Safeguarding

AoC Sport is committed to providing safe and high quality activities for all college students and we work in partnership with colleges to ensure robust safeguarding procedures are always put in place and implemented.

Our Safeguarding Policy for young people and adults can be found here along with incident reporting forms.

If you have any queries please contact our Safeguarding Lead Matt.Rhodes@aoc.co.uk

Safeguarding Reporting

In a medical emergency or if you believe a young person or adult has been harmed or is at risk of harm you should contact the emergency services immediately on 999.

Safeguarding Reporting Form: This form is specifically for reporting issues related to the safety and welfare of individuals, such as suspected abuse or neglect. Use this form if you believe someone is at risk of harm or if there are concerns about a person’s wellbeing that require immediate attention from our safeguarding team.

Safeguarding Form

Incident Reporting Form: This form should be used for reporting non-safeguarding related incidents that occur during any sports event or activity. This includes reports of poor behaviour, accidents, serious injuries, or any other significant occurrences that do not involve safeguarding concerns but require documentation and follow-up.

Incident Form

Complaints Regarding Safeguarding

AoC Sport is committed to ensuring that all safeguarding concerns and complaints are handled fairly, consistently and in a timely manner. Any individual who is dissatisfied with the way a safeguarding concern has been managed has the right to raise a complaint.

Complaints about the way in which a safeguarding concern has been managed should, in the first instance, be directed to AoC Sport's Lead Safeguarding Officer. All safeguarding concerns and complaints reported to AoC Sport will be taken seriously and responded to promptly, appropriately and in accordance with our safeguarding procedures.

Where the complaint relates to the actions, conduct, decision-making or handling of a case by the Lead Safeguarding Officer, the complaint should be referred to the appropriate HR contact or another suitably senior manager who is independent of the case. This will ensure the complaint is reviewed objectively and that any concerns about the safeguarding process can be considered impartially.

If an individual remains dissatisfied following the outcome of a complaint, they will be advised of any further stages of the complaints process that may be available to them.

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