duty of care news

Gympass, the aggregator which specialises in corporate wellbeing, has achieved a US$2.4bn valuation, up from US$2.2bn two years ago. The announcement comes as the company ... More

Basketball England has become the first national governing body of sport to train its staff to a Level 2 award in mental health awareness. The ... More

Sport Wales has appointed the Welsh Sports Association (WSA) to help update and bring its Governance and Leadership Framework (GLFW) up to date. First launched ... More

A progress report on the government’s Sporting Future strategy has been overshadowed by the omission of more than £300m in cuts to a programme for ... More

Sports minister Tracey Crouch has described the government’s strategy for sport as making “good progress” since its introduction in December 2015. Crouch published the second ... More

Community sports organisations have urged the government to introduce an independent ombudsman to help them improve safety, according to a report from the Sports Think ... More

Gyms must take additional measures to protect themselves and their members when it comes to duty of care and safety of their facilities, with evidence ... More

UK Sport’s ‘no compromise’ approach to funding elite sport “needs a rethink”, according Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. Talking to Sports Management the former Paralympic champion said ... More

National governing bodies and other sports organisations have work to do to improve their safeguarding capabilities, according to the chief executive of the NSPCC. Talking ... More

“Isolated” incidents of alleged bullying and duty of care failures within some Olympic sports are not a consequence of an “obsession” with winning medals, according ... More

Public sector workers should be entitled to at least three days of paid leave if they wish to volunteer in grassroots sport, according to the ... More

National governing bodies of sport should be required to have at least one named person dedicated to the duty of care of athletes or risk ... More

UK Sport has dismissed criticisms that it has failed in its duty of care to athletes following high profile allegations of bullying within sports that ... More

Tracey Crouch, the minister for sport, has penned a letter to 40 national governing bodies (NGBs) urging them to investigate historic allegations of sexual abuse ... More

The chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance has urged the sector to guard against complacency when it comes to safeguarding children following high-profile ... More

A course for retired Olympic athletes looking to take the next step in their careers has been prepared by the world governing body. The International ... More

With Rio 2016 in full swing following the opening ceremony and the first batch of events, it’s easy to get caught up in it all. ... More

The group that has been tasked with shaping the government’s Duty of Care strategy will submit its recommendations to sports minister Tracey Crouch in the ... More

The organisation behind Team GB’s sport science and medicine programme will plough more of its resource into maintaining the mental health of elite athletes. In ... More

Leon Lloyd, the former Leicester Tigers rugby player, has joined athlete transition foundation Switch The Play as a director. Switch The Play is a social ... More

An independent review which focuses on the welfare and safety of participants in grassroots and elite sport has commenced, with experts and members of the ... More

The Sport and Recreation Alliance has revealed its “disappointment” that the safeguarding of children and adults “did not feature strongly” in the government’s sports strategy. ... More

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has urged local authorities to partner with brands to maintain their physical activity provisions in their communities amid funding cuts. Talking at ... More

The government's wide-ranging sports strategy covers several bases within its 82-pages, from funding guidelines to defined outcomes. Sports Management strips the key information from the ... More

The owner of a bacteria-infested spa has been fined after four teenagers suffered painful rashes and puss-filled pimples following a birthday pamper party in 2013. ... More