Advice and information

Here you will find topic specific advice and information on areas around wellbeing and protection. There are also resources and publications that will be useful to anyone looking for further information on keeping children and young people safer in sport.

• Mental health
• The online world
• Sex and relationships
• Managing difficult changes
• Teenage behaviour

• Online coaching and social media during coronavirus
• Grooming in sport
• Responding to adult disclosures of childhood sexual abuse
• Good practice report: “Giving Children a Say”
• Parent's guide to finding a safe sports club

• NES 'Ask, Tell' mental health animations: Save a life: Every life matters, Have a healthy conversation, Look after your mental health
• My Magic Sport Kit

• Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
• National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 (www.gov.scot)
• It’s Everyone’s Job to Make Sure I’m Alright: Report of the Child Protection Audit and Review
• The Promise

• sportscotland
• Volunteer Scotland Disclosure Services (VSDS)
• Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
• Disclosure Scotland
• Respectme