Tennis Safeguarding

Safeguarding children and adults at risk requires everyone to be committed to the highest possible standards of openness, integrity and accountability.

As a club, we are committed to encouraging and maintaining a culture where people feel able to raise a genuine safeguarding concern and are confident that it will be taken seriously.

If a child or an adult at risk is in immediate danger or risk of harm, the police should be contacted by calling 999. Where a child or an adult at risk is not in immediate danger, any concerns about their well-being should be made without delay to the Club Welfare Officer. The Club Welfare Officer will pass the details of the case on to the LTA Safeguarding Team at the earliest opportunity, and the relevant local authority and the police will be contacted, where appropriate. If, however, the whistleblower does not feel comfortable raising a concern with the Club Welfare Officer, the whistleblower should contact the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) or the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.

All concerns raised by a whistleblower about the well-being of a child or an adult at risk will be taken seriously, and every effort will be made to deal with each concern fairly, quickly and proportionately.

If the whistleblower does not believe that the concern has been dealt with appropriately and wishes to speak to someone outside the club or the LTA Safeguarding Team, the NSPCC Whistleblowing Advice Line should be contacted on 0800 028 0285 or by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk.

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The club will not tolerate any harassment, victimisation or unfair treatment of, and will take appropriate action to protect, whistleblowers when they raise a concern in good faith.