This Code of Conduct is for all coaches and volunteers involved in coaching.
• Ensure that Cricket is fun, enjoyable and fair play is promoted
• Treat all Young People equally, with respect and dignity
• Be an excellent role model – this includes not smoking or drinking alcohol in
the company of Young People
• Always put the welfare of each Young Person first, before winning or
achieving goals
• Always work in an open environment (e.g. avoid private or unobserved
situations and encourage an open environment, e.g. no secrets)
• Build a balanced relationship based on mutual trust, which empowers Young
People to share in the decision-making process
Adopt and implement the ECB ‘Safe Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children’.
• ECB adopts Home Office guidelines which recommend the principle that
people in positions of trust and authority do not have sexual relationships
with 16-17 year olds or vulnerable adults in their care
• Recognise the developmental needs and capacity of Young People, avoiding
excessive training or competition and not pushing them against their will
• Give enthusiastic and constructive feedback, rather than negative criticism
• Ask each participant to complete a Player Profile Form providing details on:
• name, address, date of birth
• experience of playing Cricket
• any medicines being taken
• existing injuries
• emergency contact details of a Parent or Carer
• Ensure the information on the Player Profile Form is to hand, in case of
emergency
Poor Practice
You (coach/volunteer) should NEVER:
• Spend time alone with Young People away from others
• Take Young People to your home where they will be alone with you
• Transport Young People in your car alone
• Transport Young People if you are an unregistered driver
• Engage in rough, physical or sexually provocative games
• Share a room with a Young Person
• Allow or engage in any form of inappropriate touching or physical abuse
• Allow Young People to use inappropriate language unchallenged
• Make sexually suggestive comments to a Young Person, even in fun
• Reduce a Young Person to tears as a form of control
• Allow allegations made by a Young Person to go unchallenged, unrecorded or
not acted upon
• Do things of a personal nature for Young People that they can do for
themselves
If any of the above, or the following incidents occur or are observed, you must
report them to the Club or County Board Welfare Officer and make a written note
of the event using the ECB Welfare Incident Form and
inform Parents wherever possible if:
• You accidentally hurt a Young Cricketer
• A Young Person seems distressed in any manner
• A Young Person appears to be sexually aroused by your actions
• A Young Person misunderstands or misinterprets something you have done
Barton Cricket Club’s Welfare is: Kirsty Parker-Calland
