Safeguarding The 4 Steps
As part of The FA’s role in aiming to do everything it can to support a safe and enjoyable framework for football, a new film has been made outlining the four key steps to safeguarding. The film explains how both parents and children can raise concerns they have about adults working in football and focuses around how the 8,500 safeguarding officers working across England football take the following four steps
- Checked – to ensure adults are suitable to work with youngsters.
- Trained – from coaches to referees, all are given suitable safeguarding training.
- Hear – concerns from both children and adults will be listened to
- Report – the importance of raising concerns about a child’s welfare.
Following these simple but crucial steps means that there is a framework in place to ensure that, if standards ever fall short with poor practice or unacceptable behaviour, they can be addressed.
To that end, please take 60 seconds to watch this film featuring players from our national teams
Tankerton FC has some 50 Coaches/Managers, Assistants & Club Referee's all of whom are either already DBS checked or, for those who have recently joined us, are in the process of being checked. Every team is covered with at least one cleared coach, some with two or three. In addition, at least one coach/manager per team is required to undertake first aid training, attend a safeguarding children workshop and complete the FA’s Level 1 coaching badge. Many of our coaches are trained to a higher level than this.
The club in line with FA guidelines has a safeguarding children policy, anti-bullying policy and an equality policy Coaches/managers are also required, along with our players, to sign up to a code of conduct.
If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact our Club Welfare Officer: Philip Barton 07773495361 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
