At Tamworth Athletics and Little Athletics Centre the safety and protection of our athletes and volunteers is our top priority.
Please refer to the following Child Safe Practices, that we expect all our members to support, at Tamworth Athletics and Little Athletics Centre to ensure the safety of athletes and volunteers.
- We have designated a Committee Member as a Child Safety Officer. They are available to answer any questions concerning Child Safety at Tamworth Athletics and Little Athletics Centre.
- Each Age Group is placed under the leadership of an Age Manager for the duration of each Friday evening competition. Parents are required to “sign-in” and “sign-out” their child with the Age Manager, and to remain at the ground for so long as their children are participating in the competition.
- Children are required to remain with their Age Group for the duration of the Friday competition unless collected by a parent or granted permission by the Age Manager to leave the Group (this includes going to the toilet block). Parents may remove their child from the group at any time but must inform the Age Manager before doing so.
- Should any child become separated from their group – s/he should go to the recording table (located at the finish line) rather than go searching for a parent.
- We adopt practices consistent with Working with Children legislation and require all persons who may assist at Little Athletics to complete a declaration (available here: Declaration to identify whether they require a WWC Number. [Consistent with the legislation, ‘close relatives’ of children participating generally do not require a WWC number.]
- We support and promote the following policies and guidelines published by LANSW.
- We are registered with, and comply with the requirements of, the Office of the Children’s Guardian.
National Child Protection Policy
Guidelines for taking and using images of children
Sports Integrity & Child Safety – NSW Athletics
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