Scottish Cycling are pleased to announce its organised child wellbeing & protection courses that will run from April 2022 through to the end of March 2023.
These courses are aimed at those who are working with children and young people in various roles across the sport with the goal of creating a safer environment for everyone involved in Scottish cycling.
The Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport (CWPS) course is aimed at Coaches, Mountain Bike Leaders, Ride Leaders, Event Welfare Officers and Parent/Activity Helpers to give them a basic awareness and understanding on what child wellbeing & protection is, good practice, recognising and responding to concerns across 2 modules. This course is a requirement under the Minimum Operating Standards (MOS) for clubs.
Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport: Officer Training (CWPO) course is aimed at Wellbeing & Protection Officers and supports development of key skills and knowledge required to promote the wellbeing of children and young people in their club/team and respond effectively to concerns.
The dates and times for the course can be found below (please note that all courses will be ran virtually):
| Course | Date | Time |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Sunday 17th April 2022 | 12:00pm - 15:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport: Officer Training | Wednesday 20th April 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Tuesday 3rd May 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Wednesday 1st June 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport: Officer Training | Monday 27th June 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Thursday 8th August 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Wednesday 12th October 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Thursday 10th November 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport: Officer Training | Wednesday 16th November 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Wednesday 7th December 2022 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Tuesday 10th January 2023 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport: Officer Training | Wednesday 18th January 2023 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Monday 23rd January 2023 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Thursday 16th February 2023 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
| Child Wellbeing & Protection in Sport | Tuesday 7th March 2023 | 18:00pm – 21:00pm |
To book onto the courses, Scottish Cycling will now be taking bookings through our new customer portal, Clubserve. To access Clubserve, please click here.
A guide on how to book a course through Clubserve can also be found here.
Discounted Courses for Scottish Cycling Members
We are delighted to announce a change in the cost of courses for Scottish Cycling members. For any member of an affiliated Scottish Cycling club who is required to undertake the CWPS course, there will be no fee associated with attending this course. Following feedback from the Scottish cycling community we have been able to make these courses free to access to reduce barriers for clubs and look to improve accessibility to the course.
We will also be providing a discount of 50% for those individuals who are Wellbeing & Protection Officers within clubs and are required to attend the CWPO course.
To access these discount codes, please contact your club’s Wellbeing & Protection Officer who has been contacted separately with the discount codes.
If there are any problems with booking a place on the courses available or the discount codes, please contact wpo@scottishcycling.org.uk and the Wellbeing & Protection Team will be more than happy to assist.
