In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, Waterford Sports Partnership has postponed all immediate courses/workshops following government advice.
One of the key workshops we deliver are the three Sport Ireland Safeguarding workshops (Safeguarding 1, 2 & 3). We were scheduled to deliver a number of these workshops in the coming weeks which have now been postponed. WSP, following guidance from the Sport Ireland Ethics Unit, will endeavour to fulfil these workshops when it is safe to do so and in line with government protocols.
In the short term, the Sport Ireland Ethics Unit and WSP recognise it is possible there will be a backlog of people within sport who will need to attend a face to face safeguarding workshop once the sector is in a position to resume normal operations. To this end the Sport Ireland Ethics unit have provided all National Governing Bodies of Sport with interim measures to assist them with any back log of Safeguarding workshops that may occur due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
It is important to note that these interim measures do not remove the requirement that individuals need to complete a face-to-face safeguarding workshop. It is still the position of the Sport Ireland Ethics Unit that every relevant individual who undertakes the suggested interim measures must also attend a face to face safeguarding workshop as normal once the sector is in a position to resume operations.
*Please note: Individuals who have any queries on this should liaise directly with their sports National Children Officer who will be in a position to further assist their clubs/members in this regard. Contact details for each National Children’s Officer can be found on the Sport Ireland website in the Ethics section or through the following link – https://www.sportireland.ie/ethics/national-children-officers
For any further questions on this, please contact Peter Jones on 087 785 5940 or email pjones@waterfordsportspartnership.ie.
Article Modified: April 14, 2020 1:15 pm
