Child Safety Standards

Bannockburn Cricket Club's

Safety Standards

The Bannockburn Cricket Club fully endorse the new Victorian Cricket Integrity Policies and are committed to best practices in Child Safety and Member Protection at our Cricket Club. Policies can be viewed here: Child Safe and Member Protection – Cricket Victoria

Players Handbook

Our Player’s Handbook is available for download and includes information on our Code of Conduct, Child Safety Standards & more.

1. Establish

a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identities and experience of Aboriginal Children and Young People are respected and valued.

2. Embed

Child Safety and Wellbeing in organisational leadership, governance and culture.

3. Empower

Children and Young People so that they know their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously.

4. Inform

and engage families in respect to child safety and wellbeing.

5. Ensure

that equity & diversity is upheld through our policies and practices.

6. Engage

volunteers and officials to ensure that they are suitable to work with Children and Young People.

7. Handle

complaints and concerns promptly, thoroughly and with a child focused approach.

8. Educate

volunteers, staff (if applicable) and officials – in consultation with Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia – to provide them with the knowledge and skills to keep Children and Young People safe.

9. Promote

the safety & wellbeing of Children and Young People through physical and online environments.

10. Review

and improve our child safe policies, procedures and practices regularly.

11. Role Model

behaviour and actions documented in policies, procedures and practices guiding how our organisation is safe for Children and Young People.

Our Commitment to

fostering the Right Culture, Environment and Child Safety

All participants in cricket, regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, have the right to enjoy the game in an environment that is safe from abuse of any kind.

The Club recognises that safeguarding starts with setting high standards and promoting a positive culture which provides the best environment for participants to enjoy themselves and the game of cricket.

We are committed to ensuring that all individuals volunteering at or for the Club are provided with the necessary support through education, training and continued development.

We ensure that all individuals volunteering at or for the Club are recruited and appointed in accordance with the relevant legislation and are committed to providing a welcoming, safe, and fun experience for children.

We promote

A listening culture

Where the views of children, parents/carers, volunteers and other club members are proactively sought and acted upon. This helps us to create an environment where people have the opportunity and confidence to raise concerns, including concerns about poor practice, abuse and neglect.

We seek to create a partnership with parents/carers so that they know what to expect from us and what we expect of them.

It is our aim that everyone at the Club should feel confident to raise a concern, no matter how small. We believe that raising and dealing with concerns quickly, when they occur, supports a proactive safeguarding culture at the Club.

We ensure that confidential information relating to safeguarding matters is shared appropriately and only with those who need to know. The Club recognises that it is not the responsibility to investigate matters, but to act upon and report any concerns promptly.