Safeguarding for Coaches & Clubs

It is Bowls England policy is that all bowls clubs must have a Safeguarding Officer in place by April 2025.​

The Essex Bowls Coaches Association (EBCA) requires that coaches undertake courses offered by Coach Bowls and/or attend the new EBCA Safeguarding Awareness course which was launched in April 2024.  This training must have taken place within the last 3 years.  Course dates will be published here.  Safeguarding courses in other industry sectors are also acceptable. 

​Safeguarding Awareness Counrse 
The morning coaches’ session is only open to coaches and not club officials as it contains safeguarding information and advice when coaching. It is not suitable for club officials.

All coaches attending these sessions must be following county coaching policy and be registered with EBCA.

The afternoon session is for club safeguarding officers and contains more information on prevention and reporting.

All session start at 11am for coaches, 2pm  for club officials . 

Next sessions

31 Oct 24          (Prittlewell Bowls Club, Southend)

4 Nov 24           (Falcon Bowls Club,Chelmsford)

​27 Nov 24         (Colchester (Ardleigh) Bowls Club, Colchester)

23rd Jan 25      (Falcon Bowls Club, Chelmsford)

19th Feb, 25     (Gidea Park BC,Romford)

25th Mar 25     (Falcon Bowls Club, Chelmsford)

 

To book a place please mail essexbowlscoaching@gmail.com with your name, club and email address plus the session you require. 

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All safeguarding concerns must be reported to the Bowls England Lead Safeguarding Officer for advice. 

Email is safeguarding@bowlsengland.com

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All safeguarding concerns must be formally reported. We would recommend working with your club safeguarding officer and using these forms and posters.

​​There are excellent resources and information on the Bowls Development Alliance website here - Link