The Safeguarding Kit Bag is where you will find supporting guidance and templates to help your club put measures in place to ensure you create a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all, especially children.  

Policy

• ECB Safe Hands Policy PDF
• ECB Safeguarding Adults Policy PDF
• Club Safeguarding Policy Statement Word

Guidance

• Appointing and Training a Club Safeguarding Officer PDF
• Changing Rooms and Showering Facilities (coming soon - see below for details)
• Coaches Working with Children PDF
• Coaching and Supervision Ratios PDF
• Creating a Safe, Welcoming, and Inclusive Environment PDF
• Disciplinary Proceedings Involving Children PDF
• Low-Level Concerns PDF
• Managing Children Away from the Club PDF
• Missing Children PDF
• Photo, Video and Live Streaming Link
• Recognising Signs of Abuse and Neglect PDF
• Recreational Club Safeguarding Self Assessment Report June 2025 PDF
• Responding to, Recording, and Reporting Concerns PDF
• Safer Recruitment PDF
• Safer Recruitment - Quick Guide for Clubs PDF
• Shirt Names for Children PDF
• Social Media, Online Communication and Online Safety PDF
• Staff and Volunteers Working with Children PDF
• Sun Protection PDF
• Training Matrix PDF
• Transporting Children to Cricket Activities PDF

Changing Rooms

We are awaiting updated guidance from the EHRC regarding changing rooms, with their interim guidance issued in April 2025 having now been removed. Our changing room guidance has therefore been removed in line with this and will be updated in due course.

We recognise that using gendered changing facilities can be a source of stress for transgender and non-binary participants. Clubs should support transgender and non-binary participants in agreeing an appropriate approach to accessing changing rooms. Reasonable accommodation or adjustment, such as offering alternative or individual gender-neutral facilities should be considered by clubs.

Templates

• Anti-Bullying Policy Word
• Club Safeguarding Officer Poster PDF
• Club Safeguarding Policy Statement Word
• Club Transport Policy Word
• Codes of Conduct (CPSU) Link
• Junior Club Membership Form Word
• Junior Players in Open Age Cricket Consent Form Word
• Safeguarding Concerns Poster for Clubs PDF
• Safeguarding Referral Form Link
• Safer Recruitment Link
• Welcome Letter for Parents and Carers Word

ECB Regulations  

The following documents can all be found on the ECB Regulations webpage:  

• ECB Safeguarding Regulations
• ECB DBS Vetting Procedure
• ECB Recreational Cricket Safety Regulations
• ECB Recreational Cricket Safety Guidelines
• Player Gender Eligibility Regulations
• Live Streaming Guidance 
• Disparity Regulations
• Extreme Heat Guidance
• ECB Policy on Trans People Playing Cricket
• Concussion in Cricket 

What To Do If You Have a Concern 

• Click here to find out more about sharing a concern
• Safeguarding Referral Form