On arrival at the pitch, all children need to wait outside until they are called in by the coaches. Whilst they are waiting outside, they will NOT be supervised by anyone at RHC and parents should wait with them until they enter the pitch. All children must be signed in as they enter the pitch.

It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure that training is on (particularly if the weather is bad) before they drop off. Notification will be sent via Pitchero message, email and/or text.

Supervision
For players in U8 (school years 2 and 3), a parent or carer must remain on-site during the entire training session. If you are leaving another adult with responsibility for your child, please make the coaches aware of this.

Collection arrangements
Players in U8 and U10 (school years 2-5) must be collected from the pitch at the end of the session by a parent or carer, unless you have provided written permission for them to leave unaccompanied at the end of training. Please ensure that they are signed out as they leave.

Players in U12 and U14 (school year 6 upwards) are allowed to leave unaccompanied, although Royston Hockey Club recommends that all children are collected from the pitch. If you allow your child to walk to the car park to meet you, please note that if you are late they will be waiting unsupervised.

At Royston Hockey Club, we are committed to ensuring the welfare of all its members and the safeguarding and protection of children and young people. By ensuring that our coaches, umpires, and volunteers have appropriate DBS checks and safeguarding training, we aim to create a safe environment for all to play hockey in.

As a club, we, follow the England Hockey 'Safe D' guidelines around Safeguarding, Child Protection, Training and DBS checks. The relevant documents can be found below.

England Hockey Safeguarding and Protecting Young People policy
Commitment to adopt EH Safeguarding Policy
England Hockey Safeguarding Training Guidance
England Hockey DBS Guidance
Safeguarding Record of Concern Form
Welfare Officer Role Information

Royston Hockey Club has a designated Welfare Officer. It is this person's responsibility to ensure that the policies listed above are implemented correctly and that the correct levels of safeguarding training have been carried out. If you have any concerns at all surround welfare, safeguarding or child protection within the club, please contact the Welfare Officer.

The Welfare Officer for the 2024/2025 season is: Emily Farrow
Email: welfare@roystonhockey.co.uk