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Safeguarding

Welcome to Lancashire Cricket's Safeguarding Page

Lancashire County Cricket Club is dedicated to safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk across all levels of cricket. We comply to the ECB’s Safe Hands Policy to promote best practice, raise awareness, and guide appropriate responses to concerns.

Lancashire Cricket are commited to: 

  • Placing children, young people, and adults at risk at the heart of our organisation.
  • Creating safe, inclusive, and enjoyable environments.
  • Recruiting and training staff responsibly and consistently.
  • Continuously improving safeguarding processes.
  • Building a strong safeguarding structure with clear roles and regular reviews.
  • Promoting respect, safety, and positive behaviours.

Safeguarding is a shared responsibility. Everyone working with Lancashire Cricket upholds our standards and demonstrates a dedicated approach. 

We commit to:

  • Preventative measures that ensure safe cricket settings.
  • Clear reporting processes: Respond, Record, Report.
  • Managing concerns thoroughly with the ECB and relevant agencies.
  • What Lancashire Cricket does to protect children, young people and adults at risk

    Recruitment and Training

    All staff who work with anyone under 18 or an adult at risk go through rigorous recruitment, selection, induction and training processes. This includes background checks (DBS) before they start working. Interviews, referencing and work place monitoring to ensure they can do their job well. All staff have specialist training, so they develop awareness know what to look for, and what to do to safeguard all children, young people and adults at risk.

    Safety at Matches

    We want your experience of watching Lancashire Cricket teams to be first class. To do this we ensure everyone follows safety and safeguarding procedures; All staff, partners and supplier services are suitably trained; We embed and empower a team of Safeguarding Stewards, hospitality teams and safeguarding managers across our footprint to ensure the very best standards are delivered and concerns can be responded to appropriately. Anyone under 16 years old must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.

    We use a number of initiatives to ensure that the environment is as safe as possible which include but are not limited to, designated people, additional needs training, wristbands, safe spaces and sensory rooms, sensory packs and a family stand which is alcohol free.

    If you are bringing groups of children to a match or event onsite then please plan properly, organise meeting points for emergencies in and out of the ground, wear the same colours or something that distinguishes your children, identify the nearest toilets and food stands to where you are sitting, plan for hot or inclement weather, bring water bottles and use the water refill fountains, introduce yourself to your friendly stewards and always accompany children if they want to explore the stadium.

  • Reporting a concern

    Lancashire County Cricket Club takes safeguarding seriously.

    All suspicions, concerns and allegations will be taken seriously, and they will be dealt with swiftly and appropriately. We will follow the 3R’s with every concern: Responding appropriately, Recording confidentiality and Reporting where necessary, ensuring that concerns are dealt with in a fair and prompt manner.

    This would include the County and Club Safeguarding Manager and appropriate external authorities, such as the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), as specified within the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) safeguarding procedures.

    Safeguarding concerns must be passed on in a timely manner – both within the organisation and to external agencies when appropriate – so that action can be taken to address and manage them. It is important to follow the below recording and reporting procedures.

    • Write down what happened as soon as possible
    • Be as accurate as you can about what you have seen, heard and or been told
    • Use calm and neutral language
    • Be mindful of personal opinions or feelings – be clear about these if including them in the report
    • Contact the Club's Safeguarding Manager - Sarah Denham ([email protected]) or the Lancashire Cricket Safeguarding Team ([email protected])

    If you would prefer, the ECB safeguarding team can be contacted directly. You can do this by calling 020 7432 1200 and asking for a member of the Safeguarding Team or by emailing [email protected] 

    If someone is at imminent or immediate risk, you must call the Police by dialling 999 or 101, Local Social Services or the NSPCC 24-hour helpline (if you cannot contact the above) 0808 800 5000– following which please contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead for local advice and support.

  • Low-level concerns

    A low-level concern is a concern about the behaviour of an employee, including casual staff or volunteers, towards a child or adult that does not meet the threshold for referral to a statutory agency such as the Police or Local Authority. It might be a concern, no matter how small, that someone might have acted in a manner which:

    • Is not consistent with Safe Hands Safeguarding Policy and Guidance
    • Is not consistent with the ECB Coaches Code of Conduct or other professional codes of conduct.

    For example,

    • Swearing or using inappropriate language in front of a child
    • Showing favouritism towards a particular child
    • Having social media contact with a child in a way that does not adhere to agreed guidance.

    Such behaviour can exist on a wide spectrum, from the inadvertent or thoughtless, or behaviour which may look inappropriate but might not be in specific circumstances, through to that which is ultimately intended to enable abuse.

    If you have a concern, contact the Club's Safeguarding Manager (Sarah Denham - [email protected])

  • Safeguarding policies and guidelines

    Use of Changing Rooms & Showers

    Anti Bullying Policy 

    Online Safety & Communications 

  • Information held

    If you have any ongoing contact with Lancashire Cricket it is likely we will take some personal details, for example your name, address, date of birth, details of your parents or guardian.

    This is so we know who you are and can contact you again. We might also ask to take your picture. This will be for good reason, like to celebrate an event or an achievement. Either way we will ask for your parent / carer’s permission to do this.

    Normally if you give permission, we apply it to all situations where photographs might be taken. You can always opt out before, during or following.

    We store all information and images in line with data protection law. This means all information is;

    • Collected with your consent and your parents/ carers consent
    • Stored safely
    • Deleted within the correct timescales.

    Matches and Live Events

    Please be aware that it is a condition of entry that still and moving images will be captured and you may be included in these. These may be broadcast or used for publication and marketing purposes across a variety of formats and platforms.

    If you would like to know more please click HERE.

  • Contacts

    Lancashire Cricket contacts:

    Sarah Denham (Safeguarding Manager) - [email protected]

    Lancashire Cricket Safeguarding Team - [email protected]

    Other contacts:

    Cricket Regulator - [email protected]

    Lancashire Discrimination Investigator - [email protected]

    Cricket Regulator - Cricket-Regulator-Safeguarding-Referral-Form-2025.docx

    If you are not satisfied with the outcome of raising a concern or complaint, please consider escalating your concern via our whistleblowing process. This will be dealt with by senior members of the Club who will act independently. Full details can be found here.

  • Further information and useful links

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