Safeguarding and Welfare

Swimming should be safe and fun for all swimmers. As a Swim England Affiliated Club, we follow Wavepower as our Safeguarding Policy, which you can find here.

It covers topics such as late collections from training and competitions, transporting of children, managing bullying among other safeguarding related topics. In relation to safeguarding in the changing rooms, Swim England also produced the film 'Keep it in your locker' to remind the swimmers about the no use of devices with a camera in changing rooms' environments.

Regarding Mental Health support for adults and young people, the National Safeguarding and Welfare Team suggests having a look at the Hub of Hope here. The Hub of Hope has all of the services available to a person in their area.

Swim England provides safeguarding resources for children to help them feel confident in asking for help, should they need it. Ask your club Welfare Officer for a copy or click the links below to download your own pdf leaflets here

Swim England provides safeguarding information for parents of club swimmers at the following link

Swim England is developing additional resources focused on Female Health. You can find information on the menstrual cycle for aquatic participants here and additional information here. Nutrition considerations for the female athlete's can be found here.

How to raise a concern

Your COSC welfare officers are always happy to listen and to help. The team are:

Su ([email protected])
Romina ([email protected])

The person that wants to raise a safeguarding related concern can talk to us at training sessions or email us.

Anyone can raise a concern. If you prefer to raise your concerns directly with the Swim England National Safeguarding and Welfare Team, please fill in the referral form here or call 01509 640 700 (Option 1 for Swim England and then Option 3 for Safeguarding).

If that is not possible, there are others who can help you by calling: