National Safeguarding Conference 2010
What?
'How Safe is your Sport? Safeguarding Children, Leadership and You!' - a national sports safeguarding conference
When?
Thursday 25th February 2010
Where?
Xcel Leisure Centre, Coventry
Who for?
CEO's/Directors and Lead Safeguarding Officers from sports Governing Bodies and County Sports Partnerships, Local Safeguarding Children Board representatives and those from other organisations with strategic or operational responsibilities for safeguarding children in a sports context.
Sport England and the Child Protection in Sport Unit are supporting Coventry Sports Foundation, the Geese Theatre Company and Brunel University in offering you an opportunity to attend this unique national sports safeguarding event. The conference will be chaired by David Moorcroft OBE. It will include ground-breaking applied theatre performances, a range of presentations from experts including Professor Celia Brackenridge, Andrew Flanagan (Chief Executive NSPCC) and Mike Diaper (Executive Director, Sport England), and opportunities to share examples of good practice.
In addition, the event will be used as an opportunity to: celebrate and acknowledge the effort, commitment and success of NGBs and CSPs achieving the requirements of all three levels of the sports Safeguarding Standards; officially launch the 'Call to Action' - the new five year national vision for safeguarding across the sports sector, together with the post-standards safeguarding framework for CSPs and funded NGBs.
Places cost £150 including VAT, this includes breakfast on arrival and lunch. The Child Protection in Sport Unit will subsidise 50% of the cost (£75) for a place for one designated person for each CSP or funded NGB actively engaged in the Safeguarding Standards process.
Please find below booking form - please note that the forms and any email enquiries about the conference should be directed to the conference organisers at: enquiries@safeguardingchildrensportconference.com and not to the CPSU.
Visit the conference website for further information: www.safeguardingchildrensportconference.com
