Wellbeing and Protection

• Wellbeing and Protection Officer (WPO)

  • All clubs with Under 18s must have a Wellbeing and Protection Officer.
  • Depending on the size of your club, it may be useful to have two – one Male and one Female
  • If your club does not have U18s, there is nothing to prevent you having a WPO, and we would actively encourage it.
  • Your Wellbeing and Protection Officer must have the following in place:
    • A current PVG (registered with Scottish Cycling)
    • Completed Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport (CWPS) training in the last 3 years
    • Completed Child Wellbeing & Protection Officer (CWPO) training in the last 3 years
    • To evidence compliance with this standard, our Wellbeing and Protection team must have record of the above evidence for your WPO(s).
    • You can find details of the next CWPS and CWPO training courses here

• Wellbeing and Protection Policy

  • All clubs with Under 18s should adopt the Scottish Cycling Wellbeing and Protection Policy which can be found here. A template for a club policy can be found here.
  • Please note, we are currently developing a Wellbeing and Protection Policy for Adults, when this is published we will notify clubs so that you can adopt and embed it.
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has adopted this policy and embedded it in its practices

• Anti-Bullying Policy

  • All clubs should adopt the Scottish Cycling Anti-Bullying Policy which can be found here.
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has adopted this policy and embedded it in its practices.

• Communications Policy

  • All clubs should have in place a Communucations Policy. We have created a template one which your club can adopt and it can be here.
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has adopted this policy and embedded it in its practices

• Equality Policy

  • All clubs should have in place an Equality Policy. We have created a template one which your club can adopt and it can be here.
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has adopted this policy and embedded it in its practices

• PVG Secondary Contract

  • If your club has individuals working (paid or un-paid) in regulated work, you must have a PVG Contract in place. We encourage you to have this in place with Scottish Cycling as the intermediary body.
  • The PVG Contract can be downloaded here and then sent to WPO@scottishcycling.org.uk
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has a PVG Contract in place. This will be confirmed with our Wellbeing and Protection Team.
   

• Codes of Conduct

  • Members (18+) - download here
  • Members (Under 18) - download here
  • Volunteers (Committee Members etc)- download here
  • Parents/Carers - download here
  • Coaches - download here
  • Spectators - download here
    
    • Your club must have codes of conduct with all the above groups (where applicable).
    • Individuals should have sight of these throughout their involvement with your club and acknowledge their contents through annual membership renewals (or any other suitable method).
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has Codes of Conduct in place.

  • Disciplinary Process

    • This will outline the steps that will be taken if any of the individuals breach the terms of the code of conduct, they are signed up too.
    • You can download a template disciplinary process here
  • To evidence compliance with this standard, you confirm that your club has a Disicplinary Process

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