Child Protection Policy?
In line with the Irish Sports Council's Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children's Sport the GUI, ILGU and PGA produced a child protection policy, 'Code of Ethics for Golf for Young People'. The policy contains codes of conduct for leaders, players and parents, a bullying policy and guidelines for travelling, supervision, overnight trips and physical contact, along with guidelines for recognising and reporting child protection concerns.
The policy also contains samples documents for clubs, so that each junior section may use the material to create their own child protection policy.
To view a copy of the policy click here Code of Ethics for Golf for Young People
Child Protection & Recruitment
Clubs should carry out a safe recruitment procedure to ensure all those working with young people are suitable. Vetting checks are available to clubs but should be done as part of an overall recruitment process and not as a stand alone process.
Leaders should sign a code of conduct and children and leaders should be adequately supervised, see golf code page 10&14. Both Garda Vetting checks (ROI) and Access NI checks (NI) can be carried out by clubs through JGI.
For further information on Garda Vetting click here and Access NI click here.
Child Protection Training
Child Protection in Sport is a basic awareness training course run by the Irish Sports Council through the Local Sports Partnerships in the ROI and Sports Northern Ireland in NI. For a list of up and coming courses in your area click HERE.
If you cannot get on a course organised by your LSP email us at info@juniorgolfireland.com and JGI will help you organise a course subject to demand. A list of Local Sports Partnerships is also available by clicking here. For further information on the content of the training click here.
Child Protection in YOUR club
Are you a Junior Convenor, Parent or PGA Professional? If you would you like guidance regarding dealing with child protection in your golf club? If so, click on the frequently asked questions link below.
Frequently Asked Questions
Of interest to clubs might be a new booklet published by Meas and available on the 'drinkaware' webiste. The 'Alcohol, Sport & You' booklet gives information whether you have people training seriously, toning up or just having a kick around the park. It contains essential info on why and how alcohol can affect the body as well as the impact on overall athletic performance. A copy of this guide can be found by clicking here or contact 01-6114811 to get booklets for your club.
