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

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.