Each year SDCSP, on its own or in partnership with other Local Sports Partnerships from the Dublin area, provides information seminars on topics that are of benefit to sports club coaches and administrators and schools. These include… Club Development Information Seminar Financial Considerations for Clubs Fundraising & Sponsorship Fundraising from A Club’s Perspective Influencing Local […]

A must for anyone working with children!!! All Coaches, Club Children’s Officers and Designated Liaison Persons must first complete the 3 hour, Safeguarding 1 – Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness Course. This course educates participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport. The old six hour […]

A must for all Club Children’s Officers A Club Children’s Officer should be child centered in focus and have as the primary aim the establishment of a child centered ethos within the club. S/He is the link between the children and the adults in the club. S/He also takes responsibility for monitoring and reporting to […]

The third part of the ISC Child Welfare & Protection Training Programme is the Safeguarding 3 – Designated Liaison Person (DLP) Workshop. Every club/organisation should designate a person to be responsible for dealing with any concerns about the protection of children. The Designated Liaison Person is responsible for reporting allegations or suspicions of child abuse to […]

We have a small annual fund for sports assistance. The focus of this is on coach training, minor equipment and the development of programmes that will ensure increased participation from harder to reach groups such as teenage girls and women in general, people with a disability, members of ethnic minorities and those from socially disadvantaged […]