GUAFC Child Safeguarding Statement

Executive Committee

Club Officers

Fixtures Secretaries

  • Contact Name

    James Drinan

    Position

    DDSL SSG Fixtures Secretary

    Contact number
    087-9215945

Football Committee

Disciplinary Committee

  • Contact Name

    Dave Buggy

    Position

    Disciplinary Committee

    Contact number
    086-8108021
  • Contact Name

    Marc Jones

    Position

    Disciplinary Committee

    Contact number
    087-9872231

Age Group Leaders

  • Contact Name

    Tim O Leary

    Position

    U8 (2011) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Colm Byrne

    Position

    U9 (2010) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Cyril McDonnell

    Position

    U10 (2009) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Jonathan Keane

    Position

    U11 (2008) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Donal Fox

    Position

    U12 (2007) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Allan Sweeney

    Position

    U13 (2006) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Eamonn OConnor

    Position

    U14 (05) & U15 (04) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Dave Dunning

    Position

    U16 (2003) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Dave Paudge Boyle

    Position

    Youths (2002+2001) Age Group Leader

  • Contact Name

    Marc Jones

    Position

    U19's (>2001) Age Group Leader

Greystones United AFC has just launched an updated Child Safeguarding Statement. It can be downloaded as a PDF from the following link: Child Safeguarding Statement

GUAFC Child Safeguarding Statement

The FAI provides various sporting activities and opportunities for young people through participation in clubs, regional/provincial events and through our national teams.

Greystones United AFC is committed to safeguarding children and by working under the guidance of our FAI Safeguarding Policies our staff, both volunteers and employed, working with our young people, throughout the organisation, seek to create a safe environment for young people to grow and develop.

This Club’s Greystones United AFC written Risk Assessment document indicates the areas of the potential risk of harm, the likelihood of the risk occurring, and gives the required policy, guidance or process documents require to alleviate these risks.  The list of risks identified are contained in the following categories: Club and Coaching Practices; Complaints & Discipline; Reporting Procedures; Use of Facilities; Recruitment; Communications; and General Risk of Harm.

The Risk Assessment was undertaken on 12/03/2018

Our Child Safeguarding Statement has been developed in line with requirements under the Children First Act 2015, (the Children First: National Guidance, and Tusla’s Child Safeguarding: A Guide for Policy, Procedure and Practice). In addition to our Risk Assessment document described above, there are further procedures that support our intention to safeguard children while they are availing of our activities.

Greystones United AFC has the following procedures in place as part of our Safeguarding Policies:

  • Procedures for the management of allegations of abuse or misconduct by staff or volunteers against a child availing of our activities
  • Procedures for the safe recruitment of staff and volunteers to work with children in our activities
  • Procedures for access to child safeguarding training and information, including the identification of the occurrence of harm
  • Procedure for reporting of child protection or welfare concerns to Statutory Authorities

The Mandated Person for the FAI is James Geraghty.

We recognise that implementation is an ongoing process. Our Club is committed to the implementation of this Child Safeguarding Statement and the procedures that support our intention to keep children safe from harm while availing of our activities.

This Child Safeguarding Statement will be reviewed on 12/03/2020.

Signed:
Date:
12/03/2018

(On behalf of the Greystones United AFC)

Name:
Declan Lynch
Phone no:  
086 2609673

For queries on this Child Safeguarding Statement, please contact Declan Lynch