Welfare and Safeguarding at Ackworth Tennis Club
Everyone should be able to enjoy tennis in a safe and supportive environment. Ackworth Tennis Club is fully committed to promoting the wellbeing of all our members.
The Club Wefare Officer, Clare Rice, and Deputy Welfare Officer, Bernadette Gillespie are available to discuss any concerns and can be contacted via:
Email : safeguarding@ackworthtennisclub.net
Telephone : 0845 388 0665*
* Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone company's access charge.
The club's coaches, committee members and welfare officers have all undertaken LTA safeguarding training to the required level , and the club is guided by the LTA on all safeguarding matters.
Safeguarding is everyone's concern. If you have a concern about a young person under 18 or a vulnerable adult who you think might be at risk of abuse or neglect, it is important you share your concerns.
You can contact the club's welfare officers any time (using the contact details above), or if you prefer, you can take your concerns direct to the Safeguarding team at the LTA using the secure online form available at https://safeguardingconcern.lta.org.uk/
Your concern will be treated seriously and information shared only on a need to know basis.
In an emergency contact 999 or for help and advice before contacting the LTA you can call the NSPCC on 0808 500 5000 or Wakefield's LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer) at lado.referrals@wakefield.gov.uk
Ackworth Tennis Club has comprehensive policies which detail our safegurading procedures. Click on the links below to read any of these policies in full: