Everyone should feel safe in football.
We spoke to Stephen Carrick at Sacred Heart Football Club, Emma Freeman at Parkvale Football Club, and Amanda Mowlds at Knocklyon United to discuss safeguarding policies and Play It Right ✅
See more here 👉 https://t.co/g7TK1Eibji
If you're a sporting institution, a league, a club, a team, how are you respecting the right of children & young people (CYP) to be heard?
Here's a great checklist based on @proflauralundy's model embedded in Ireland's National Framework for CYP's Participation in Decision-making
Today is the day that secondary school teachers who play sport with @FAIreland@officialgaa@IrishRugby@GolfIreland_ TRANSITION to Full Time Athletes!! 🤣 Enjoy the summer. A well deserved break! ⚽️ 🏉🏌️♀️
Published today 👉 A key White Paper focusing on the work of children in, or on the pathway to, elite sport
📖 The paper explores how the experiences of children and the situations they may encounter could be analogous to child labour
🔗 Read and download now
Aughrim Rangers U8’s away match today to Wicklow Rovers. No referee, children managed the throws and free’s themselves. Best game I have seen all year. No adult intervention. Jerseys on, out and play, shook hands for a finish. The Beautiful Game on a beautiful day. ⚽️ @FAIreland
Reading an assignment this evening submitted by a @WeAreTUDublin Sport & Leisure Management student who referenced this article and views of @jennymurphy045 Important to note given the past week which strengthens the argument for change. https://t.co/Gruqrj6FLC