Ski Club of Manchester, Club Safeguarding Policy

The Club requires that any junior member participating in a Club event must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who accepts responsibility for the conduct of the junior member.

All individuals and clubs have a duty to ensure the safety and welfare of all children involved in their activities and to safeguard them protect them from reasonably foreseeable forms of harm.

Organisers of events are unlikely to be experts in child welfare or protection and the principal aim is therefore to promote good practice and to ensure that concerns about child welfare are reported to the appropriate authorities.

Good practice includes:

• Being sensitive to possible sexual or physical abuse or any form of bullying (not necessarily during the event).
• Not leaving the child alone or leaving the child alone with just one adult.
• No photography without parental consent.
• Avoiding unnecessary physical contact.