Suffolk County Cricket Board

The Suffolk Cricket Board has adopted, and is fully committed to supporting the ECBs safe hands policy on Child protection, and places great value on ensuring the welfare of all young and vulnerable people in the game.

Full details on the ECBs safe hands policy can be found by following the link below.

Who To Contact In Case Of Concern
Any initial concerns should be directed to the relevant clubs own welfare officer. If this person needs any further support or guidance they should in the first instance contact the County Welfare Officer:

Graham Moss
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mob: 07752 415619

In emergencies if Graham is not available please contact 
Rob Jones Operations Manager
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mob: 07738 199152

Vetting update following Government announcement:

The Government commissioned a review to consider if there was a need to remodel the Vetting and Barring Scheme / CRB process.

The ECB, along with other sports, have been involved in various consultations with the Government, ISA and CRB over the winter and contributed as fully as possible to the review.

The outcome of this review was announced this morning by Nick Clegg to indicate that there will be changes to simplify the vetting process for people working with children and vulnerable adults. However, it was also stated that changes are at least 18 months away and that there will be further consultation on this before the summer. The ECB will be involved in any further consultations.

Once final and agreed changes are distributed by Government following this second consultation, the ECB will consider the changes and at that time, we will review how or IF we would need to make any changes to our processes and these will be communicated to ALL cricket.

Until then, the current CRB and ECB vetting process continues as normal.

For full details of the announcement, please go to the CRB website: http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/

CRB checks:
If you need blank forms please apply direct to: TMG CRB on 0115 969 5603 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by accessing www.tmgcrb.co.uk/ecb. 

You will need your application verified by a recognised CRB verifier, a list will be included with your application pack.  A list of verifiers is also available from the Suffolk Cricket Board. Please contact Suffolk Cricket for further information, if required.

If you need any further information for this process please contact any of the Development team or County welfare officer, all of whom can help with the appropriate guidelines. 

Welfare and Child Protection Training
Child protection and First aid courses to support the Cricket community are run throughout the year by Suffolk Sports the county sports partnership, full details can be found by clicking on the logo below.

 






Safe Hands / Time to Listen Course
This key course for all club welfare officers are run on an annual basis by the Suffolk Cricket Board.

We run a Safe Hands Workshop for our Club Welfare Officers.  Course details will be published here when the next course is being run.
 
The Safe Hands workshop is tailored for Child Welfare Officers in a cricket environment. All Club Welfare Officers need to attend this workshop and renew their certificate every three years. The workshop outlines the roles and responsibilities of Welfare Officers at National, County and Club level, and covers legislation and Government guidance, the procedure for reporting incidents / allegations and examples of situations a CWO may be asked to deal with.

At the workshop candidates will be given a copy of the ECB Safe Hands document which includes glossary of terms, definitions of abuse, reporting procedures, guidelines and advice for club policies, and rules and regulations of play.
 
All Club Welfare Officers must also hold a valid Safeguarding and Protecting Children certificate. 
 
If you have attended the Time to Listen workshop within the last three years you do not need to attend the Safe Hands course.
 
o Certificates from previous SPC and TTL courses are valid for 3 years only.
o The SCB and Suffolk Sport hold Safeguarding & Protecting Children courses further details are available on the following websites: http://www.suffolksport.com or www.suffolkcricketboard.co.uk
o Applications will not be accepted unless accompanied by a cheque for the full amount.

News update from the County Welfare Officer can be found under our News Section of the website.