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Safeguarding and welfare is a priority for Swaffham Golf Club. We want to ensure that all players, visitors, staff, and volunteers understand what they need to do to create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
Government guidance makes it clear that ‘Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility’, and we all have a part to play. It is essential that every sector in the golfing community, including players, officials and club staff take safety of all seriously.
We should all be talking about safeguarding and contributing to meeting our overall duty of care.
Safeguarding Children and Young People
There are five main types of abuse:
Anyone who has a negative experience of golf at a young age is less likely to become a long-term participant. It is important for the future of the sport and every golf club that children and young people have an enjoyable experience of golf.
Safeguarding Adults
‘Safeguarding adults involves prevention, and creating a safe culture and environment, where people feel able to raise concerns and understand the process of how to go about it and who to go to.”
Types of harm:
SafeGolf
In 2018 England Golf launched a national standalone safeguarding accreditation called SafeGolf. SafeGolf is a partnership of UK bodies committed to promoting a safe and positive environment for all those participating, working and volunteering in the sport of golf.
The safeguarding standards of SafeGolf include the following:
We hold the SafeGolf accreditation.
This is not a child and young person welfare policy, it is a club welfare policy put in place for the protection of All members.
Click below to view the policies.
Sally Palmer – Club Welfare Officer
[Safeguarding Officer] https://clubv1clubdocuments.blob.core.windows.net/2293/662bb98c-ee49-4bf6-8ae5-c33f537baceb
[Safeguarding Adults Policy - Brief Policy]
https://clubv1clubdocuments.blob.core.windows.net/2293/b2d52074-dd87-4539-b3b8-ddfc15bb478a
[Safeguarding Children & Young Persons Policy]
https://clubv1clubdocuments.blob.core.windows.net/2293/b2d52074-dd87-4539-b3b8-ddfc15bb478a
Swaffham Golf Club Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy 2024