Safe Guarding and Welfare

ChildLine

Phone: 0800 1111
Web Site: www.childline.org.uk

NSPCC

Phone: 0808 800 5000
Web Site: www.nspcc.org.uk

NSPCC – Child Protection in Sport Unit

Phone: 01162 347278
Email: cpsu@nspcc.org.uk
Website: www.thecpsu.org.uk

England Netball

Phone: 01509 277850
Email: besafe@englandnetball.co.uk
Website: England Netball | Safeguarding

 

Code of Conduct

Thoroughbreds Netball Club wish netball to be an enjoyable and positive experience for all netball players.
Please use these guidelines to support your club and fellow players in a manner that will enable you and others around you to enjoy your netball.
Please:
* Accept responsibility in ensuring you are up to date with the laws of netball, understand and adhere to them.
* Encourage your team members to learn the rules of netball and play within them.
* Recognise the valuable contribution made by coaches and officials who are usually volunteers. They give their time and resources to provide netball for you.
* Publicly accept officials’ judgements.
* Discourage unfair play and arguing with officials by anyone, both on and off court.
* Be a positive role model, treat other players and officials with the same level of respect you would expect to be shown to you.
* Recognise fair play and applaud the good performances of all, including the opposition.
* Accept success and failure, victory and defeat equally.
* Use correct and proper language at all times.
* Encourage everyone to enjoy the sport of netball and understand that people have different motivations to playing the game.
* Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their age, gender, ability, cultural background, religion or sexual orientation.