This NWG CPD accredited course has been developed in collaboration with Edge Hill University’s Professor Mike Hartill to provide a greater comprehension around the issue of sexual abuse and exploitation within sports. The course provides attendees with the historical context and prevalence of child sexual exploitation in sport within the UK and beyond. The course looks towards developments in policy, including recent publications from IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) and The Sheldon Report, that have been put into place to safeguard children in sporting environments and how these may impact on our practice as individuals and as organisations. During the training day learning is enriched through the use of the voices of survivors of CSE in Sport and provides practical resource for use in practice.

The training is delivered by NWG’s Safeguarding in Sport Lead, Kevin Murphy who has a sound understanding of how young people need to be protected when engaging in community activities and has been involved in the International VOICE’s for Truth and Dignity project. This project involved 7 countries researching the experiences of those abused through sport and bringing that knowledge and those voices into his role.

This course is aimed at anyone working within sports who wants to broaden their understanding of abuse in sports along with multi-agency practitioners who work alongside children, young people and their families who wish to extend their understanding and practice in the field of sport.