Falkirk LTC

At Falkirk Lawn Tennis Club, we take the welfare of all our members, particularly children and adults at risk, very seriously.  We work together to ensure we have a safe and inclusive environment. We strive to ensure that all children, young people and adults at risk are safeguarded from abuse and have an enjoyable tennis experience at our Club. Everyone who is involved in tennis has a shared responsibility to support this by promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. To that end, the Club has adopted these Safeguarding Policies, Guidance and Forms that are based on best practice LTA principles, standards and templates.

Policies

These can be found at the tabs above. All members and other regular participants at the Club should familiarise themselves with these policies, and ensure that their own behaviours reflect the same aims, standards and practices. 

Our Welfare Officer, Craig Martin, has primary responsibility for putting in place procedures to safeguard children at the Club and for managing and reporting concerns about children/adults at risk. Craig is the first point of contact for anyone with any concerns about welfare, discrimination, abuse or poor practice.

Any concerns about a child, young person or adult at risk should be raised with Criag as soon as possible:

cmartin1984@hotmail.com

07410696593

If Craig isn't available to report a safeguarding concern or allegation to, the alternative contact for our venue is the Deputy Welfare Officer:

Alan Glass - Club Secretary

If you're unable to contact Craig or Alan, you should contact the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000.  Children can contact Childline directly on 0800 1111 or by going to https://www.childline.org.uk/.  In an emergency, always call the police on 999.

The Local Authority contact details are:

Children’s Services (tel: 01324 506070)

Adult Services (tel: 01324 506070)

Safeguarding concerns can also be raised directly to the LTA Safeguarding Team via https://safeguardingconcern.lta.org.uk/

You should, where possible, gain parental consent to share information unless it puts the child, yourself or another person at risk of harm.  If an adult at risk does not give consent, you can share the information if you reasonably believe they are at risk of harm to themselves or others, or someone has committed or is likely to commit a criminal offence.

CRAIG MARTIN

Child Supervision - in line with National NSPCC advice - all children under the age of 13 attending the club outside of coaching programmes and other organised club activities should be supervised by a parent or known adult.