The Sport Welfare Officer Network (SWON) has been created to support National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and their local clubs to promote good practice and safer sport for all. The network is funded by Sport England through National Lottery funding.
Our Safeguarding and Welfare Officer (SWO) is Portia Simond.
Portia works with partners to develop a local approach to assisting and supporting club welfare officers, to create safer club environments and improved experiences for children, young people and adults. With over ten years’ experience in community sport across Milton Keynes, Portia has developed and delivered a range of local initiatives and is passionate about making sport welcoming, safe and accessible for all, supporting clubs to feel confident and well-equipped in their role.
Sport Welfare Officers help create safer sport for all by:
- Providing additional, local support for club welfare officers
- Signposting clubs to the right advice and guidance
- Working with club welfare officers to create a safer culture within their organisation
- Facilitating local training opportunities and events
- Creating networks so that volunteers and staff feel better connected and informed
- Recognising, sharing and developing best practice
- Helping to raise awareness of safeguarding and welfare for young people and adults at local events
Find out more about Portia:
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Get in touch with via email portia.simond@leapwithus.org.uk
To report a safeguarding concern about a child, young person or adult in Buckinghamshire or Milton Keynes, please see our safeguarding page
