Online Safety for sport

Episode 7,   May 18, 2020, 02:09 PM

Dive into the unique safeguarding challenges faced by sports clubs and organisations during the COVID-19 era and explore the vital topic of ensuring safety of children and young people in sport, especially in the context of virtual activities.

With the world moving online more and more, COVID was an excellent learning curve for understanding and shifting sport safeguarding policies to suit the virtual realm.

Discover strategies, safeguarding policies and insights on how to create a secure online environment for young athletes.

Liza Ware, one of our CPSU Senior Consultants, is joined by our wider NSPCC colleagues to talk about the online shift and how safeguarding procedures are still met.
 
In this episode we cover: 

  • the NSPCC online safety team's ethos and goals
  • the ever-changing nature of technology and apps
  • safeguarding considerations for online platforms
  • safer recruitment 
  • the importance of an online social media policy for all clubs and organisations
  • understanding how to use a social media platform safely
  • getting young people to understand what online abuse is 
  • the do's and don'ts of clubs tagging members in social media

Featuring:
Liza Ware – CPSU Senior Consultant
Laura Randall – NSPCC Head of Strategy (online safety lead)
Helen Westerman – NSPCC Service Head for Local Campaigns (NSPCC/O2 online safety lead)

Resources:

Transcript

Visit the CPSU website for a transcript of this podcast and links to further information on this topic.
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