Make reporting routes easy to find
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Make Reporting Routes Easy to Find
A reporting policy is difficult to use if people cannot find the right contact. Make routes visible, understandable and available beyond the immediate coaching relationship.
When to use it
Use this when launching a program or checking whether families know how to raise concerns.
Put It into Practice
- Verify the current designated contacts, alternate route and urgent-help information with the responsible safeguarding lead; do not publish an untested or unmonitored address.
- Place concise instructions in registration information and venue materials using accessible language, explaining that privacy will be respected within necessary safety and reporting obligations.
- Ask a few adults and young people, voluntarily, how they would find help, then correct confusing wording without collecting personal disclosures through the usability check.
What It Can Look Like
A family information card includes the designated reporting lead and an alternate route, rather than directing every issue to the athlete's coach.
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Take it with you: Visibility supports safeguarding only when the contacts are current, the process is understood and responsible people are prepared to respond.