Being in lockdown hasn’t stopped local martial arts club, Leadership Martial Arts, who is leading the charge in sports safeguarding having successfully attained the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts “mark”.
Achieving the Safeguarding Code, demonstrates Leadership Martial Arts’ commitment to upholding its duty-of-care to the community and young people and recognises Leadership Martial Arts as a martial arts provider that has reached and effectively maintained good safeguarding standards.
The Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts has been created so that parents and carers can clearly identify a martial arts provider that have demonstrated that they have reached and maintained good safeguarding standards and can make informed decisions when selecting a club for their child.
Sue Harrison, Stakeholder Marketing at the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts said, “We are delighted to see that so many clubs, including Leadership Martial Arts, have successfully attained the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts.
“When making choices about martial arts schools, parents and carers can easily determine, and be reassured that clubs in their local area are committed to safeguarding and upholding safe practices for their children if they display the Safeguarding Code ‘mark’.”
John Danby, founder and Chief Master Instructor at Leadership Martial Arts, said, “Running enjoyable lessons in a safe learning environment has always been important to us at Leadership Martial Arts, so we’re delighted to have been awarded this mark. It is a testament to the professionalism of all our Instructors that we’ve been able to meet this Standard for all of our schools across Swindon, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. Parents can train with us confident that we uphold the very highest standards.”
Developed in consultation with Sport England, representatives from martial arts governing bodies, and leading safeguarding experts, the Code is funded by the National Lottery and was launched by the Sports Minister in 2018. To date, over 460 clubs have now attained the Code and these can be viewed via this interactive map.
Martial Arts clubs can upload their registration via an online portal here.
For more information about the Safeguarding Code, contact info@safeguardingcode.com.
