Welfare Policies
Welfare Policies
Kate is our dedicated welfare office. Their role is to ensure we comply with the policies and wealth of supporting material that the British Fencing Association develop and publish. We are also lucky that our head coach is our safety officer and monitors safety during the sessions as defined for coaches in the Club risk assessment.
Kate and Leanne are always happy to discuss any issues in the strictest confidence and can also be contacted by phone or email – please email enquiries@bathswordclub.co.uk for their contact details.
Their focus is very much on juniors and vulnerable adults but the welfare officer and all our coaches take great care to ensure all good practice is followed.
Our welfare officer have a good understanding of the British Fencing Association’s (BFA) policies. They have DBS clearance and have attended all the welfare courses and training required to ensure that he appears on the current BFA Welfare Officer Register as an accredited Club Welfare Officer.
One small example of this is that we try to ask everyone whether they are happy for us to show their photographs on our facebook page and website, but while we operate on an opt-out basis for adults we ask parents and guardians to opt-in for children and vulnerable adults. This is just one of the documents that can be found in the BFA Welfare Zone (above)
https://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/8_photography_policy.pdf
All Bath Sword Club coaches are DBS checked and have up to date accreditation in terms of Child Protection and First Aid and appear on the BFA Coach Register.