Welfare & Safeguarding:
CoYHC is committed to providing a safe and positive experience for all players. We adopt England Hockey’s Safeguarding Policy, Reporting Procedures and Good Practice Guidance and implement locally to ensure that the safeguarding of players is our highest priority.
Below are links to both CoYHC and England Hockey's Safeguarding approaches:
CoYHC Safeguarding Statement
England Hockey Safeguarding

To ensure safeguarding is an integral part of our culture, we work hard ensure all CoYHC captains, coaches and volunteers have the necessary qualifications and safeguarding checks in place as set out by England Hockey’s Best Practises (including DBS checking).

For questions relating to DBS checking, please contact Dawn (CoYHC DBS Officer) on dbs@cityofyorkhc.co.uk

Welfare Officers
CoYHC have two trained Welfare Officers in place to support all players and promote welfare and safeguarding across the club. Our Welfare Officers are Helen Fenning and Tom Sermon and both can be contacted on welfare@cityofyorkhc.co.uk.
England Hockey also have an Ethics and Welfare team who’s contact details can be found here.

Raising a Safeguarding Concern:
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility so if you have any safeguarding concerns or have worries about poor practise or abuse of young people, please help us by reporting this via the Safeguarding Referral form below. You can also contact either of CoYHC Welfare officers directly via the contact details above.
CoYHC Safeguarding Referral Form

All safeguarding concerns are treated in confidence and shared only with those responsible for managing the concern and, where appropriate, escalated to England Hockey welfare according to their safeguarding policy.