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The Development and Validation of a Child Safeguarding in Sport Self-assessment Tool for the Council of Europe
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Abstract Abuse and interpersonal violence threaten participant safety and trust in sport. Many political and project activities have sought to promote safeguarding policies within national sporting structures. Despite this, implementation of safe sport policy measures has been lacklustre, and policy guidance... view more
Abuse and interpersonal violence threaten participant safety and trust in sport. Many political and project activities have sought to promote safeguarding policies within national sporting structures. Despite this, implementation of safe sport policy measures has been lacklustre, and policy guidance is often disparate and sometimes contradictory. Against this background, the Council of Europe initiated the development of a safeguarding in sport self-assessment tool to assist national sport authorities in this crucial area. This tool addresses some of the gaps within safe sport policy guidance by summarising current good practices and offering policy guidance and legitimation. In the following Innovations article, we present our work developing the safeguarding self-assessment tool for national sport organisations in collaboration with the Council of Europe.... view less
Keywords
sports; organizations; security; child protection; sports policy
Classification
Leisure Research
Free Keywords
Safeguarding; Council of Europe; Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Journal
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 6 (2023) 1
ISSN
2524-5244
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed