Making your club and activities safe for everyone.

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Sport providers have a legal duty of care (see 27 The law and sport) to protect the welfare of young people and to make sure they are not exposed to risk in any aspect of sports delivery.

This is best achieved through continually updating knowledge and skills for providing a safe and healthy environment.

Safety concerns for which advice, training and procedures (written where possible) should be in place include:

• facilities and equipment
• the environment (e.g. weather)
• the conduct of training and competition to prevent injury, illness, negative psychological effects and burnout
• infectious diseases
• medical conditions
• drugs (e.g. alcohol, tobacco)
• weight control
• dealing with emergencies

Note: The list of issues dealt with in this paper is not exhaustive. Organisations must do their own risk assessment to make sure they have covered all welfare-related issues.

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