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children, their role and responsibilities, can
contribute to preventing child abuse in sport
● Targeting coaches: Effort to mitigate child abuse
requires; training and education of coaches on ethics
in sport and acceptable training techniques, as well
as screening for potential offenders
● Developing policies; To protect children and youth,
policies concerning sport participation, training and
competition should recognize and prioritize the needs
and interests of the child and youth at all times
I would urge the IPF as a matter of urgency to
encourage all members’ federation to establish child
protection programmes.
Sport for Development and Peace - International
working group (SDP-IWG). Recommend
1) Any organization providing sport to young people
under the age of 18 should have a child protection
policy in place.
2) Screen all coaches and volunteers who have contact
with children and assess their suitability to work
with children and to complete a background criminal
record check.
3) There are well-publicized ways in which coaches and
volunteers can raise concerns, confidentially if
4) Necessary, about unacceptable behaviour by other
coaches or volunteers. These include external
contacts
5) A safeguarding plan and guidance should be in place
in relation to transporting children or Taking them
away on trips
6) Where there is direct responsibility for
running/providing activities, operating standards
should be set out to ensure children are adequately
supervised at all time,
7) My recommendation is that all coaches coaching
Sub-Juniors should have Criminal Records Bureau
(CRB) check carried out

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