As a football player and member of Windsor FC Youth we hope that you have a lot of fun and enjoyment whilst you are playing and that you make lots of friends in the process.

Whilst you are playing football, during or after training or in competitions, no one should ever make you feel unhappy or uncomfortable, not other players, people watching or the coaches.

Something is wrong if someone:

Constantly teases you, shouts at you or calls you names
Threatens, kicks or punches you
Touches you or does anything that makes you feel uncomfortable
Makes suggestive remarks or tries to pressurise you into sexual activity
Damages or steals your belongings
Does anything that makes you feel lonely, upset, worried, unsafe, hurt or embarrassed

At your club there should be someone called a Welfare Officer or Child Protection Officer whose role is to look after you and make sure you are safe, you should ensure that you know who this person is. At Windsor FC Youth this person is Annie Hall.

What to do if you are worried or upset about something that is happening

If you are ever unhappy or uncomfortable about anything that happens to you, you should tell your parents or you can tell the welfare officer/child protection officer about it and they will try to help.
If the welfare officer is not available then you should tell an adult who you trust, or ask one of your friends to speak to an adult for you if you don’t want to do it yourself.
Try to remember when the things that made you unhappy happened, by writing down the date, time and place as well as what made you unhappy. If someone else saw what happened, write that down too.

There are other people who can help you if you need it.

There are people at Berks & Bucks FA that you can contact:

Graham Fisher (County Welfare Officer) 01235 544894
Website: http://www.berks-bucksfa.com/
Email Address - Safeguarding@Berks-BucksFA.com

The following have free 24 hour helplines:

NSPCC - 0808 800 5000
Childline - 0800 1111