At Sport Birmingham, we want to ensure that every person and community in Birmingham has the opportunity to experience the enjoyment and benefits of being active. We are committed to ensuring that the places where people are active are safe, inclusive and accessible and that’s why we’re working with organisations, partners and National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB’s), to safeguard children and adults across the city.
We are part of a national network of Sport Welfare Officers that has been created across England to support NGB’s and their local clubs to promote good practice and safe sport for children, young people and adults on a local level. Our local Community Engagement team will help support clubs and community organisations to implement effective welfare and create inclusive cultures. They will help further understand safeguarding in local communities, mentor and support clubs to ensure the welfare of all their members (children, young people and adults) and assist Club Welfare Officers in promoting good practice and safe sport at a local level.
As part of this commitment, we are pleased to continue our partnership with local training provider, Sport Structures, to provide a range of high-quality training and development opportunities to support our ambitions to create safe and welcoming active environments.
In recognition of our continued partnership, Sport Birmingham are offering a 50% discount on workshop bookings made throughout August and September. The discount will be available to anyone living, coaching or volunteering within the Birmingham Local Authority area.
Sport Structures currently deliver UK Coaching Safeguarding and CPSU Time to Listen workshops to individual coaches and volunteers in the sector. These accredited workshops are a ‘Minimum Standards for Active Coaches and Club Welfare Officers’ and seen as the basic standards every person involved in community sport needs to carry out their role safely and effectively.
Courses can also be attended by all those responsible for organising children’s sport (e.g. within governing bodies of sport, local authorities, sports and leisure centres, and sports clubs) and those who lead or deliver children’s sport programmes (e.g. coaches, leaders, instructors, development officials, administrators, volunteers and parents), an estimated 76% of whom undertake these roles on a voluntary basis.
In recognition of our continued partnership, Sport Birmingham are offering a 50% discount on workshop bookings made throughout August and September. The discount will be available to anyone living, coaching or volunteering within the Birmingham Local Authority area. We see training as an important step in raising the awareness and culture of safeguarding in sport and physical activity and encourage bookings from anyone looking to update their accreditation or upskill themselves for the first time.
When completing your booking you will need to use the code Birmingham50 to receive your discount, which can be used on the following eligible courses:
- UK Coaching Safeguarding and Protecting Children – https://www.sportstructures.com/education-training/our-courses/workshops/safeguarding-and-time-to-listen/uk-coaching-safeguarding-protecting-children-workshop/
- CPSU Time to Listen Workshop – https://www.sportstructures.com/education-training/our-courses/workshops/safeguarding-and-time-to-listen/cpsu-time-to-listen-workshop/
- Swim England Safeguarding in Aquatics Workshop – https://www.sportstructures.com/education-training/our-courses/workshops/swim-england-safeguarding-in-aquatics-workshop/
- Safeguarding Communities of Practice Workshop – https://www.sportstructures.com/education-training/our-courses/workshops/safeguarding-and-time-to-listen/cpsu-time-to-listen-workshop/communities-of-practice-workshop/
For more information on our partnership with Sport Structures or our wider work around Sport Welfare and Safeguarding, please contact: christopher.timmins@sportbirmingham.org