Holmbury St Mary Cricket Club

Equity Policy Statement

Holmbury St Mary Cricket Club is committed to ensuring that equity is incorporated across all aspects of its development. In doing so it acknowledges and adopts the following Sport England definition of sports equity:

Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society.

The club respects the rights, dignity and worth of every person and will treat everyone equally within the context of their sport, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social/economic status.

The club is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy their sport in an environment free from threat of intimidation, harassment and abuse.

All club members have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.

The club will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to club disciplinary procedures.

Club Welfare Officer

The protection and support of Young People in Cricket is of paramount importance to Holmbury St Mary Cricket Club. The Club Welfare Officer will, therefore, act as a first point of contact for any person in Cricket at a Club level who has a concern about child welfare and protection. More details of the role are available here.

The Club Welfare Officer is Mike MacDonagh, he can be contacted at: Holmbury Cricket Club. Telephone contact details are also available in the pavilion.

Policies

Holmbury St Mary Cricket Club have created and approved a number of policies governing different aspects of the club. These are available below:

Child Protection Policy

Codes of Conduct in respect of young players

Anti-bullying Policy