Welcome To South Yorkshire Sport

The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)

The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) is a partnership between the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Sport England, Sport Scotland, Sports Council for Northern Ireland and the Sports Council for Wales.

The Unit was founded in 2001 to co-ordinate and support sports organisations implementation of the 2000 National Action Plan for Child protection in Sport.

The CPSU’s mission is to build the capacity of sport to safeguard the welfare of children and young people in and through sport and to enable sports organisations to lead the way in keeping children safe from harm.

The CPSU aims to achieve this in a number of ways:

• Be the first point of contact for sports organisations about safeguarding and child protection issues
• Co-ordinate the production of child protection information and training for sports organisations
• Commission research into a range of issues relating to child protection in sport
• Develop and promote standards for safeguarding and protecting children in the sports sector

For further information visit their website www.thecpsu.org.uk

The Independent Safeguarding Authority

In its recent document ‘The Coalition: Our programme for government’, the Government set out its aim to ‘review the criminal records and vetting and barring regime and scale it back to common sense levels’.

In order to deliver this promise and carry out the remodelling, The Vetting and Barring Scheme is being halted.  The first phase of registration was due to commence on 26 July 2010.

Although the Scheme is halted whilst the Government undertakes its review, new safeguarding regulations introduced in October 2009 continue to apply. These include:

A person who is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults will be breaking the law if they work or volunteer, or try to work or volunteer with those groups.

An organisation which knowingly employs someone who is barred to work with those groups will also be breaking the law.

If your organisation works with children or vulnerable adults and you dismiss a member of staff or a volunteer because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or you would have done so if they had not left, you must tell the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

In October 2009, the right to ask for an enhanced CRB disclosure was extended to all those who employ or use volunteers in types of activity called ‘Regulated Activity’.  This right remains, and you should continue to carry out appropriate pre-recruitment checks, including CRB checks where appropriate or required by law.

The Independent Safeguarding Authority will continue to carry out its work as an independent decision making body as well as continuing to maintain the barred lists. They will also continue to accept referrals, full guidance on which is available here.

For further information, please contact the VBS contact centre on 0300 123 1111.

Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is dedicated to eradicating the sexual abuse of children. That means we are part of UK policing and very much about tracking and bringing offenders to account either directly or in partnership with local and international forces.  www.ceop.police.uk

www.thinkuknow.co.uk Find the latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it. If you look after young people there’s an area for you too – with resources you can use in the classroom, at home or just to get with it. Most importantly, there’s also a place which anyone can use to report if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone they are chatting to online. All the information is brought to you by the team at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre