Resources for parents
Parents play an important role in their children’s enjoyment, success and continued participation in sport. Positive parental involvement will support your child to get the most out of their participation.
If as a parent you have a concern – even a minor one please report this to the club’s Welfare officer or the nominated Welfare Officer for each event or training day. If you do not know who this is you can also contact Scottish Fencing’s Safeguarding Lead Officer.
The following documents are useful guides:
You may find the following video clip helpful in supporting your child;
https://thecpsu.org.uk/resource-library/2016/parents-in-sport-videos-for-parents/
Low Level Concerns
There is some historical evidence to suggest if people who had noticed poor behaviour or judgements had acted earlier organisations could have prevented more serious incidents of abuse. If you see or hear something which doesn’t feel right or isn’t what you would expect of a coach/adult/parent volunteer this could be a low level concern.
If there is something that is a “niggle” you can discuss these with your club’s Welfare Officer. It could be that retraining will improve poor practice or even highlighting something may bring about a necessary change in behaviour.
By creating a culture in a club which listens and responds to all concerns hopefully this will prevent poor practice from escalating into a more serious allegation.
In the first instance please discuss any low level concerns you may have with your club’s Welfare Officer or if they do not respond and you feel action is necessary you can report these to Scottish Fencing’s Lead Safeguarding officer using Scottish Fencing’s low level concern form.
