Safeguarding Campaign 2024
Monday the 21st of October until Sunday the 27th of October, 2024.
This campaign will be showcased on the Sport Ireland website and socials media platforms through digital posts and will include a Networking Event at the Sport Ireland Campus Conference Centre on the 23rd of October. This year, we are focusing on the theme of Young Voices in Sport.
The Ethics Unit is looking forward to celebrating all the positive work the National Children's Officers and Safeguarding teams are completing as part of their roles within the sporting sector and feel that the NCO/Safeguarding network are an incredibly dynamic group that deserve to have the work they are completing highlighted and recognised.
Below you will find relevant resources for the 2024 Safeguarding Campaign.
NCO Conference Agenda
Website Resources
National Children Officers
NCO Conference Digital Wall - Padlet
A space to drop any content you think might be beneficial to the conference attendees. ~
Sport Ireland will circulate to all attendees post conference.
Young Voices in Sport
Code of Conduct Template
The development of this national code of conduct template across Irish sport, is to incorporate the respect for, and the elimination of abuse towards referees, officials, coaches and players and to help promote good practice within all sport.
Sport Ireland Ethics
Sport Ireland’s Ethics remit is to develop and disseminate guidelines and codes of practice promoting best practice for the protection of children in sport consistent with child protection guidance and legislation. In order to advance this function Sport Ireland engages with over 60 autonomous National Governing Bodies of Sport to raise awareness of and promote behaviours to uphold good practice and fair play in all sport.
Let's Get Visible!
#ChangingTheGame
Sport Ireland has launched the Changing the Game campaign to support Sport Ireland’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy in Sport which expresses its vision for a sport sector that celebrates diversity, promotes inclusion, and is pro-active in providing opportunities for lifelong participation for everyone.
HER Moves
Safeguarding Campaign Positive Stories
The below Ethical Decision-Making scenarios are to help organisations, sport leaders, coaches', officials etc. facilitate discussion and create awareness around diversity.
This scenario provides an opportunity to work through actions to take following a complaint of racism during play.
This scenario works through a situation where a bystander takes action and calls out inappropriate language.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of Children First and remind everyone, including organisations and individuals working or volunteering with children and young people, of our collective responsibility to keep them safe in our communities.
