Safeguarding

The health, safety and well-being of every swimmer is our main concern; our aim is that swimmers will enjoy their time with us. Safeguarding our swimmers is everybody’s responsibility and we want to work in partnership with you to help all swimmers to achieve their full potential. 

To promote a safe environment for swimmers, our selection and recruitment policy follows guidelines set down by Swim England. It includes checks on Coaches', Team Managers' and other volunteers’ suitability including Criminal Records Bureau and reference checks. We provide our volunteers with safeguarding training as recommended by Swim England and provided by UK Sport.

Our designated Welfare Officer, is responsible for all safeguarding matters within the club and you can contact details below. 

A copy of our Child Protection Policy can be found on this link Safeguarding Policy Statement. 

If you have any concerns our issues realting to safeguarding you can contact our Welfare Officer at [email protected]

We have adopted the Swim England safeguarding policies and procedures as laid out in the Wavepower Documentation. This is the framework we will follow in any safeguarding matters. To see more about Wavepower and Swim England's safeguarding procedures and policies please follow the link on the image below.

In the forst instance, if a child or adult has a concern regarding child safety, please make contact with our Welfare Officer - [email protected] (Rob Kenney).

If after this initial contact there needs to be a report raised to Reporting a Child Welfare Management Concern, please follow this procedure - https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/child-welfare-complaints-procedure/

You Tube Video "My Magic Sports Kit - NSPCC" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgi1ole4BB0

This video shows several children involved in different sports describing how the behaviour of parents/spectators deteriorates when they wear their 'magic sports kit' -- i.e. when they compete. They talk about a range of bad adult behaviours and how these negatively impact on them. They then describe and promote positive behaviour.