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NSPCC - Safeguarding children and young people in sports.
Information about swimmer welfare and safeguarding
The Welfare Team provides a first point of contact for children, parents and adults within the club who have a child safeguarding or welfare concern. Crawley Swimming Club (CSC) is committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for everyone. If you have a concern about the welfare of any child (or adult) or the behaviour of an adult towards any child, you should contact the Welfare Team. We are SwimMark accredited which includes compliance to Wavepower the aim of which is to safeguard all children in line with current legislation, regulations and guidance and is for use within any Swim England (SE) affiliated organisation where children are present.
All of the Clubs coaches and volunteers that work directly with children are DBS checked and have taken part and completed mandatory safeguarding training which has to be refreshed every 3 years. The Club has to document this to be able to achieve the SwimMark accreditation.
If you wish to report a welfare or safeguarding concern you can do so by completing this online form, the form will be send directly to the CSC Welfare Team.
Once you contact our team they will respond as soon as they can, please note they are volunteers. All concerns will be treated confidentially and appropriate action will be taken following Club, Swim England or government organisation guidelines, as appropriate.
You can also contact the welfare team directly via the the Club welfare email address - [email protected]
If you are in doubt whether you should share something don’t hesitate to get in contact with us, the club has a number of volunteers who are very experienced in welfare & safeguarding and would be happy to advise you. The smallest detail could make all the difference, it is always better to be safe than sorry.
CSC is a large club with well over a 200 swimmers under 18, hence why we have a Welfare Team. The team all have experience in welfare and safeguarding matters in their everyday lives. The current team are below, if you are interested in joining the team please email us to find out more on the welfare email.
Additionally Chris Hobbs - Sussex County Welfare Lead can be contacted on
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How to Report a Welfare Concern
The use of mobile phones and devices capable of taking pictures is not allowed in the changing rooms, they should not be visible when walking in, out or through the changing rooms, this is to keep everyone safe. To find out more about this refer to Wavepower, SE Safeguarding guide.
Swim England have provided this video with advice regarding mobile phone use, click to watch
If you witness or are the victim of inappropriate mobile phone use in the changing rooms (or anywhere) if possible please inform an adult member of the club who is working/volunteering at the time as soon as you can. If this is not possible inform the duty manger at the leisure centre and follow up by reporting to the welfare team via the online form.
How to report a Welfare concern
NSPCC - Safeguarding children & young people in sport
The NSPCC have a collection of videos covering a variety of topics regarding sport, ranging from parents in sport to safeguarding topics, the collection of videos can be found here
One particularly good video is the My No.1 Fan video, it covers the importance of being a supportive parent and celebrating your children’s participation in sport, not just the wins. Watch here.
There are lots more resources on the NSPCC website
If you need help or advice you can call the following numbers:
Help for adults concerned about a child - Call 0808 800 5000
Help for children and young people - Call Childline on 0800 1111
How to report a Welfare Concern
There are numerous resources available to support swimmers, parents/carers and the Club, please click the links to find out more:
Wavepower – SE Safeguarding document
How to report a welfare concern
Menstrual Cycle and Swimming at CSC
Diabeties and Competitive Swimming
Low Energy Availabilty Guidance
Neurodivergent Athletes at Crawley SC
For further information on health and wellbeing from Swim England , please click here
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