Click on the link on the left for a number of documents that will assist you in implementing best practices in a number of areas in your club that relate to Age-Grade Player Welfare.
Should an Age-Grade Player be at risk of harm, it is the duty of those in a position of responsibility to take the necessary steps to minimise and/or help to remove the risk and to ensure that all procedures are undergone in accordance with statutory guidelines.
Parents are hugely influential when it comes to young people’s participation in sport. In most cases they are the reason their child starts playing and young people often state how their parents watching them play is a source of enjoyment to them.
The way we work with Age-Grade Players, how we behave around them and our attitudes towards them will contribute to the way young people feel about themselves. It is important that they, and their guardians, feel that their rugby experience is a fun and safe one.
An important step in ensuring this player-centred environment is the selection of appropriate Sports Leaders to work with young people.
Click on the left for a full list of IRFU’s policy on safeguarding.
Click on the left for the IRFU’s Safeguarding Training Plan
Click on the left for some helpful information from the IRFU on the rights and responsibilities of young people in rugby.
