Clubs

Adopting the Framework

Adoption Guide - This guide outlines the key steps for community clubs and associations to endorse the Australian Cricket Framework for Safeguarding Children and Young People, promote your commitment to child safety and appoint a Child Safety Officer. 

Social Media Tiles for Clubs and Associations - This social media kit provides a caption template and social media templates for your club or association to promote their commitment to child safety and announce their Child Safety Officer. Downloadable image files and Canva templates are included. 

Child Safety: Club poster - A poster to proudly display your clubs commitment to the Australian Cricket Framework for Safeguarding Children and Young People

 

Child Safety Officer: Club Poster/Flyer - A template to use as a poster or flyer to communicate who your clubs child safety officer is.

Children & Young People Rights in Cricket Poster - A poster to highlight how children and young people should feel and be treated when involved in cricket

Child Safety Officer Toolkit - This Toolkit is designed to be a starting point for promoting and embedding Child Safety at your Club or Association. It provides you with practical tips and resources to support your role as a Child Safety Officer.

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Template Email to Parents at Start of Season - An email template that your Club or Association president may send to the club community at the start of the season to ensure child safety and behaviour expectations are clearly communicated

Junior Player Leadership Group Guide - This guide provides a framework for establishing Junior Player Leadership Groups to provide an opportunity for young players to develop leadership skills and contribute to the club activities.

Committing to the Framework

Commitment Guide - This guide outlines the key steps for community clubs and associations to continue their commitment to the safeguarding framework, ensuring child safe practices are embedded in the club culture and procedures for responding to and reporting to child safe concerns. 

Screening and Background Checks

Recruitment Guide - This guide provides tips for club and association committee members conducting interviews and reference checks of candidates who will be interacting with children and young people in their role.

Complaint Handling Tips - This fact sheet provides tips for handling complaints related to child safety for Child Safety Officers, Member Protection Information Officers or other club members. 

Responding

Child Safety Response - This flowchart one-pager can be used as a poster and provides the steps for responding to child safety concerns, and who to refer or report these matters. 

Policy Resource: WWCC Contacts - Table of Working With Children Check authorities in each State and Territory

Code of Behaviour - Resources

These form templates can be used by clubs to obtain consent or agreement from parents or guardians for following the code of behaviour, approving transportation arrangements, allowing the use of images or recordings, and consenting to the livestreaming of matches. 

Looking After our Kids: Easy Read - The easy-read code of behaviour is designed to be accessible for people with a range of literacy levels and cognitive abilities. It explains the requirements of the code of behaviour in simple language, supported by images. 

e-Learning Modules for Recognising and Reporting Abuse

A free resource to help community cricket volunteers, coaches, umpires and parents recognise and report prohibited conduct in cricket, covering all forms of abuse, misconduct and grooming.

• Each module takes just 5 minutes to complete.

• We recommended to start with the ‘Looking after our kids introduction’ module, from which you can also navigate to each topic.

• You can complete all the modules or select the modules you want to learn more about.

Promoting the eLearn’s within your Association or Club - An email template that your Club or Association Child Safety Officer may send to parents or the broader club community to encourage the completion of the free learning modules. 

eLearning Modules for Recognising & Reporting Abuse

Looking after our kids introduction   
बच्चों की सुरक्षा (Hindi version) 

Looking after our kids Code of Behaviour   
बच्चों की देखभाल कोड ऑफ बिहेवियर (Hindi version) 

Recognising Emotional Abuse    
भावनात्मक शोषण को पहचानना (Hindi version) 

Recognising Physical Abuse   
शारीरिक शोषण को पहचानना (Hindi version) 

Recognising Sexual Abuse   
यौन शोषण को पहचानना (Hindi version) 

Recognising Grooming    
ग्रूमिंग की पहचान (Hindi version) 

Disclosures and Reporting   
खुलासे और रिपोर्टिंग (Hindi version) 

Additional Resources

Sports Integrity Australia eLearning courses 

• Safeguarding Children and Young People in Sport Induction 

• Play By The Rules - Member Protection Information Officer (MPIO) 

• Play By The Rules – Complaint Handling 

• Play By The Rules – Mini Course: Let Kids be Kids 

Play By the Rules – Community Child Safe Sport 

eSafety Commissioner Sports Hub 

• 8 ways to stay safe online in sport 

• For parents 

• For coaches and officials 

• For players 

 

Reporting

Australian Cricket is committed to ensuring that every cricket participant, including children and young people, participates in our sport free of abuse, harassment, bullying or any other form of inappropriate conduct.

FOR ELITE CRICKET: 

Reports can be made to integrity@cricket.com.au and Cricket Australia’s Core Integrity hotline:

Phone: 1300 FAIR GAME (1300 3247 4263) 
Email: or fairgame@coreintegrity.com.au    
Online: http://qrs.ly/FairGameCA 

FOR STATE & TERRITORY CRICKET:

Reports can be made via childsafe@cricket.com.au and Cricket Australia’s Core Integrity hotline:

Phone: 1300 FAIR GAME (1300 3247 4263) 
Email: or fairgame@coreintegrity.com.au   
Online: http://qrs.ly/FairGameCA 

FOR COMMUNITY CRICKET:

Complaints can be made via childsafe@cricket.com.au or to the relevant State & Territory Association integrity contact or Member Protection Information Officer. See contact details below.