Club policies.

Safeguarding

We want everyone at Wapping to be able to take part in their sport safely and the welfare of our community is of the highest importance.

It is all of our responsibilities to keep each other safe and happy.

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with our Code of Ethics and Behaviour and the other resources on this page to help make the club a safe and inclusive space for all.

Safeguarding Team

Wapping’s welfare team is made up of:

Emma Thorne (Women’s Section), Alex Corrie (Men’s Section), Sandra Akinbolu and Barbara Lo Giudice (Wapping Kidds)

All of us can be contacted via the incident reporting form or at wappinghcwelfare@gmail.com, where any concerns, questions, or issues will be treated with dignity, respect, and confidentiality. No matter how small you believe the issue to be, if something doesn’t sit right with you, or makes your time on or off the pitch uncomfortable, reach out to us.

Safeguarding young people

Wapping’s Safeguarding Young People Guidance can be found here.

Reporting INCIDENTs/CONCERNS

Use this form to report any incident, concern or issue that you would like to raise with the welfare team. 

Any and all information given on this form will be treated with dignity, respect and confidentiality.

Feedback and suggestions

We are constantly looking to improve our welfare provision and offer to club members, and are always happy to receive feedback and suggestions from anyone affiliated with the club. Please consider taking the time to answer a few brief questions here that can help us do so. 

Further information

For further information on safeguarding in hockey please refer to the online guidance provided by England Hockey:

• Information for Parents can be found here

• Information for Young People here

• Information for Junior Organisers here

• Information for Adults On Teams With Young Players here

• Information for Coaches here

• Information for Umpires here

• Information for Club Committee here