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NWG – Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts

Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts

The NWG are delighted to welcome Jo, Paul and Sue from the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts team into their organisation.

The Safeguarding Code ​in Martial Arts was launched nearly 4 years ago with the support of Sport England and The National Lottery and created as a code of practice for martial arts practitioners including instructors, coaches, clubs and anyone delivering Martial Arts as a means of being recognised as delivering good safeguarding practices within their organisations.

The Safeguarding Code recognises clubs or providers in England who have demonstrated that they have reached and maintained good safeguarding standards and is a free service ​which benefits clubs, instructors, volunteers, parents as well as organisations and venues that hire out their facilities (church halls, village halls, community centres, leisure centres, gyms, schools etc.) and ultimately the students themselves.

You can read all the details about the code and how to start the process of attaining the Safeguarding Code for your club by visiting the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts website at Sport England Safeguarding Code – Martial Arts

The website also includes a section for parents/carers with guidance on what to ask a club to ensure it has good safeguarding processes in place as well as an interactive map containing details of clubs who have attained the Safeguarding Code, helping parents make good choices for their children and offering the club the prestige of being named as having good safeguarding practices in place.

This work compliments the aim to improve safeguarding within sport and leisure settings that the NWG are focusing on through our partnership with Sport England. It is part of our work to focus on unregulated sports and Martial Arts has such diverse variations, with 100’s of different types of martial art activities taking place across the country and therefore having a team to focus on that aspect works well for our overall aims for improving safeguarding in the sector.

You can contact the Safeguarding in Martial Arts team at  info@nwgnetwork.org