Child Protection/Health & Safety Policy 

All Instructors have passed Criminal Records Bureau, (CRB), checks and the Academy has a Child Protection Officer who acts as the main point of contact for parents and junior students. Our Child Protection Officer will be advised of any student with physical signs, behavioural signs or indirect signs of abuse, (likely to result in the Social Services or local Police Child Protection Officer being informed). Students will: -
· Be encouraged to try their best when training but it does not matter if they cannot do a particular exercise or technique; expertise comes with time and repetition.
· Be actively encouraged to practice at home, with their parents permission, which can achieve greater parental support from the child's parent's/guardian's.
· Be requested to always ask the instructor if they wish to leave the training area for any reason, (juniors who have sustained an injury may go to the toilet to be alone and cry, there is also risk that the student may become unwell whilst out of the training hall. Instructors will monitor the length of time away from the training hall).
· Not be forced to do too much; Instructors/Coaches will constantly evaluate student breathing and/or any signs of pain or discomfort. If these tell�tale signs are event student s will be requested to rest for a period.
In addition, junior students will not be released from the Training Hall (Dojo) unless a parent or authorised adult collects the child. Parents are requested to conform to the requirement

Public Liability Insurance

· Duty of care requires all clubs to have Public Liability insurance in the event of an accident happening during a training session. Insurance for the Academy is provided through the National Ju-Jitsi Council, (N.J.J.C.), under the Chief Instructors’ name (Paul Parmenter), and Instructors’ name (Nikki Patterson). Bramston Sports Centre holds copy certificates. As a pre-requisite the N.J.J.C. require Instructors to hold nationally recognised qualifications in Instructing, Coaching, Health & Safety, Child Protection & First Aid.
· Each student is required to pay an annum subscription of £15.00, (new students are covered for the first 4 weeks of their training without payment of subscription). A Licence Application Form must be completed prior to issue of a Licence Book that will confirm membership and is used to track progress through the Academy. NB: Students are not covered when training without a Club Instructor in any circumstances.

Equity Policy
The Academy is committed to ensuring that equity is incorporated across all aspects of its development and in doing so acknowledges and adopts the Sport England definition of sports equity; -
· Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society.
· Respects the rights, dignity and worth of every student and will treat everyone equally within the context of martial arts learning, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social status.
· Committed to everyone having the right to enjoy martial arts learning in an environment free from threat of intimidation, harassment and abuse.
· All students have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.
· Deal with any incidences of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to the Academy’s procedures