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We are playing our part during this year’s Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week (6th – 12th October), a campaign ran annually by the CPSU. This year the campaign focuses on how parents and carers can bring out the best in their child.

The support parents and carers can give to a child means the world, whether its cheering them on or picking them up after a tough day, and it can shape how they feel about sport.

If you’re a parent and / or carer to a child in sport, here are the CPSU’s tips to bring out their best:

1. Listen to your child – why do they play sport, is it for fun, friendship or because they enjoy the competition? How do they want you to support them?
2. Keep sport fun – make children feel good by praising effort and progress as well as performance.
3. Respect everyone – show what great sportsmanship and respect looks like by cheering on the whole team, and respect the coaches and officials (even if you disagree with their decisions).
4. See something, say something – are parents or coaches shouting insults, criticising mistakes or challenging official decisions? Raise any issues with your club’s welfare officer.

Find out more about the campaign: https://thecpsu.org.uk/parents/keeping-your-child-safe-in-sport-2025-for-parents/

Clubs can get involved using resources created by the CSPU: https://thecpsu.org.uk/safeinsport/

All BWB safeguarding resources can be found via our dedicated resource library: https://britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk/resource-category/safeguarding-resources/

The NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) is part of the NSPCC and is funded by UK sports councils.