Safeguarding and First Aid

SSR replaces Safeguarding Young Cricketers and is designed to support individuals in cricket who are working with children and young people.

The course is made up of one 60-minute module, suitable for everybody, whatever their role in cricket and four shorter bolt-on modules:

• Safeguarding for Coaches and Activators
• Safeguarding for Captains and Team Managers
• Safeguarding for Umpires and Scorers
• Safeguarding for Committee Members & Club Safeguarding Officers

Individuals in cricket are invited to complete the one-hour module, followed by the shorter module that best reflects their role. Individuals are welcome to complete all four bolt-on modules if they wish.

Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility, and the new course aims to provide everyone in cricket with knowledge and advice to create a safe environment and respond appropriately to concerns.

All organisations working with children have safeguarding responsibilities and clear requirements placed upon them by legislation.

This applies whether you are a club, league, panel or another organisation. Legislation exists to ensure safer recruitment practices are followed, including ECB DBS checks for those in regulated activity.

Applying for an ECB DBS check is straightforward, and the process is now all online – there are no paper applications involved.

Please note, DBS certificates obtained through other sporting, education and other professional bodies are unable to be transferred.  Therefore, volunteers must complete an ECB DBS Application.

For volunteers the process is free and there is an option to enrol onto the Update Service which will mean that if an individual’s details do not change, they may never have to do another DBS application in cricket.

If you require an ECB DBS certificate, please contact your Club Safeguarding Officer in the first instance to request that your application is initiated. If they are unsure how to do this, the Theresa Ellison (see bottom of the page) can help them. Umpires and scorers may be able to contact their panel administrator.

Once your application is initiated, you will receive an email with easy-to-follow instructions to help you make your application. There is a helpdesk function within the system, but volunteers can also email – ECB Disclosures. When the DBS have concluded their checks, you will receive a paper copy of your certificate in the post.

FAQs can be found here.

These courses require volunteers to attend face to face workshops.

These courses are online e-learning modules.