Egerton Football Club is lending its full support to Play Safe – a national FA-led campaign to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding in football.

Play Safe is being run in partnership with the NSPCC and has the full backing of the Premier League, EFL, Barclays FA Women’s Super League and the FA Women’s Championship. It’s also supported and being run across every other level of the game.

The main element of Play Safe is a series of short films which emphasise the importance of clubs such as ours having safeguarding as an everyday reality. The films also explain to parents/carers and children themselves know what to do if they feel unsafe or worried, because nothing matters more than making sure football is safe for everyone, especially children and young people. You can see these films below.

Children’s Film:

Parent and Carers Film

“As a youth team coach, I will be working with my club to ensure we support the Play Safe messaging,” says FA Chief Executive Mark Bullingham. “I am also pleased that the campaign has the support of the former footballers with lived experience of abuse in football, who are on our Survivor Support and Safeguarding Advisory Group. The Group has collectively said:

“Learning from the past is crucial, so that we can prevent the horrific experiences that happened to us and so many others in football, from happening again.

“As a group of survivors, we fully support the ethos and important messages that Play Safe conveys – whether to club officials, parents/carers and or vitally, children and young people themselves. Equally important is that Play Safe is not a one-off campaign – it will be used at key points in the football calendar to remind everyone in football, that children’s welfare and keeping them safe, should be at the heart of all that we do.”

As the Survivor Group points out, you’ll see Play Safe appearing at various points throughout the season to keep safeguarding front of mind in football. Together, we want to do everything we can so everyone – particularly children and young people – has a consistently positive experience of our great game.

Following changes in government guidance this week, our obligations as a club have significantly increased and we are asking all parents to support the new procedures we have put in place to ensure that we are able to continue playing and offering training at Egerton over the coming weeks.

Our method statements, risk assessments and forms to be completed (for managers and officials) have all been reviewed and updated and can be found in the links below (pls link to the attached docs).

NHS Track and Trace QR codes are now in place around the site. ALL adults over the age of 16 who are attending the site for either matches or training MUST check in with a QR code using the NHS Test and Trace App). For those who don’t wish to use the app, you must notify your team manager and pass your details onto them so they have a record of your attendance.

The obligation to do this has increased dramatically and unfortunately for teams not provide this information we will not be able to allocate pitches in subsequent weeks. Up to date, we have relied on managers collating this information and holding it secure for 21 days. However, increased obligations place more responsibility on the club which we must now share amongst us if football is to continue in the near term.

Similarly, this obligation now applies at training – and where information is not forthcoming – we will not be able to allocate sessions to teams. We do hope you understand that these requirements come from the latest set of government obligations that we must follow. Thank you for your continued support.

Covid 19 Method Statement

Covid 19 Risk Assessment

Match Declaration For Players at Egerton Games

Match Declaration For Spectators at Egerton Games

Matches Declaration For Officials at Egerton games

We are delighted to be returning to football coaching from Monday 13th July.

Sessions will initially be on a reduced duration to allow for the volume of training groups, preparation of session, equipment cleaning time and switch-over periods for each session. Managers will group players into bubbles of 5 in advance of training.

Covid 19 Matrix 45 mins v3

Training will run until Friday 21st August, where we will then stop for one week, and move over to the 20/21 age groups, teams and training matrix for players registering for the new season.

Sessions will all be socially distant with no hand/head contact of footballs and will be focussed around re-building fitness and refreshing skills

Each player must be accompanied by a parent/carer who must remain on-site in their vehicle whilst the session is on. No parents can congregate pitch side but must remain on-site to administer any first aid needed by their child.

Players must bring the relevant signed declaration to each session in order to be allowed to play. The form to be completed is here:

Return to Training Declaration For Player U18 v2

Return to Training Declaration For Player (18 and over) v2

Players should bring their own individual hand sanitiser and water bottle to each session.

There will be NO welfare facilities or building access available on site.

Everyone must maintain Government social distancing protocols from entering the site to departing.

Please ensure that that you read the guidelines thoroughly before you or your child joins their training session.

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Return to Training Declaration For Coaches v2

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Covid 19 Risk Assessment EFC v2

Covid 19 RAMS & PPE Briefing Confirmation v1

Covid 19 Method Statement EFC v2

We are delighted to be returning to football coaching from Monday 13th July.

Sessions will initially be on a reduced duration to allow for the volume of training groups, preparation of session, equipment cleaning time and switch-over periods for each session. Managers will group players into bubbles of 5 in advance of training.

Covid 19 Matrix 45 mins v3

Training will run until Friday 21st August, where we will then stop for one week, and move over to the 20/21 age groups, teams and training matrix for players registering for the new season.

Sessions will all be socially distant with no hand/head contact of footballs and will be focussed around re-building fitness and refreshing skills

Each player must be accompanied by a parent/carer who must remain on-site in their vehicle whilst the session is on. No parents can congregate pitch side but must remain on-site to administer any first aid needed by their child.

Players must bring the relevant signed declaration to each session in order to be allowed to play. The form to be completed is here:

Return to Training Declaration For Player U18 v2

Return to Training Declaration For Player (18 and over) v2

Players should bring their own individual hand sanitiser and water bottle to each session.

There will be NO welfare facilities or building access available on site.

Everyone must maintain Government social distancing protocols from entering the site to departing.

Please ensure that that you read the guidelines thoroughly before you or your child joins their training session.

football-activity-guidance-for-parents-and-carers_v1-1 (1)

Return to Training Declaration For Coaches v2

football-activity-guidance-for-coaches_v1-1 (1) (1)

Covid 19 Risk Assessment EFC v2

Covid 19 RAMS & PPE Briefing Confirmation v1

Covid 19 Method Statement EFC v2