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TBC SAFEGUARDING POLICY

Posted 29th May 2025
Teddington Bowling Club: Safeguarding policy
 1.
 Safeguarding creates a safe and welcoming environment for everyone
 involved in the bowling club. It ensures that steps are taken to address and prevent
 any kind of harm or abuse. Safeguarding focuses on protecting individuals from
 harm or abuse, not on resolving broader issues like club culture or personality
 conflicts.
 2.
 The constitution of every club affiliated to Bowls England must include the
 following text: 
“We adopt and follow all policies and guidelines approved by Bowls England
 and UK Anti-Doping. We follow all procedures set out in Bowls England
 Regulation 9, 9A and 9B. We will abide with all sanctions, recommendations
 and/or decisions from the Case Management Panel or National Disciplinary
 Panel.”
 Regulation 9, 9A and 9B refer to the disciplinary rules in relation to misconduct at
 club level, including breaches of the BE Safeguarding policy
 3.
 Every BE affiliated bowling club must have a Safeguarding Officer. Stuart
 Brown is the officer for TBC and is registered with BE.
 4.
 Abuse is any form of maltreatment. It is behaviour which can be
 detrimental to the welfare and wellbeing of a person. It includes, but is not limited
 to, behaviour which is physical, psychological or discriminatory. People may
 react to specific behaviour in different ways and some may feel more threatened
 or upset than others. It is important to deal with each person individually.
 5.
 BE guidance emphasises that the safeguarding function within a bowling
 club applies to any concerns of club members whether or not the concerns relate
 to events within the club activities. Safeguarding aims to identify any member at
 risk of abuse and to protect all club members against abuse from any source
 6.
 The BE guidance specifies that the Safeguarding Officer should be the first
 point of contact for any member who has any concern. The officer should listen
 actively and empathetically in a safe place, discuss options and document what is
 said as soon as possible. Confidentiality can be promised but not secrecy because
 the information must be reported anonymously to the Bowls England
 Safeguarding Team. A Safeguarding Officer's key responsibility is to report
 concerns; they are not required to investigate. Bowls England take all concerns
 seriously and no concern is too small. The Safeguarding Team will consider the
 report and get back to the Safeguarding Officer with proposals for further action.
 7.
 There are a large number of detailed documents about this whole issue on
 the Bowls England website, many relating to safeguarding of children. The
 members of TBC have always treated each other with respect and sensitivity and
 we have no history of concerns about abuse.  But awareness of the issues around
 safeguarding is important to avoid any risk of complacency. A short report on
 “Safeguarding” should be an agenda item for every TBC Committee meeting.


 Note:
 This policy has been approved by the Middlesex Bowling Association on 31
 January 2025. It has also been circulated to all club members for comment,
 following a brief description of it at the AGM on 26 February 2025. It will be
 reviewed annually