Date and Time: Wednesday 6 November, 6:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Online
A new online forum to support sports clubs and groups in the East Midlands has just been launched!
The East Midlands Sports Welfare Forum, hosted on Facebook, is a space for Club Welfare and Safeguarding Officers, coaches, committee members and anyone volunteering or working in sports or physical activity clubs to come together to learn and share best practice.
The group includes:
- Local training opportunities
- Knowledge, information and updates on safeguarding and welfare topics
- Resources and templates
- Questions and discussion forum
- Sharing of best practice and ideas
- Live events and webinars.
To introduce the East Midlands Sports Welfare Forum and what is planned going forward, there will be a live webinar taking place on Wednesday 6 November at 6:30pm - 7:30pm. Find out more - join the East Midlands Sports Welfare Forum here.
A new network of Sport Welfare Officers has been recruited by Active Partnerships and funded by Sport England. These Sport Welfare Officers are working with National Governing Bodies and key partners to develop a new local approach to assisting and supporting club welfare officers, to create safer club environments and improved experiences for young people and adults. The aim of the network is to increase welfare capacity and expertise at a local and national level and share best practice to help prevent concerns, making sport safe for everyone.
Franky Boyland is the Sport Welfare Officer for Derby & Derbyshire and is based with Active Derbyshire. To find out more about Franky's work and how she can support you, visit: https://makingourmove.org.uk/about/safeguarding/sport-welfare-support/ or get in touch with franky.boyland@activepartnerstrust.org.uk