Creating a Safe Space: Safeguarding our Children in Sports Webinar
In this episode, The Drive Phase Media’s Webinar under the theme, “Creating a Safe Space: Safeguarding our Children in Sports” is presented. The webinar was designed to discuss ways stakeholders can contribute to child protection and safeguarding of youth in sports. It aimed to formulate solutions designed to encourage everyone to do their part to keep sport safe. The webinar’s objective is also to assist sport-based initiatives in developing practical tools focused on child protection and safeguarding practice and to foster the progression of policies, practices and procedures to keep sports fun and children safe.
There were four international and regional panellists including:
Diahann Gordon Harrison-Children’s Advocate of Jamaica
Topic: Abuse in Sport: The Jamaican Reality
Karen Madden, Sports Journalist- Jamaica
Topic: Media's Responsibility: Whistleblowing in a Culture of Silence
Kendia Brathwaite, Sports Scientist- Barbados
Topic: Recruiting, Training and Communication
Ju’Riese Colón, CEO- U.S. Center for SafeSport
Topic: Minimising risk for children in sports
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