What Are The Childsafe Standards?
Child safety in sport means protecting children from abuse, providing safe, quality experiences and empowering children’s voices.
Basketball Victoria is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. We support the rights of the child and will act without hesitation to ensure a child safe environment is maintained at all times.
The Victorian Child Safety Standards apply to sporting organisations that operate and provide sporting services to children within Victoria (including National Sporting Organisations). There are several different requirements which make up the standards, and which sports are required to comply.
The standards relate to child protection within our Association and Clubs, and include requirements to have practices, procedures and policies in place. We continue to review our compliance with the standards, as well as focusing on the culture and environment within our association to ensure that it is supportive and protective of children.
Child Safeguarding in Basketball
Basketball Victoria and Bacchus Marsh Basketball Association has zero tolerance to child abuse in any form.
All children and young people have the right to participate in basketball environments where they feel safe, encouraged, and heard.
Below are Basketball Victoria policies and other information that help to inform and guide our committee, members, and volunteers of their Child Safeguarding responsibilities.
Want to make a complaint or give us feedback?
Bacchus Marsh Basketball is changing the way children and young people and their families can give feedback (both positive and negative) and raise any concerns you may have in our sport.
We welcome your ideas and suggestions for improvement and will take any concerns or complaints you have seriously.
We’d love to hear your ideas and suggestions and to hear about your experiences in basketball. You have the right to feel safe and heard in our sport and to understand how we deal with any complaint or concern.
Please email any child safe specific concerns to secretary@bmbasketball.org.au
For all other complaints please refer use the button below.