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GoldSTANDARD

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Objectives for achieving Gold

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT1All coaches and leaders have attended either the sports coach

UK ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ or ‘Safeguarding and

Protecting Children 2’ workshop

All volunteer and support staff have attended either the sports coach

UK ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ or ‘Safeguarding and

Protecting Children 2’ workshop.

Eighty percent (80%) of lead coaches and leaders have done

appropriate first aid training

Eighty percent (80%) of lead volunteers and support staff have done

appropriate first aid training

The club has a technical lead for disability, who attends Continuing

Professional Learning (CPL) events relevant to impairment and sports-

related classification

The club have a role description for the Equity Officer

An Equity Officer has been elected

The Equity Officer has attended the sports coach UK ‘Equity in your

Coaching’ workshop (or other equivalent Equity or Equality and

Diversity training workshop)

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The club have regular communication with parents/guardians,

participants/performers and local contacts/partners through the club

website or regular newsletters

Coaches, leaders, volunteers, support staff, parents, and participants/

performers within the club are nominated for local and national (as

appropriate) programmes which reward contributions to sport

COMMUNICATIONS3

PROCEDURES2Club is represented at a minimum of one disability sport event, or one event

which includes disabled athletes within their sport

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GOLD STANDARD GUIDANCE

Gold Standard Guidance

1.1 All coaches and leaders have attended either the sports coach UK ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ or ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children 2’ workshop

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT1SUPPORT

Copies of the coaches’ and leaders’ SPC/SPC2

certificates of attendance.

Coach/leaders CPD register identifying which coaches/

leaders have completed SPC/SPC2.

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GOLD STANDARD GUIDANCE

SUPPORTCopies of the volunteers’ and support staff’s SPC/SPC2 certificates

of attendance.

Volunteers/support staff CPD register identifying which volunteers/

support staff have completed SPC/SPC2.

All volunteers and support staff have attended either the sports coach UK ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ or ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children 2’ workshop

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Eighty percent (80%) of lead volunteers and support staff have done appropriate first aid training

SUPPORTSight of the Award certificate for the first aid qualification.

Lead volunteers/support staff register identifying which lead volunteers/

support staff have completed a recognised basic first aid course.

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Eighty percent (80%) of lead coaches and leaders have done appropriate first aid training

1.3

SUPPORTSight of the award certificate for the first aid qualification.

Lead coach/leader CPD register identifying which lead coaches/

leaders have completed a recognised basic first aid course.

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GOLD STANDARD GUIDANCE

The club has a Technical Lead for Disability, who attends Continuing Professional Learning (CPL) relevant to impairment and sports-related classification

SUPPORTIdentification of individual(s) who have technical lead role.

Overview of what the club considers to constitutes a Technical Lead role.

Record of CPD register identifying CPL Technical Lead(s) has/have undertaken.

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SUPPORTCopy of the role description for the Club Equity Officer.

The club have a role description for the Equity Officer1.6

SUPPORTMinutes/records of club committee/board meetings at which

nominations are received for the Equity Officer.

Sight of communication to the club ‘staff’ and membership regarding

the nomination process for the Equity Officer.

Sight of the election process and statistics relating to each nominee.

Information relating to the individual who is elected to the role.

An Equity Officer has been elected1.7

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2.1 Club is represented at a minimum of one disability sport event, or one event which is includes disabled athletes within their sport

SUPPORTResults from competitions highlighting club members’ participation

and achievements within the competition

Copies of certificates of involvement (if relevant) with competitions

Newspaper articles relating to club members and

their engagement with local, regional or

national competition

PROCEDURES2

GOLD STANDARD GUIDANCE

The Equity Officer has attended the sports coach UK ‘Equity in your Coaching’ workshop (or other equivalent Equity or Equality and Diversity training workshop)

SUPPORTAttendance certificate for the EiyC workshop (or other equivalent –

check with DSW for appropriate alternatives).

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GOLD STANDARD GUIDANCE

SUPPORTNewspaper articles referring to the nominations/successes of

individuals involved with the Club at local and/or national level

Copies of award certification

Photos of individuals receiving awards

Letters from awards panels acknowledging receipt of nomination

3.1 The club have regular communication with parents/guardians, participants/performers and local contacts/partners through the club website or regular newsletters

SUPPORTSight of the Club website and the diversity of information included on it

Sight of copies of newsletters which have been circulate

electronically, referred to on the website, or printed (or provided in

appropriate alternative format)

COMMUNICATIONS3

Coaches, leaders, volunteers, support staff, parents and participants/performers are nominated for local and national (as appropriate) programmes which reward contributions to sport

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