Safeguarding in Sport
Safeguarding in Sport in Saudi Arabia
Safeguarding in sport is the responsibility to create environments where children and young people are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and avoidable harm.
It involves more than responding to serious incidents.
Effective safeguarding includes leadership, prevention, professional boundaries, recognising concerns, appropriate reporting, safer organisational systems and a culture in which children’s safety and wellbeing are prioritised.
In Saudi Arabia, safeguarding in sport sits within the Kingdom’s wider child protection framework.
Safeguarding Sport Saudi Arabia supports organisations in translating these principles into practical professional and organisational capability.
Child Protection
Every Child Has the Right to Feel Safe in Sport
Sport can play an important role in a child’s development.
It can build confidence, discipline, resilience, friendships, physical wellbeing and a sense of belonging.
The environments surrounding children and young people must also be safe.
Safeguarding in sport means creating environments where children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and avoidable harm, where their dignity and wellbeing are respected, and where adults understand their responsibilities towards them.
It means knowing how to recognise concerns, how to respond appropriately and how to create organisational cultures where children’s safety and wellbeing are taken seriously.
Safeguarding Sport Saudi Arabia exists to help organisations across the Kingdom move from safeguarding awareness to practical implementation and stronger safeguarding culture.
From Safeguarding Policy to Safeguarding Culture
Safeguarding is more than having a policy.
Strong safeguarding requires leadership, people, systems, professional confidence, accountability and culture to work together.
Safeguarding Sport Saudi Arabia supports organisations across areas including:
- Safeguarding and Child Protection Awareness
- Safeguarding Leadership Development
- Coach and Workforce Development
- Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
- Recognising Safeguarding Concerns
- Responding, Recording and Reporting
- Professional Boundaries and Codes of Conduct
- Safer Recruitment Awareness
- Digital and Online Safeguarding
- Safeguarding Risk Assessment
- Sports Camps, Competitions and Trips
- Parent and Community Awareness
- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
- Organisational Safeguarding Reviews
- Safeguarding Culture and Continuous Improvement
Strengthen Safeguarding in Your Organisation
Whether you represent a sports club, football academy, federation, school, youth programme, sports centre or another organisation working with children and young people, we welcome conversations about strengthening safeguarding within your environment.