Coaches' and volunteers' code of conduct

Everyone who coaches, manages a team or helps with juniors agrees to this code. It follows the ECB's Safe Hands policy.

Your checks and training

• Hold a current ECB DBS check if your role needs one, and keep it up to date through the Update Service.
• Complete the safeguarding training your role needs, and renew it before it expires.
• Keep your first aid and coaching qualifications current. The club reminds you six weeks before anything expires.

Working with juniors

• Put the welfare of every child first.
• Follow the ECB's ratios and the Rule of Two: never be alone with a child out of sight of other adults.
• Never message a junior one-to-one. Use the club's system, which sends junior messages to parents.
• Follow the ECB's safety rules for under-18s: fast bowling limits, fielding distances and helmets, all by the player's actual age on the day.
• Only put a junior into adult cricket once they're 12 or over on the day, with parental consent countersigned by the Club Safeguarding Officer.
• Never use a child's name with their photo.

Running sessions

• Take a register at every session, and check medical notes and emergency contacts before you start.
• Plan sessions that are safe, inclusive and fun, for every ability.
• Record any injury in the injury log and tell the parent.

Raising concerns

If you're worried about a child, or about an adult's behaviour, tell the Club Safeguarding Officer straight away. If a child is in immediate danger, call 999 first.