Safeguarding children is about doing things the right way, doing things properly. It's about allowing children to enjoy the game without abuse of any kind. That means bullying, physical, emotional or sexual abuse and neglect.
Middlesex FA believes football can have a powerful positive influence on children. But that means everyone involved in football must take on the responsibility of looking after those children that want to play the game.
If you have an issue within your football club that needs to be addressed, then please contact your club welfare officer in the first instance.
Should you require further advice or assitance then contact the county Welfare Officer at ray.herb@middlesexfa.com or contact Ray on 0208 515 6910
What your Welfare Officer needs for 2010/11 season!
The MCFA would like to remind clubs with youth teams that from the beginning of the 2010/11 season you will need a Welfare Officer who has attended a Welfare Officer Workshop.
We are aware that a number of clubs have a Welfare Officer who hasn’t yet attended this course. If this is the case at the start of next season the club will not be able to affiliate. With this in mind we recommend that any Club Welfare Officer yet to attend this course enrol as soon as possible. A full list of current Welfare Officer Workshops is available at the following link: http://eventspace.thefa.com/middlesexfa/participant/s.aspx
Current Club Welfare Officers can attend the Workshop free of charge due to a sponsorship deal which has recently been struck with major re-insurance group Munich Re. If you are a Welfare Officer yet to attend the Workshop please take advantage of this fine opportunity!
A Welfare Officer will therefore need to have met the following criteria before a club with youth teams can affiliate for the 2010/11 season:
• Attended a Welfare Officer Workshop
• Hold a Safeguarding Children Course certificate
• Hold an FA CRB certificate
If you have any queries regarding this process or would like to discuss it further please contact MCFA Welfare Officer, Ray Herb on 020 8515 6910 or email ray.herb@middlesexfa.com