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Welfare / Safeguarding
Welfare covers a wide range of issues including safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults, anti-bullying, equity, poor practice in coaching, and disciplinary and grievance matters.
Welfare at Queen’s Park Harriers
At Queen’s Park Harriers, we provide a safe, friendly, inclusive and accessible environment for everyone to discover enjoyment from running and athletics, and to develop and achieve their full potential. We believe that welfare is the responsibility of everyone at the club, and expect our members, coaches and parents/carers to contribute to this positive environment.
Our core welfare values:
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The welfare of the child, young person or vulnerable adult is paramount.
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All young people and adults have the right to protection from abuse or bullying.
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All our young athletes and adults are expected to show respect for each other.
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All suspicions and allegations of abuse, bullying and poor practice should be escalated and will be responded to.
When to raise concerns:
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If a young athlete or vulnerable adult is concerned about someone’s behaviour towards
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You are concerned about the behaviour of someone towards a young person or
vulnerable adult.
How to raise welfare concerns:
Parents/carers, young athletes, or volunteers should discuss any concerns with:
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The clubs designated Welfare Officers, Richard Byrne or Joanna Braine. They can be contacted in the first instance on welfare@queensparkharriers.org.uk.
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If you would prefer to contact a particular person directly, you can use welfare.rich@queensparkharriers.org.uk or welfare.jojo@queensparkharriers.org.uk.
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If the Welfare Officers are unavailable, urgent enquiries can be sent to the QPH committee on committee@queensparkharriers.org.uk.
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In instances where a person may be in immediate danger, contact emergency service on 999.
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The club Welfare Officers will refer any cases to the UKA Safeguarding Team as soon as is practicable.
Queen’s Park Harriers follows the welfare policies, procedures, and codes of conduct of
England Athletics and UK Athletics
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