Warwickshire Cricket Board

Safeguarding and Protecting Children

The England and Wales Cricket Board is firmly and enthusiastically committed to continuing to provide an environment that is safe, welcoming and friendly for children and for all people to enjoy the game of cricket.

Safeguarding in cricket is based upon providing an enjoyable environment that meets the needs and requirements of children.

A welcoming environment where children are asked for and are able to offer their views and opinions (for example, about the game, training sessions, or arrangements generally) is a safer environment, where children feel more able to share concerns, and everyone feels more able to challenge poor practice or behaviour.

The ECB Safeguarding webpage can be found here

See the links below to go to further detailed sub-sections:

• The ‘Safe Hands’ policy and procedures – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children
• Safeguarding Resources – policies, procedures, guidance documents and pro forma forms for use in your club and other settings: The Safeguarding kit bag
• DBS (Disclosure and Barring) checks and ECB vetting – essential for roles in cricket working with children
• Welfare Officers – information about why you need a Welfare officer and what the role involves

If you are an existing CSW / level 2 coach and need to renew your Safeguarding Young Cricketers certificate then they need to do this via your eLearning account. you will receive an email about 1 month before expiry encouraging you to complete the course again. SYC needs to be completed every 3 years. https://elearning.ecb.co.uk

If you are a NEW volunteer, working actively with children who have not completed the online course before or completed an old Level 1 / 2 (without eLearning) Please contact Alex Roslyn with a request for a course. [email protected]

When you sign up to a course you will receive an email from [email protected] (check you junk mail) which will provide you with a password to your own e-learning portal where you can complete the safeguarding young cricketers module online. This will stay in date for 3 years. At which point you will have to renew the certificate again.

For any other information please use the following link: https://www.ecb.co.uk/safeguarding/policy-and-procedures