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Safeguarding Children

Most people who get involved in football do so for all of the right reasons; however it’s important that football recognises its responsibility to safeguard and protect children and young people who are involved in football. This responsibility is reinforced by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, 2006 and the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS).

Responsible Recruitment procedures will help to screen out those people who are not suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. To make sure you are ‘getting the right people involved’ refer to The FA’s Responsible Recruitment guidelines via the 'Safeguarding Children Downloads' link on the right of this page. It covers the following:

The need to clarify what the person would be doing - the role
What sort of experience and/or qualifications they might need
Who needs an FA CRB check and how they can get one
The importance of references
Let’s make football safe – not sorry. Make sure you have a Responsible Recruitment process in your club or league.

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