WE’RE BACKING THE PLAY SAFE WEEKEND 2024
English football unites this weekend to promote Play Safe – the national campaign to focus attention of the vital importance of safeguarding across our game.
Stockport County is right behind Play Safe, which is endorsed by the NSPCC and supported across every level of English football, including the Premier League, EFL, Barclays Women’s Super League, Barclays Women’s Championship, men’s and women’s National Leagues and across the grassroots game.
The Club have collaborated with Barnsley for Play Safe Weekend 2024 to raise awareness of the vital role safeguarding can play in football.
The video created for Play Safe Weekend 2024 focuses on the key message that safeguarding is a shared responsibility of everyone involved in the game, from players and coaches to staff and fans.
This collaborative effort demonstrates the commitment of both clubs to promoting safeguarding and ensuring that football is a positive and enjoyable experience for everyone.
Tom Mahon, Chief Operating Officer at Stockport County said:
“At Stockport County we’ve been clear across all our activity that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and underpins everything we do.
We want to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for our fans, players, students and participants and staff alike, and we’re delighted to be working in conjunction with Barnsley and the EFL to support the Play Safe campaign.”
As Sue Ravenlaw, The FA Head of Safeguarding says:
“The central push behind this year’s Play Safe weekend is to create awareness among individuals of the vital safeguarding role they can play in football. It really is about Everyone Everywhere, Every Time.
Play Safe weekend is a fantastic way of raising the awareness of safeguarding and putting this at the forefront of people’s minds, not just for this weekend, but throughout the season. This year, we’re asking everyone to know their role in safeguarding and we look forward to seeing clubs at every level of the game showing their support across the weekend, to make sure football is safe, fun, and enjoyable for all.”
Crucially, Play Safe also has the full support of The FA’s Survivor Support and Safeguarding Advisory Group: “It’s essential that everyone in football – no matter if they’re actively involved, or on the sidelines – understands that they have an ongoing safeguarding role to play. Obviously Play Safe is 24/7 and 365, as is reflected in the Play Safe messaging of ‘Everyone, Everywhere and Every time’, but this weekend helps with raising awareness of how everyone can help to create safe and positive football spaces, what inappropriate behaviours look, sound, and feel like and importantly how to report concerns.”
If you have a safeguarding concern, or would like some advice, please contact our Safeguarding Officer, Amy Heaton ([email protected])
