ALL clubs require:
A Club Safeguarding Officer (CSO) or Welfare officer.
Ideally this person should not be a club chair or a coach. This person should be assigned the role on ENgage. CSO's need a minimum Social/Supporting membership.
A Club Safeguarding Policy
Examples, guidance and templates for creating a CLub Safeguarding Policy can be found here:
Safeguarding Policies and Documents
L2 coaches, the club safeguarding officer and other people involved in regular contact with children or adults at risk should have the relevant training.
For more information about the relevant training for club members, please visit:
Training and Education
Coaches and anyone having regular contact with children and adults at risk should have an up-to-date enhanced DBS check via England Netball. If your club has under 18 members the Club Safeguarding Officer must have a DBS check carried out via England Netball. We don’t accept DBS certificates via work or other volunteer roles.
For more information about England Netball’s DBS policy, please visit:
DBS Information
The Club Safeguarding Officer should ensure their details are publicly available and shared with players, parents, volunteers and coaches.
The Club Safeguarding Officer should keep an up-to-date record of the training and DBS checks mentioned above and ensure people renew these every 3 years
Useful pages to assess your club’s safeguarding effectiveness (CPSU) Self-Evaluation of Club Culture (Ann Craft Trust) Information on age bands, including young players ‘playing-up’ into adult teams Connect with your local Sport Welfare Officer (Active Partnerships) |
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The best clubs ensure parents know how to support their children and keep them safe. They also communicate regularly with parents and carers about safeguarding matters. Some ideas here on how to do this. Encouraging Parents to be Part of the Team – UK Coaching and Communicating with Parents – UK Coaching.(Link 404 error) Parents are encouraged to ask questions and to contribute ideas to the club. The club should have clear expectations of parents’ behaviour towards players and coaches during matches.
The following page has advice for parents involved in netball. England Netball | I’m a netball Parent or Carer(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence) |
Safeguarding should be a subject that children, young people and adults at risk are familiar with in your club – not just who the Safeguarding Officer is, but where to find out more information. Young people and adults at risk should be consulted with and listened to. You could consider regularly seeking feedback via meetings, 1:1 chats or surveys about how the club is run, opinions on the coaching style etc. See here for more ideas: Players should be encouraged to ask questions and to contribute ideas to the club. The club should have clear expectations of players’ behaviour. The following pages have advice for Young People(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence), and for Adults at Risk(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence) |
Coaches are there to facilitate sessions that are fun and involve everyone, as well as improve technique and performance. Clubs, volunteers, parents and players should look out for coach practices that fall below what is expected, develop into poor practice or present safeguarding issues. Coaches should involve players and parents/carers; encouraging them to ask questions, to support the coach and the players and to get involved. The following page has advice for coaches: England Netball | I’m a netball Coach(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence) If your club uses an external Strength and Conditioning or other coach the club should check they are DBS checked and suitably qualified |
Responding to a Child’s Disclosure of Abuse | NSPCC
To raise a concern with the England Netball Safeguarding Team, please visit this page: |
To raise a safeguarding concern, please visit this page:
I want to report a Safeguarding Concern