Broomfield FC takes the issue of child welfare and safeguarding seriously and we have designated Child Welfare Officers in accordance with official FA guidelines. All our youth team managers and coaching assistants undertake a DBS check every 3 years as well completing mandatory Safeguarding Children Training along with Emergency First Aid.

The club also has a Safeguarding Children Policy, and follows the FA Anti-Bullying Policy and Equal Policy as part of our requirement to meet the FA Charter Standard Club status.

Broomfield FC have adopted a range of FA best practice guides to support our ways of working (available on the website), these include:

• Use of Social Media, Websites, Texts and e-mails

• Use of Dressing Rooms for Youth Football

• Appropriate use photography

• 'Know your rights' for 16 & 17 year olds playing in Open Age Football

• We continue to support the FA's RESPECT and 'We Only Do Positive' Campaigns with use of FA codes of conduct for Players, Coaches, Parents and Supporters as well as Match Officials

We will ensure that Respect barriers are in place for all home Youth Football matches, in order to ensure a safe distance between the field of play and supporters. All supporters will be asked by Team Managers to spectate matches safely from behind the barrier and behave in line with the Code of Conduct for spectators 

If you would like to speak to Broomfield Football Club about Safeguarding you first point of contact should be our Child Welfare Officer – Joanna Sears or Samantha Jeeves - Assistant Child Welfare Officer

Other Child Welfare Lead Officer Contacts are as follows:

Helpful Websites and Telephone Numbers

• The Football Association

www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/safeguarding

• NSPCC

www.nspcc.org.uk/

www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

Tel: 0808 800 5000

• Childline

   

   https://www.childline.org.uk/

       Tel: 0800 1111

• CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)

 www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/