Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)

The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) is a partnership between the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Sport England, Sport Scotland, Sports Council for Northern Ireland and the Sports Council for Wales.

The Unit was founded in 2001 to co-ordinate and support sports organisations implementation of the 2000 National Action Plan for Child protection in Sport.

The CPSU`s mission is to build the capacity of sport to safeguard the welfare of children and young people in and through sport and to enable sports organisations to lead the way in keeping children safe from harm.

The CPSU aims to achieve this in a number of ways:

• Be the first point of contact for sports organisations about safeguarding and child protection issues
• Co-ordinate the production of child protection information and training for sports organisations
• Commission research into a range of issues relating to child protection in sport
• Develop and promote standards for safeguarding and protecting children in the sports sector

For further information visit their website www.thecpsu.org.uk