Woolacombe SLSC has adopted our parent body, Surf Life Saving Great Britain’s (SLSGB) Safeguarding Policy. This policy allows us, as a community of lifesavers, trainers, coaches, and sportsmen and women to actively promote and sustain a culture of safeguarding for young people and volunteers.
Protecting young people and volunteers is a priority for our club. With a significant proportion of our members being under eighteen and with a high proportion of all our activities on the beach and in the pool involving young people, the need for well communicated and understood guidelines and then well delivered safeguarding is without question.
We have a duty to act in the capacity of a reasonably prudent parent in our approach to safeguarding . We all have a duty of care to ensure we create a safe, equal and happy environment that enables our young people to thrive in our communities and to become the lifesavers of the future.
The SLSGB Safeguarding document is available by accessing the link below:
https://slsgb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Safeguarding-Policy.pdf
We also apply the SLSGB Anti-Bullying policy inline with Surf Lifesaving GB, this document is available by accessing the link below:
http://www.slsgb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SLSGB-Anti-Bullying-Policy.pdf
This form is for reporting safeguarding concerns of abuse and harm affecting children, adults and communities who engage with SLSGB.
Threshold Level 1 and Level 2 concerns should be reported at club level by sending this Incident Report to the Safeguarding Team at WSLSC : safeguarding@woolacombesurflifesavingclub.org
Level 3 and Level 4 concerns should be reported to SLSGB. Please follow SLSGB Safeguarding Threshold Guidance tool. Please submit concerns within one day of the incident. Download the Threshold Guidance Tool here.
Please contact safeguarding@woolacombesurflifesavingclub.org with any enquiries or to contact the emergency services with anything urgent.
If a child or adult is at immediate risk of harm, do not wait for a response from this mailbox.
Please:
Call 999 if there is an immediate danger or emergency.
Contact your local authority safeguarding team:
Children’s Social Care: https://www.gov.uk/report-child-abuse-to-local-council
Adult Social Care: Contact your local authority adult safeguarding team.
Contact the NSPCC Helpline for advice or to report concerns about a child:
Telephone: 0808 800 5000
Email: help@nspcc.org.uk
Website: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/
Children can contact Childline confidentially:
Telephone: 0800 1111
Website: https://www.childline.org.uk