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KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE IN SPORT WEEK 2025

We’re proud to support the NSPCC’s Keeping Your Child Safe In Sport Week (KYCSIS), taking place between the 6th to 12th October 2025.

Safeguarding and the wellbeing of young people are crucial to the work that we do at BF. This week, we’re joining the NSPCC in their annual campaign ‘Keeping Your Child Safe In Sport (KYCSIS) Week’ to highlight the importance of keeping children safe in sport.

This year’s campaign focuses on helping parents and carers play their part by understanding what support their child needs — before, during, and after activities. The NSPCC is asking sports parents to play their part and talk to their children about how they can bring out their best through positive actions and support.

The key messages for parents this year are:

  • The importance of listening to your child or young person.
  • How you are key to keeping sport fun.
  • How vital it is that everyone feels respected.
  • If you see something, say something.

Share the message

Whether you’re a funded club, a grassroots organisation or a passionate volunteer, there’s a social media post to help you get behind KYCSIS Week. The NSPCC has designed a social media toolkit for people and organisations to download and share. Click here to download the resources on the KYCSIS page.

Use the hashtags #SafeInSport #KYCSIS25 #PlayYourPart,  and don’t forget to tag the NSPCC in your posts. The NPSCC can be found on:

Webinar: building a positive parent culture in sport with Gordon MacLelland

Thursday 9th October, 7,30pm, on Zoom

Led by Gordon MacLelland, CEO of Working with Parents in Sport and a global leader in this space, this session will unpack how to create a positive, aligned, and supportive parent culture that benefits children, coaches, and families alike.

Click here to register

Advice and guidance on involving parents in youth sports

Topic pages:

Everyone involved in sport should be committed to ensuring that children’s participation is supported. Our Involving parents and carers in sport topics pages should support sports clubs and activity providers to raise awareness with their coaches, staff and volunteers of the crucial role a parent or carer has in helping a child reach their full potential.

On-demand webinar recordings:

What parents can do to play their part in their child’s sport, as discussed with a member of the NSPCC Young People’s Collective. Hear why this campaign matters and what parents and carers can do from 15-year old Fionn from Northern Ireland.

Please share with your families.

How sports can support parents to play their part, as told by Camilla Knight, a professor with over 20 years’ experience researching parent involvement in sport, about supporting parents and carers.

Please share with your staff and volunteers.