In 2021, Birmingham County Football Association (BCFA) in partnership with Newman University carried out a quantitative online review to assess coaches, volunteers, parents and young people's understanding of safeguarding information, policies and procedures in relation to football. This paper examines the findings from the children (aged 5–11) and young people (aged 12–17) using the Six Principles of Safeguarding to assess the current safeguarding measures in place to protect children and young people (CYP) playing grassroots football. The review found that whilst most CYP felt safe when playing organised football, there were some concerns raised from the young people in relation to angry parents, abuse and racism. Most children in both groupings had heard of the term safeguarding, but fewer had heard of the term welfare, and struggled to explain what welfare meant. A key finding and concern is that many CYP are not aware of the role of the Club Welfare Officer at their football club or that this might be someone to whom they can disclose issues concerning them. Furthermore, it became evident that further research, awareness raising and implementation of listening to and acting on children's voices needs to be fully embedded into safeguarding practice in children and young people's organised football.

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草根足球保障回顾：儿童和青少年的视角

2021 年，伯明翰县足球协会 (BCFA) 与纽曼大学合作开展了一项定量在线审查，以评估教练、志愿者、家长和年轻人对足球相关信息、政策和程序保护的理解。本文利用六项保障原则对儿童（5-11 岁）和青少年（12-17 岁）的调查结果进行了研究，以评估当前为保护参加基层足球的儿童和青少年（CYP）而采取的保障措施。审查发现，虽然大多数 CYP 在参加有组织的足球比赛时感到安全，但年轻人对愤怒的父母、虐待和种族主义提出了一些担忧。两组中的大多数孩子都听说过“保障”一词，但很少有人听说过“福利”一词，并且很难解释福利的含义。一个重要的发现和担忧是，许多 CYP 不知道俱乐部福利官员在他们的足球俱乐部中的角色，也不知道这可能是他们可以向其透露与他们有关的问题的人。此外，很明显，需要将进一步研究、提高认识以及倾听儿童声音并采取行动的做法充分纳入儿童和青少年有组织足球的保障实践中。