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Welfare

Keeping Kids Safe

Kirklees Junior Hockey Club takes the issue of Child Protection seriously and has appointed a Child Protection Officer (Jillian Myall) to coordinate good practice and to provide coaches with information and training opportunities.  The junior section endorses the policies as produced by Sports Coach UK and the NSPCC that include:

  • Respecting the rights, dignity and worth of all children and to treat everyone with equality.
  • Placing the well-being and safety of the player above the development of performance.
  • Working with young people in a public and open environment.
  • Ensuring coaching activities are appropriate to the age, maturity and ability of the player.
  • Promoting the positive aspects of sport and never to condone rule violation, bad sportsmanship, or the use of prohibited substances.
  • Coaches maintaining a consistently high standard of personal behaviour.
  • Only criticising juniors in a constructive and friendly fashion.
  • Being aware of the needs, customs and cultural requirements of athletes with differing abilities or young people from different racial or religious backgrounds.

If parents or youngsters have any concerns, or wish for information on any of the issues raised above please contact Jillian Myall (Child Protection Officer) or any committee member/team manager.
A leaflet providing more detailed information is available on request.

We also ask that any parents wishing to use photographic equipment at training or events do so for their own personal use and will not publish or distribute pictures elsewhere, without first seeking permission from the club/parents.

Promoting Equal Opportunities

This club is committed to ensuring that equity is incorporated across all aspects of its development.  In doing so it acknowledges and adopts the following Sport England definition of sports equity:

Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them.  It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society.

The club respects the rights, dignity and worth of every person and will treat everyone equally within the context of their sport, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social/economic status.

The club is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy their sport in an environment free from threat of intimidation, harassment and abuse.

All club members have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.  The club will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to club disciplinary procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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