Golborne Cricket Club is committed to ensuring all Children participating in cricket have a safe and positive experience. Everyone is responsible for safeguarding.
Use this QR code to contact Golborne cricket club's safeguarding officer. You may use this form to provide any concern, compliment or feedback, alternatively you can email safegolborne@gmail.com
If you have immediate or serious concern regarding the welfare of a young person or vulnerable adult you must contact relevant emergency services by calling 999.
Wigan council's children's duty team can be contacted 24hours by calling 01942 828300.
Contacts
Sanjush Baby - Golborne Cricket Club safeguarding officer safegolborne@gmail.com
Mike Buckley - County Welfare Officer mbuckley@lancashirecricket.co.uk
ECB safeguarding team can be contacted directly, you can do this by calling 020 7432 1200 and asking for a member of the Safeguarding Team or by emailing safeguarding@ecb.co.uk
If there is an allegation is against a member of staff or volunteer, that person should not be informed of the concern until advice has been sought from the ECB Safeguarding Team. You can do this by calling 020 7432 1200 and asking for a member of the Safeguarding Team or by emailing safeguarding@ecb.co.uk
Safe Hands Policy statement
Golborne Cricket Club (GCC)– Safeguarding Policy Statement
Cricket is a game which unites communities and improves lives. The enjoyment, structure, fitness and companionship which cricket brings to children is of immense value to them in their formative years, and our aim must be to harness the power of the game for their benefit, and to inspire a generation.
We are very clear that cricket should be a game for everyone. Children and young people are also the future of our club and sport – so it’s vital that they experience cricket in a safe, friendly, secure and enjoyable environment. Everyone involved in cricket, as a player, coach, umpire, administrator, staff member, volunteer, spectator or parent has a role to play. Individually and collectively, it is our actions, both on and off the field which can help achieve this positive outcome. It is GCC’s vision that every individual and club should have the appropriate tools and confidence to create a supportive and safe environment in which children and young people can flourish. A welcoming, inclusive and diverse environment is at the heart of this commitment.
Golborne Cricket Club is committed to ensuring all Children (i.e all persons under the age of 18 ) participating in cricket have a safe and positive experience.
We do this by:
1) Putting things in place
2) Having the Right People in Place
3) What do you do if you have a concern?
4) Cricket Specific Guidance
1) Putting things in place
We recognising all children participating in cricket (regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability or disability) have the right to have fun and be protected from harm in a safe environment.
We ensure individuals working within cricket at, or for, our club provide a welcoming, safe, and fun experience for children.
We provide an environment where the views of children, parents and volunteers are sought and welcomed on a range of issues. This will help us create an environment where people have the opportunity to voice any concerns (about possible suspected child abuse/neglect, and/or about poor practice) to the Club Welfare Officer.
We Adopt and implement the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) “Safe Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children”
We ensure all individuals working within cricket at, or for, the club are recruited and appointed in accordance with ECB guidelines and relevant legislation.
2) Having the Right People in Place
Appointing a Club Welfare Officer and ensuring they attend training modules required by the ECB,
Our Club Welfare Officer’s details are below -
Name – Sanjush Baby
Email address – safegolborne@gmail.com
Club Welfare Officers Role
As the first point of contact for parents, children and volunteers/staff within the club - As a local source of procedural advice for the club, its committee and members.
As the main point of contact within the club for the ECB County Welfare Officer and the ECB Safeguarding Team,
As the main point of contact within the club for relevant external agencies in connection with child safeguarding. Ensuring correct and comprehensive reporting procedures exist for raising and managing child safeguarding concerns.
3) What do you do if you have a concern?
We ensure all suspicions, concerns and allegations are taken seriously and dealt with swiftly and appropriately.
We ensure access to confidential information relating to child safeguarding matters, is restricted to those who need to know, in order to safeguard children – including the Club Welfare Officer and the appropriate external authorities, such as the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), as specified within ECB child safeguarding procedures.
5) Cricket Specific Advice
We ensure all individuals working within cricket at, or for, the club are provided with support, through education and training, so they are aware of, and can adhere to, good practice and Code of Conduct guidelines defined by the ECB, and the club.
We ensure all people who work in cricket at, or for, our club (such as staff, officials, volunteers, team managers, coaches and so on) understand how the “Safe Hands Policy” applies to them
Date Completed – April 2023
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