Child Protection

When you leave your child with Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts for training, matches or a club event, we want you to be safe in the knowledge your child's well being is our primary concern.

At the bottom of this page you will find our Child Wellbeing & Protection Policy document. We have also published our Childrens Rights, Child Protection and Anti-Bullying Policy Statements below.

Lesley Shepherd is our Child Safety & Welfare Officer, she can be contacted on PHONE/EMAIL if you have any questions or concerns about your child's welfare whilst in our care.

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS POLICY STATEMENT

Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts Football Club is fully committed to embedding a rights-based approach in Scottish football. We recognise and work within the general principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation as well as survival and development. For the purposes of this policy a child is recognised as someone under the age of 18 years. This policy applies to all children regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, socio-economic status or family circumstance.

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY STATEMENT

Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts Football Club is fully committed to promoting, supporting and safeguarding the well being of all children in its care. We recognise the child’s rights to protection as provided in Article 19 of the UNCRC: all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse. ‘Child protection’ means protecting a child from child abuse or neglect, as stated within the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2014. For the purposes of this policy a child is recognised as someone under the age of 18 years. This policy applies to all children regardless of age, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, socio-economic status or family circumstance.

ANTI-BULLYING POLICY STATEMENT

Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding the wellbeing of all children in its care. We understand that children’s wellbeing can be seriously impacted by bullying behaviour. Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts Football Club therefore recognises the information provided for children by respect me, Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service: ‘Bullying is never acceptable; it doesn’t make a child better or stronger to get through it and it should never be seen as a normal part of growing up. Bullying is a behaviour that can make a child feel frightened, threatened, left out and hurt. Something only has to happen once to make a child feel worried or scared to go to school or other places they enjoy going’. For the purposes of this policy a child is recognised as someone under the age of 18 years. This policy applies to all children regardless of age, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, socio-economic status or family circumstance.