WELFARE(SAFEGUARDING)

The CWO ensures the club meets its responsibilities when running activities for children and young people.

The CWO ensures the club personnel understand what their ?duty of care? towards children and young people means and entails on a day to day basis.

Catterick Village Junior Football Club takes the safeguarding and welfare of everyone at the club seriously. We ask that if you have any concerns, questions or you see or hear anything please contact the Child Welfare Officer by phone or email who will be happy to arrange a convenient time to discuss the issue and take the necessary steps to resolve the matter.

North Riding County Football Association recently shared the infographic on the next page highlighting this past seasons discipline statistics. It is quite disturbing seeing the results and the age groups where the spectator behaviour received the most charges.

At CVJFCwe have recently promoted 2 new referees that were under the age of 16 and we expect all parents/spectators to respect the referee just as they do their child.

Below is a link to a free online FA course for parents/spectators that introduces them to safeguarding It would be great if all of our parents/spectators were to complete the course and understand what behaviour we at CVJFCand the FA expects whilst we are on the sidelines watching our children play. The course takes 30 minutes.

https://learn englandfootball com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-awareness-for-parents-and-carers

CVJFC Backs Nat ional Cam paign and Appoint s Club Ment al Healt h Cham pion

We are pleased to have been recognised by the North Riding County Football Association as one of the first clubs to have taken part in their Mental Health Champions Programme

NRCFA explains more about the programme. "At North RidingFAwebelievethat football doesnot onlypositivelyimpact our physical health and fitness, it certainlyalso improvesmental wellbeing. Weall haveour own level of mental health, just aswedo for our physical health and with thepronounced impact of the pandemicon people?soverall wellness, we believethisisan opportune timefor everystakeholder in our countyto payjust as much attention to their mental fitnessastheir physical fitness.

Manyof our stakeholdersstruggled duringthepandemicdueto factorsincluding social isolation, anxiety, bereavement or missed physical activity.

Improvingor maintainingemotional health isthereforea keystrategicpriority within our county. Byprovidingaccessto enjoyablefootball-based exercise, wewill aim to increaseself-esteem and confidencefor all, createa senseof belongingand improvesocial skillsfor those isolated within grassrootsfootball. For thosewho seek a profession within football, good physical and emotional wellbeingisalso just as important ashavingtheabilityto playthegame.

Our workwith our grassrootscommunityenablesusto highlight the subject of mental health with our clubsand leagues, leadingto theintroduction of our Mental Health Champion programme.

Weareencouragingall of our clubsto appoint a Mental Health Champion to support their players, coachesand volunteers".

NRCFA has committed to funding one person per affiliated club to enable clubs to appoint a Mental Health Champion with a recognised qualification and our Child Welfare Officer, Liz has recently successfully completed the training course, alongside Maggie (Secretary) and Ross (U10 Panthers).