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Lancashire Aikikai - Child Protection

Contact details for Child Protection

Policy

Lancashire Aikikai has adopted these policies and procedures because it believes that all Children and Young People should enjoy aikido in a safe and enjoyable setting.

We hope that this policy will help all the clubs in Lancashire Aikikai to deliver best practice in the teaching of Children and Young People and be well prepared to:

  • Ensure the safety and enjoyment of all Children and Young People in the aikido setting
  • Promote and preserve their opportunity within aikido for healthy personal development
  • Ensure that the Children and Young People attending aikido who experience abuse of any kind, within or outside the aikido setting, are comfortable and safe enough to disclose abuse and receive protection.
  • Ensure any concerns about the welfare of Children and Young People attending aikido are acted upon appropriately and not ignored
  • Ensure that the full legal and moral responsibilities that accompany working with Children and Young People are understood and fulfilled by adults working within the aikido setting.
  • Ensure that all Children and Young People have the opportunity to develop positive and balanced relationships with adults based on mutual trust
  • Ensure that Children and Young People share in decision making about aikido
  • Make aikido fun, enjoyable and promote fair play.
  • Ensure that adults working within the aikido setting are not placed in situations where allegations of abuse could be made

POLICY AIMS The aims of this policy are:
1. To ensure that all people aged under 18 (Children) are able to practice aikido in a safe and enjoyable way regardless of age, gender, religious belief, culture, ability, language, sexual identity and/or racial origin.
2. To give effect to Lancashire Aikikai’s moral and legal obligations to ensure that the welfare of the under 18s is paramount
3. To provide for all people under 18 positive relationships with adults which enable and assist an under 18 to disclose and receive protection from abuse.
4. To give effect to Lancashire Aikikai’s obligations to the British Aikido Board to protect children and to reduce the risk of insurance claims.

Policy 1: All members of Lancashire Aikikai will treat Children with Respect and all classes will be safe and secure places for Children to practice

Policy 2: All Teachers and Helpers in classes which include a Child will be appropriately qualified, trained, checked and approved by the Principal of Lancashire Aikikai

Policy 3: Lancashire Aikikai will maintain arrangements for the reporting of Abuse of Children and Poor Practice as it affects Children

Policy 4: Lancashire Aikikai will maintain arrangements to ensure that all Members of Lancashire Aikikai comply with the policies set out above and follow the Lancashire Aikikai Child Protection Procedures.

Full details and definations are given in the actual policy document (Version 1) that also describes procedures. The policy existed and operated in draft during 2008 but has been adopted at the AGM on 7th December 2008 with slight amendments to improve its operation..

The Aikikai in its membership of the national governing body the British Aikido Board subscribes and is additional governed by the BAB's policy which may be viewed on it's website.