Tools, frameworks and practical content to support sports organisations towards more safety, inclusion and sustainability.
1Creating a safe and respectful environmentSafeguarding, legal framework, useful numbers, training
2Sustainability and impact of sports organisationsStrategy, reporting, responsible events
1. Creating a safe and respectful environment
Preventing violence, protecting vulnerable groups and building safe and respectful environments in sport.
Tools offered by Actitude 360
Word templates to download
Free, to adapt to the context of your organisation.
⬇ Codes of conductTwo templates to be signed: one for staff and volunteers, one for athletes, with signature spaces and consent to the use of images.
⬇ Safeguarding policy: the templateThe nine chapters to cover, what each must contain, and an implementation plan to complete.
⬇ Responding to a concernA reporting form template ready to adapt, and the procedure to follow depending on the nature of the facts.
⬇ Safer recruitmentThe rules to adopt, the essentials on criminal record extracts, and a self-declaration form for criminal history.
⬇ Risk assessmentA seven-part grid to go through every year: what is in place, what is missing, and where to start.
⬇ Supervision of young people and changing roomsRecommended supervision ratios by age, and rules for changing rooms, showers and sensitive moments.
Training
On the sidelines, a role that mattersA 90-minute training session for parents of young athletes, in every sport. online, in person, train-the-trainer.
The training catalogueAll our training sessions, by theme, audience and format.
Articles, self-assessment and quiz
Quiz: let's keep violence out of play!Nine situations to understand consent and recognise harassment, hazing, violence and manipulation. For young people, coaches and parents.
Principles, definitions and key termsPhysical, sexual and psychological violence, neglect, harassment, grooming, consent, discrimination: the reference definitions in sport.
Online self-assessment"From intention to action: where does your club stand in offering a safe, welcoming and respectful environment?" Free, confidential, no obligation. (the questionnaire is currently in French; an English version is on its way)
Understanding the self-assessmentWhat it is for, how it works and what each of its eight sections brings to your club.
The complete safeguarding policy modelPrinciples, legal framework, prevention, response and the twelve appendices that make a policy operational.
The 5-step toolkitAction plan, reporting, safer recruitment, criminal record, code of conduct, risk assessment, changing rooms.
Photos, videos and social mediaConsent, filming rules, digital communication, cyberbullying and online hate, with a form template.
Tournaments, travel and overnight staysThe complete checklist for trouble-free trips with young people.
External sources
The sources below come from the Belgian context (Wallonia-Brussels Federation) and are mostly in French. They remain useful examples of what a national framework can provide; if you are based elsewhere, look for the equivalent bodies in your own country.
1. Legal and regulatory framework (Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium)
- Decree on assistance to child victims of abuse
- Decree on the organised sports movement
- Decree on ethics in sport
- Guide to criminal record extracts
- Labelling, sports quality section
2. Useful numbers and websites (Belgium)
- Ethics in sport in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (ADEPS)
- tupeuxledire.be
- Yapaka
- Écoute-Enfants, the 103 helpline
- Télé-Accueil
- SOS Viol
- SOS Enfants teams (ONE)
- Unia
- Unia: online hate and reporting hate speech online
- General Administration of Houses of Justice
- Child Focus
3. Projects, training and other resources
- The PARCS project (for recreational activities in a safe setting) by DEI Belgique
- PARCS 2.0: protecting children from violence during sports activities by DEI Belgique
- Child abuse in sport: European statistics (CASES project)
- Free resources to prevent abuse in sport (Yapaka)
- European project Child Safeguarding in Sport (CSiS) (ADEPS)
- Brochure "Everyone an actor, everyone responsible" on violence in sport (ADEPS)
- Online course: landmarks for preventing abuse (Yapaka)
- 60' ADEPS: violence in sport
Our support
To find out how we can support you, from the self-assessment to implementation, visit our Safeguarding page, or contact us.
2. Sustainability and impact of sports organisations
Structuring a strategy, measuring and reporting on the environmental, social and governance impact of a sports organisation or event.
Tools offered by Actitude 360
Measuring the social responsibility of a sports organisationThree ways to measure, the figures, a field report on a survey of 616 stakeholders and a five-step method.
⬇ Impact and perception surveyComplete questionnaire (profile, awareness of the approach, perception by pillar, expectations, trust, communication, statements on progress), interview guide and analysis grid to measure social responsibility with your stakeholders.
Community sport, a tool for social changeDefinition, six markers, the state of play in French-speaking Belgium and a five-step method for local authorities, federations and clubs.
⬇ Community sport project templateIntention, diagnosis, objectives and indicators, partners and roles, budget, evaluation, and the check against the six markers: the reference document for a project that uses sport to act on a social reality.
Sustainability reporting explainedSix steps, eight principles, three maturity levels and the GRI, CSRD, ESRS and VSME standards.
Field report: Sustainability Officer at an international tournamentESG grid, on-site assessment, activations, carbon footprint and lessons for any organiser.
External sources
Our support
Strategy, action plan, indicators and impact reports: discover our strategic consulting and impact projects and our Sustainability & Safeguarding Officer offer for your events.