February 2012

Dear Members

NEW CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS WITH IMMEADIATE EFFECT

The FARS CPU Team have been investigating the possibility of providing Child Protection training through an on-line system.

We now have a training package called Child Protection Awareness in Sport and Active Leisure provided through a company called EduCare . This will provide you with the necessary training to gain your FARS CPU Licence.

The training package is of good quality and totally based on-line and therefore can be completed at your convenience with no need to attend a face to face training session. There will be no time or expense incurred in traveling to and from a training venue. There will also be no delay in waiting for a training seminar to be organised and this will enable volunteers to gain their CPU Licence much more quickly.

You will be directed to the EduCare website where a fee is payable and then you will be able to log on and work your way through the required training units and complete the assessment task at the end of the training. Completion of the assessment will generate a certificate which you will then forward to the FARS office who will issue your CPU Licence, subject to your enhanced CRB being issued. Members are requested to inform the FARS office of the type of license required e.g. coach, official or volunteer by completing the appropriate form.

The renewal process for CPU licences remains unchanged.

FARS is committed to ensuring that child protection training and procedures are rigorous to ensure the safety of all those young or vulnerable participants in our sport. Each member's support and commitment to this is both appreciated and expected.

Warning

If any candidate is found to have deliberately misled or falsified any aspect of their training and assessment they will be referred to the FARS Board for disqualification and the matter will be passed to the police for investigation.

We are very pleased to be able to offer this easier option for CPU training and would ask that each club’s Child Protection Officer ensures all relevant coaches, judges and volunteers are fully aware of it.

Yours sincerely

Michelle Starns FARS Lead CPU Officer
Stephen Bruce FARS CPU Team Member

EduCare Child Protection Awareness in Sport and Active Leisure

More advanced Child Protection training for coaches is available from Sports Coach UK and information about this can be found on the following website:
http://www.sportscoachuk.org

Child Protection Courses