Brighstone Lawn Tennis Club Ltd

Brighstone Lawn Tennis Club Ltd recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children (anyone under 18) and adults at risk.We are committed to ensuring our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and LTA safeguarding standards, which can be found here:- https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/safeguarding/venue-standards/

We have an appointed Welfare Officer (WO) who holds operational responsibility for safeguarding in line with the LTA role profile and is supported by the Committee. The WO is the first point of contact to raise a safeguarding concern involving a child or adult at risk. They also play a proactive role in increasing an awareness of safeguarding within our venue.

Our Welfare Officer is:-

Steve Fairclough

07969 912345

sjf12345@yahoo.com

If the Welfare Officer is not available to report a safeguarding concern or allegation, the alternative contact within our venue is

Chris Goodman Club Secretary

01983 741166 or 07808-132585

chris@brighstone.org

The LTA Safeguarding Team has strategic and operational responsibility for safeguarding in tennis in Britain, including the monitoring and evaluation of safeguarding standards and investigating safeguarding concerns.  Safeguarding concerns can be raised directly to the LTA Safeguarding Team via https://safeguardingconcern.lta.org.uk/

The Club has adopted the relevant LTA policies (Safeguarding, and Equality and Diversity) and these can be found at www.lta.org.uk/about-the-lta/policies-and-rules/safeguarding-protection/

Full information on the approach we follow can be found in the practical safeguarding help section of the link:   "What's The Score".    This is the LTA's detailed guidance to Clubs on all aspects of safeguarding.

Our club supports the LTA's Diversity Action Plan which can be found here: british-tennis-diversity-and-inclusion-policy.pdf