WELFARE & SAFEGUARDING

Stevenage Hockey Club are only responsible for your children whilst they are on the pitch during a session.

On arrival at the pitch, all children need to wait outside until the previous group have left and they are called in by the coaches. Whilst they are waiting outside, they will NOT be supervised by anyone at SHC and parents should wait with them until they enter the pitch.

Sunday Junior Sessions - a parent or guardian is required to stay onsite (outside the pitch cage) for the duration of the session.

At Stevenage Hockey Club, we are committed to ensuring the welfare of all its members and the safeguarding and protection of children and young people. By ensuring that our coaches, umpires, and volunteers have appropriate DBS checks and safeguarding training, we aim to create a safe environment for all to play hockey in.

As a club, we, follow the England Hockey 'Safe D' guidelines around Safeguarding, Child Protection, Training and DBS checks. The relevant documents can be found below.

England Hockey Safeguarding and Protecting Young People policy
Commitment to adopt EH Safeguarding Policy
England Hockey Safeguarding Training Guidance
England Hockey DBS Guidance
Safeguarding Record of Concern Form
Welfare Officer Role Information
Stevenage Hockey Club has a designated Welfare Officer. It is this person's responsibility to ensure that the policies listed above are implemented correctly and that the correct levels of safeguarding training have been carried out. If you have any concerns at all surround welfare, safeguarding or child protection within the club, please contact the Welfare Officer.

The Welfare Officer for the 20/21 season is: Suzie Strange
Email: shirtlegs@hotmail.com