Children’s Safeguarding in sports: Donostia Kirola's Prevention and Action Protocol.

 

The Municipal Sports Board of the Donostia-SS City Council, in collaboration with The Equality Department, has carried out a process of awareness raising and reflection with local sports agents, which has been completed with a protocol for the prevention of violence against minors in this field.

The protocol has been designed to be applied in municipal sports facilities, local sports clubs, and entities linked to grassroots sports in the city, and includes a catalog of complementary measures for prevention, adapted to the idiosyncrasies of the sports environment: codes of conduct for athletes, technical staff and families; use of locker rooms and showers; use of physiotherapy rooms and other spaces; travel and overnight stays; awards ceremonies; behavior in the stands; and use of images and social networks.