Buckhurst Hill Youth FC take the welfare and safeguarding of young people extremely seriously. The safety of all our young footballers is our number one priority. We want all our young footballers to enjoy their football journey at Buckhurst Hill Youth FC and we want them to train and play in a comfortable, enjoyable and above all a safe environment.
We want all our young footballers to enjoy training, matches and being with their friends at the club.
Every Welfare Officer at the club has had an enhanced FA Criminal Records Check (DBS) and has completed the FA’s Safeguarding Children and Welfare Officer training courses.
Welfare Officer
Ken has been the safeguarding/welfare officer for over 20 years and knows how important his role is.
Child protection is very important so your children enjoy the game, but this needs your help to encourage them with your support and to respect the opposition and respect match officials.
Please contact Ken if you have any concerns for yourself or anyone else at the club.
Buckhurst Hill FC are proud to support the FAs ‘Four steps to safeguarding your child’ programme in association with the NSPCC.
As part of The FA’s role in aiming to do everything it can to support a safe and enjoyable framework for football, a new film has been made outlining the four key steps to safeguarding.
The film, featuring Wayne Rooney, Steph Houghton, Jack Rutter and Nathaniel Chalobah, explains how both parents and children can raise concerns they have about adults working in football and centred around how the 8,500 safeguarding officers working across England football take the following four steps:
We want all our young footballers to enjoy training, matches and being with their friends at the club.
Following these simple but crucial steps means that there is a framework in place to ensure that, if standards ever fall short with poor practice or unacceptable behaviour, they can be addressed.
Anyone who has a concern about the welfare of a child or the behaviour of an adult towards a child or young person under 18 years of age in football, is required to refer it to The FA Safeguarding team. The team is staffed by professionals who are experienced in dealing with these concerns.
At Buckhurst Hill FC we take pride in ensuring all children’s welfare is of paramount importance.
To find out more about BHFCs Child Welfare policy please see below links and downloads.
Buckhurst Hill Football Club in accordance with the FA is committed to confront and eliminate discrimination whether by reason of age, gender, gender, reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or belief, ability or disability and to encourage equal opportunities.
Every week in the UK at least 12 young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Since its formation in 1995, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) has been working to reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD). CRY supports young people diagnosed with potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions and offers bereavement support to families affected by YSCD. CRY promotes and develops heart screening programmes and funds medical research. CRY publishes and distributes medical information written by leading cardiologists for the general public. CRY funds specialist referral, screening and cardiac pathology services at leading UK hospitals.
Buckhurst Hill Football Club are proud to work in partnership with CRY.
To find out more about CRY and the work they are doing to support young people diagnosed with potentially life-threatening heart conditions or you have a history of heart problems in the family then click on the link below.
