Safeguarding

Warwickshire Cricket Foundation is committed to ensuring that all children (aged under 18) and adults at risk who play cricket in Warwickshire have safe, welcoming, and positive experiences.

Everyone involved in cricket has a duty to ensure the safety and welfare of any child or adult at risk involved in the sport.

Safeguarding in sport is everyone’s responsibility and involves keeping children and vulnerable adults out of harm’s way both on and off the cricket pitch. Click here to read Warwickshire’s Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults Policy.

For any safeguarding queries, please send an email to the address above or submit the form located at the bottom of the page. Your inquiries will be addressed by the Safeguarding & Compliance Manager, Thomas Cunningham-Smith.

Alternatively, you can contact the ECB Safeguarding Team direct at England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) – The Official Website of the ECB.

Useful Links

Warwickshire’s Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults Policy

ECB Kitbag and Guidance Documents

ECB Safeguarding Adults Policy

Recreational Safeguarding Poster

The Child Protection in Sport Unit offer help our recreational clubs by providing sample Codes of Conduct policies for Children and Young People, Parents and Carers & Staff. 

Click on the link above if you wish to adopt these policies to help promote positive behaviour and manage poor behaviour at your cricket club.

Safeguarding Contacts

Thomas Cunningham-Smith
Safeguarding & Compliance Manager

safeguarding@edgbaston.com
07786484940

Cricket Regulator Safeguarding Team
Share a concern
020 7432 1200

Submit a Safeguarding Concern

FAQ’s

If I have a safeguarding concern at my club – who should I contact? 

Each club will have a dedicated Club Safeguarding Officer (CSO) and this person will be your first point of contact.

You can also contact Thomas Cunningham-Smith, Warwickshire CCC’s Safeguarding Manager at safeguarding@edgbaston. 

What is a safeguarding concern? 

A safeguarding issue or concern is anything that might impact on children and young people’ safety and welfare, cause them harm, or put them at risk of harm. Sometimes, a child or young person might tell someone about (or disclose) abuse or neglect. You might also notice signs of abuse or see something that worries you. Safeguarding issues or concerns also include things that can increase the risk of harm – for example, not following safer recruitment practices, having inadequate supervision or not carrying out proper risk assessment for online and offline activities. 

If you think a child is in immediate danger, contact the police on 999. If you’re worried about a child but they are not in immediate danger, you should share your concerns. 

  • Contact the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000 or by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk. Our child protection specialists will talk through your concerns with you and give you expert advice. 
  • Contact your local child protection services. Their contact details can be found on the website for the local authority the child lives in. 
  • Contact the police. 

What qualifications do I need to be a Club Safeguarding Officer at my local club? 

You will need to attend a Safe Hands training course run by your local County Cricket Club, a valid and up to date DBS and complete the relevant online training courses.

For further details please contact Thomas Cunningham-Smith, Warwickshire CCC Safeguarding Manager.

Where can I find out more information on Safeguarding Adults in Sport? 

Safeguarding Adults in Sport FAQs – Ann Craft Trust 

You can also get in touch with any of these local organisations:

Birmingham

Coventry

Warwickshire

Dudley

Worcestershire

West Midlands Police

Dial 101 for non-urgent enquiries or visit: Home | West Midlands Police

Or you can contact these National organisations:

Mental Health / Bereavement

Samaritans – 116 123

Papyrus – teenage suicide / mental health – 0800 068 4141

NSPCC – Childline – 0800 1111

www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk

Domestic Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline…. Freephone 24 hour run by Refuge on 0808

Alcohol and Drugs

Alcoholics Anonymous – 0800 917 7650

Talk to FRANK – 0300 123 6600

E Safety

Think you Know – www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Childnet – www.childnet.com/blog/keeping-children-happy-and-safe-online-during-covid-19

EsafetyMatters.com

Young Minds – 0808 802 554

Loneliness

Age UK – 0800 678 1602

Samaritans – 116 123

MIND – www.mind.org.uk

Food Poverty, Claiming Benefits, Debt Advice

Foodbanks – google your local ones or The Trussell Trust – 0808 208 2138

Citizens Advice for benefits – 0345 404 0506

Step Change – for Debt advice – stepdebtsupport.co.uk

https://www.fuelbankfoundation.org/