Child Safeguarding Statement

Railway Union Football Club provides sporting activities and opportunities for children and young people and is committed to safeguarding children and young people.    All our volunteers and staff working with children throughout the organisation seek to create a safe environment for children and young people to participate in soccer.

This club’s Safeguarding Risk Assessment indicates the areas of potential risk of harm, the likelihood of the risk occurring, and gives the required policy, guidance or process documents required to alleviate these risks. 

This club’s Child Safeguarding Statement has been developed in line with requirements under the Children First Act 2015 (The Children First: National Guidance, and TUSLA’s Child Safeguarding: A Guide for Policy, Procedure and Practice). 

In addition to our Risk Assessment document described above, there are further procedures that support our intention to safeguard children while they are availing of our activities.  The Club has adopted the policies and procedures of the FAI and Sport Ireland as part of its Safeguarding Policies, to include the following:-

·       Procedures for the management of allegations of abuse or misconduct by staff or volunteers against a child availing of our activities;

·       Procedures for the safe recruitment of staff and volunteers to work with children in our activities;

·       Procedures for access to child safeguarding training and information, including the identification of the occurrence of harm;

·       Procedures for reporting of child protection or welfare concerns to Statutory Authorities;

·       All policies and procedures including the links to the FAI and Sport Ireland policies and procedures which the Club has adopted are on the Child Welfare section of the Club’s website.

The relevant club persons for the purposes of the Children First Act 2015 and Child Protection Policies and Procedures are as follows:-

1.     Sally Anne Sherry (Child Protection Officer)                  

2.     David Byrne (Designated Liaison Person)

We recognise that implementation is an ongoing process.   We are committed to the implementation of this Child Safeguarding Statement and the procedures that support our intention to keep children safe from harm while availing of our activities.

This Child Safeguarding Statement will be reviewed every two years.

Date: 05/09/24