Join us for our Affiliation and Safeguarding webinar

Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Safeguarding procedures are launched across athletics in UK

Following on from our recent communications to club secretaries and welfare officers, scottishathletics are hosting an online information session.

The webinar is geared for clubs to learn more about key changes to our policies for affiliation and safeguarding.

These changes apply to all clubs so please ensure where possible that a representative of your club attends this learning opportunity.

Our webinar will be held on Wednesday 30 June from 7pm to 8.30pm.

Invitations to attend have been emailed to club secretaries (for those who cannot attend, the session will be recorded).

In this webinar we will cover the following:

Affiliation

• Background to Affiliation Policy
• Requirements of the Affiliation Policy for member clubs
• Overview of the template documents provided by scottishathletics
• Update on affiliation process for 2021
• Outline of support

Safeguarding

• Background to safeguarding changes
• Overview of new approach to safeguarding in athletics
• Overview of safeguarding policies and procedures
• Reporting process via ‘My Concern’
• Adoption of safeguarding policies and procedures
• Support for implementation

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