Club policy documents – Lingfield Running Club

To help the club comply with England Athletics’ Club Standards, the Commitee has been drawing up new policies. We will review these each year, or as new developments require.

Safeguarding

Lingfield Running Club takes the welfare of all its members extremely seriously. The Club has a responsibility to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults participating in athletics from harm, abuse and exploitation and to safeguard their wellbeing. This extends to developing and applying consistent and robust case management procedures to reported safeguarding concerns. Our club adopts UK and England Athletics’ Child and Adult Safeguarding Policies and Procedures, links to which can be found below.

Our Club’s Lead Welfare Officer is Alison Stuart, who is supported by Welfare Officer Helen Davey, and Mental Health Champion, Scott McDonald.

To summarise, and should you have any concerns about yourself or another club member:

Report you concern straight away, and where appropriate, to a club committee member, as well as the club welfare officer.
No concern is too small – don’t ever be too worried to raise a concern or question anything that doesn’t look or feel right.

Safeguarding email address: welfare@lingfieldrunningclub.co.uk

Club safeguarding report form – Word document or PDF

The complete EA safeguarding policies and procedures and how they are implemented can be found below. We ask everyone to read them.

We also ask that all our members and officers agree to abide by the relevant codes of conduct. By joining our club and/or being involved as an athlete, coach, volunteer or officer you are agreeing to follow the Club’s policies and adhere to these codes of conduct.

UK Athletics and HCAF Adult Safeguarding Policy (October 2023)

UK Athletics and HCAF Adult Safeguarding Procedure (October 2023)

UK Athletics and HCAF Child Safeguarding Policy (March 2024)

These are the most relevant to our club and you can find all the codes of conduct here