Everyone at the club, whether as a player, coach, official, administrator, staff member, volunteer, spectator, parent, or carer has a role to play. Individually and collectively, it is our actions both on and off the field which can help create a positive and inclusive environment.

We will do this by:

• Having the right people in place
• Creating the right culture and environment
• Ensuring clear processes are in place for reporting and responding to safeguarding concerns
• Adopting the ECB's Safe Hands Policy and Guidance

We encourage everyone involved with the club to undertake the ECB's Introduction to Safeguarding online course access here: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) - The Official Website of the ECB. Officials at the club undertake further safeguarding training depending on their role.

How to Share a Safeguarding Concern

The following contacts can be used to report a safeguarding concern.

• Club Safeguarding Officers Steve Brooks - 07796400554 / safeguarding@wellingtoncc.co.uk and Lucy Hireson - 07902 848801 / safeguarding@wellingtoncc.co.uk
• Cricket Shropshire County Safeguarding Officer Sheila Dickie 07907 099647 / sheila.dickie@cricketshropshire.co.uk
• Direct to the Cricket Regulator - 020 7432 1200 / safeguarding@cricketregulator.co.uk

If there is an emergency or someone is at immediate risk, then please call the Police, Children's Social Care for the Telford and Wrekin Area 01952 385385 (option 1) / 01952 676500 (out of hours), or the the NSPCC 24-hour helpline 0808 800 5000.

Those responding to the safeguarding concern will ensure they are appropriately handled ensuring confidentiality and information is passed onto the appropriate people.

Club Safeguarding Officers

Our club safeguarding officers are Steve Brooks and Lucy Hireson who have undergone specialist Safe Hands training provided by the ECB.

Roles of club safeguarding officers:

• The first point of contact for all children, parents/carers, volunteers and members of the club. They also encourage the views of children and parents to be sought and acted upon.
• Ensuring that everyone who is working with children at the Club is subject to appropriate safer recruitment processes.
• Sit on the club committee and attend club committee meetings ensuring safeguarding is a standing item on the agenda.
• Promoters and a source of advice of safeguarding best practice for the club, the committee and all members
• The club's main point of contact for the County Safeguarding Officer, the Cricket Regulator Safeguarding Team and other external safeguarding agencies
• Ensuring the correct and comprehensive reporting procedures exist for raising and managing safeguarding concerns.

Steve Brooks, Club Safeguarding Officer - 07796400554 / safeguarding@wellingtoncc.co.uk

Hi, I am Steve Brooks - often known as Brooksy. I first started playing for the club in 2014 after moving to the area and have since played in many different teams and now play in the 1st and 2nd team. Please feel free to contact me with any safeguarding concerns or other feedback no matter how small. If you see me at the club you are more than welcome to stop me for a chat and introduce yourself.

Lucy Hireson, Assistant Club Safeguarding Officer - 07902 848801 / safeguarding@wellingtoncc.co.uk

Hi, my name is Lucy Hireson, you might have seen me working behind the bar here at your home games. I'm a bowler, but definitely not the cricket kind, I play competitive Crown Green bowls for Bowring bowls club. Please feel free to contact me with any safeguarding concerns or feedback. I look forward to meeting you all over the coming season.