievement of the Standard. Steve Boocock, Director of the Child Protection in Sport Unit commented that “the panel described the portfolio as one that demonstrates the commitment to safeguarding and child protection. The policies and procedures offer comprehensive advice to staff and coaches and responsibilities are well defined.”
Pictured with the Standard are (l-to-r) Ben Hollands, SASSOT Workforce Development Officer, Cllr Maureen Compton and Andy Weston Safeguarding & Child Protection Champions, SASSOT Executive Board.
For further information on Safeguarding Children in Sport please contact: Ben Hollands Alternatively you can visit the web pages by clicking here |
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