Useful Contacts and Resources
Children First – Safeguarding in Sport
0141 419 1156
Children First Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport | Children First
Sportscotland
0141 534 6500
Safeguarding in sport - sportscotland the national agency for sport in Scotland
Disclosure Scotland
0300 020 0040
Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme - mygov.scot
Children First – Support Line / Parentline Scotland
08000 28 22 33
Children First Support line | Children First
NSPCC
0808 800 5000
NSPCC | The UK children's charity
Childline
0800 1111
Childline | Free counselling service for kids and young people
RespctMe (anti-bullying)
respectme | Scotland’s anti-bullying service
Samaritans
116 123
Samaritans | Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen
Details of organisations that support safeguarding and wellbeing of Protected and Vulnerable Adults is available on sportscotland's website here Protected and vulnerable adults - sportscotland the national agency for sport in Scotland
RESOURCES
Children First
Children First, Scotland’s national children’s charity, has developed a range of information and advice to help support Clubs and everyone involved in sport, to help keep sport as safe as possible for children and young people. Please visit their website and take a look here Children First Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport | Children First
There is also a poster and leaflet that you may want to use at you Club available on the links below :
00792-stay-safe-have-fun-a3-poster_2021.pdf
00792-staysafehavefun-2022.pdf
Detailed guidance on both managing and responding to concerns in a sporting environment is available from Children First. In particular the information outlined in the Responding to Concerns document is particularly useful cwps_respond-to-a-concern__17321.docx
Sportscotland
A range of safeguarding information is available on sportscotland's website here Safeguarding in sport - sportscotland the national agency for sport in Scotland
Sportscotland have also prepared useful video’s and links to further information to help outline the role of the Parents, Clubs and WPO’s with ensuring safeguarding in sport – this can be found here Parent and club resources - sportscotland the national agency for sport in Scotland
Emergency Contact Information can be found here