Every year, millions of young people, coaches, officials and other volunteers derive fun, satisfaction and achieve personal development from belonging to a badminton club. There are increasing pressures on peoples time and growing demands for quality as well as greater need for everybody to be more aware of safety and child protection issues.
It is the duty of every club, regardless of whether they provide for juniors or not, to give serious consideration as to how it conducts activities and to take all reasonable steps to ensure that participants, visitors and volunteers can enjoy badminton in a safe environment. That obligation is particularly important with regard to the safety and welfare of young badminton participants.
Duty of care and safeguarding and protecting children is a key element of Club Future. BADMINTON England has rules, policies and procedures relating to the safety and best practice, namely the Safeguarding and Protecting Young People Policy and Guidelines. Clubs must familiarise themselves with the BADMINTON England safety measures and adhere to them.
In order to encourage a positive approach to child protection within the club environment, it is also recommended that coaches and other club volunteers attend training. The following training programme is recommended for club personnel:
Safeguarding and protecting children courses run by sports coach UK
