CHILD SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT AND POLICY 

NEWARK AMATEUR BOXING CLUB 

This Club is an Affiliated Member of England Boxing and as such adopts the following Club Child Safeguarding Policy which is supported by and compliments the England Boxing Child Safeguarding Policy – these policies are mandatory and acceptance of them is a non-negotiable requirement when becoming a member of this club. You may obtain copies of the England Boxing Child Protection Policy from the England Boxing Office on 01142 235639 or it can be viewed / downloaded from the England Boxing website at www.England Boxing.org 

Our statement 

This club has a duty of care to Children and Young People [under 18 years of age] and the safety and welfare of them is paramount. 

This club is committed to ensuring that every child & young person regardless of age, ability, racial origin, religious belief, sexual orientation or gender (including gender reassignment) has a right to learn, participate in and enjoy boxing, free of the fear and safe from abuse of any type. 

Our Policy – What we will do. 

This club acknowledges that it has a legal and moral responsibility to ensure the wellbeing of Children and Young People within the club. 

This club acknowledges that every child and Young Person has a right to enjoy membership and the sport of amateur boxing within a safe enjoyable setting. 

This club will continually review this policy in the light of identified ‘best practice’. 

This club acknowledges that every member including Committee, Coach, Official, and Volunteer have amoral & legal responsibility to safeguard and promote every child & young person’s welfare. 

This club ensures that required Coaches, Officials and Volunteers shall at all times possess a current England Boxing Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. Non-compliance with this provision will automatically exclude such persons, and possibly the club, from roles requiring DBS certificates as required in the England Boxing Safeguarding Policy. 

This club is committed to preventing the employment/deployment of unsuitable individuals. 

This club has appointed a Club Welfare Officer (‘CWO’) whose name appears below, who is responsible for: 

administering this Child Safeguarding Policy;  

ensuring that confidential, detailed and accurate records of all safeguarding concerns are maintained and securely stored; 

your induction, which includes the provision of the England Boxing Child Safeguarding Policy, the Children and Young People’s Charter, and instruction on Child Protection within the Club and within England Boxing; and ensuring your appreciation of its requirement of strict compliance. 

This club will treat seriously and deal rigorously with any incidence of abuse and will at all times follow. 

the principles and procedures laid down in the England Boxing Child Safeguarding Policy and the Safeguarding Procedure. 

Any abuse or inappropriate behaviour regarding Children & Young People will be challenged and dealt with appropriately. 

This club clearly understands that abuse comes in many forms which include 

emotional, physical and sexual; 

neglect; 

foul language, bullying and requiring an athlete to train at an inappropriate level is also recognised as a form of abuse; and 

abuse of a position of trust, such as exist between a coach and a child or young person. 

This club acknowledges that it is the responsibility of experts to determine whether or not abuse is /has taken place, it is however everyone’s responsibility to report concerns and / or abuse. 

WE ALWAYS REMEMBER, IN CASES OF CONCERN OR ABUSE – DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION!!! 

Monitoring 

The policy will be reviewed a year after development and then every three years, or in the following circumstances: 

changes in legislation and/or government guidance. 

as required by the Local Safeguarding Children Board, UK Sport and/or Home Country Sports Councils and/or England Boxing’s National Compliance Manager. 

as a result of any other significant change or event, including changes to England Boxing’s Child Safeguarding Policy. 

NEWARK AMATEUR BOXING CLUB 

Contact Details 

Name: 

Contact Number: 

Club Welfare Officer 

Nicki Peters-Bayford 

07429100009 

Regional Safeguarding Officer 

Dave Randle 

07367 775553 

National Compliance and Safeguarding Manager 

Anthony Sheppard 

0114 223 5654 

England Boxing 

0114 2235654 

 
In cases of EMERGENCY the telephone number of the Nottinghamshire MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) team is: 0300 500 80 90 

 
Nottinghamshire MASH ‘Out of hours’ Telephone number: 0300 456 4546 

Lincolnshire Safeguarding Team: 01522 782111 

Police, Ambulance and Fire Service Emergency Telephone Number : 999 

Police Non-emergency number: 101 

Your nearest Urgent Care department is located at: Newark Hospital 

Our nearest Automated External Defibrillator AED device is located at:  

Helplines 

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/ 
Worried about a child? Advice and support whenever you need it. 
Tel: 0808 800 5000 | Email: help@nspcc.org.uk   
 
http://www.childline.org.uk/ 
A free and confidential helpline for children who have concerns. 
Tel: 0800 1111 

A message to all Children and Young people within this club 

If you are, or believe you are being abused in any way and this includes harassment or bullying, you should speak to your coach, welfare officer or any adult you feel comfortable speaking to. 

If you feel you cannot speak to anyone within this club regarding this matter, you should contact any of the Safeguarding Officers at Divisional, Regional or National level their contact details are shown above and you will not be criticised for doing so. 

Alternatively – please contact the NSPCC Help Line also shown above. 

Do not allow any type of abuse to go unreported or to continue against you. 

‘SPEAK UP’ YOU WILL BE SUPPORTED’. 

You are urged to either, download from this site or request hard copy from the Club Secretary or the England Boxing Office, Sheffield the following documents: 

England Boxing Safeguarding Pages:  

https://www.englandboxing.org/clubs/child-protection-and-safeguarding/ 

THIS CLUB POLICY MUST BE DISPLAYED OPENLY WITHIN A PUBLIC AREA IN THE CLUB 

Completed By: 

Nicki Peters-Bayford 

Date: 

28-04-2025 

Role: 

Chairperson