Last year, we received 623 contacts from adults across the UK with concerns about a child’s welfare in a sports setting, a 47% increase on the previous year

We handled 135 contacts from sports professionals, including coaches, club staff, and volunteers — over three times the number received the previous year. The most common concerns were about sexual abuse or exploitation, emotional abuse and physical abuse.

Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport is a year-round campaign from the charity’s Child Protection in Sport Unit that raises awareness of safeguarding children in sports settings and encourages positive behaviour by parents and carers from the sidelines.