TENNIS CDC LTA Safeguarding and Protecting In Tennis Workshops

LTA Safeguarding March 2025

This course will run in a virtual environment using Zoom. The course covers how to safeguard children and adults at risk by enabling delegates to recognise, respond, refer and record concerns in a tennis environment.

**This course is for all Level 1-5 Coaches and Welfare Officers looking to either join/renew coach accreditation or to get the safeguarding pre-requisite. You will also need to complete this course if your last safeguarding course was the LTA refresher 'Safeguarding in Tennis Together'. **

This is currently a virtual classroom (equivalent to a face to face course) hosted via Teams.

You will be sent a Teams link via email the day before the course starts. Please ensure the email address on your LTA profile is up to date and that you check your spam inbox to ensure you receive the joining instructions.

You do not need to print off anything before the course but may need to write notes as you go along. A handout will be provided after the course.

If you have completed face-to-face safeguarding training within the last 3 years you can take the online safeguarding module  Safeguarding In Tennis Together to renew. Please ensure you book onto the right version, as there are role specific

Course Description

Course Dates 

Friday 20 December 2024    I   Time:    10:00 - 13:00 

Friday 10 January 2025        I  Time:     10:00 - 13:00

Friday 21 February 2025      I  Time:     10:00 - 13:00

Friday 7 March 2025            I  Time:     10:00 - 13:00

Friday 11 April 2025             I  Time:     10:00 - 13:00

Friday 23 May 2025              I  Time:    10:00 - 13:00

Friday 20 June 2025              I  Time:    10:00 - 13:00

This course is essential for anyone who has contact with children and/or adults at risk in a tennis environment and is a prerequisite for LTA Accredited coaches and Welfare Officers at LTA "Registered" venues. 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand what safeguarding means
• Identify how safeguarding issues can arise and what you can do to minimise the chance of them happening
• Understand the types of abuse and neglect in children and adults at risk and the impact this can have
• Learn best practice for responding to safeguarding concerns
• Understand the current landscape of safeguarding and how the LTA can support you

Important information:

• Please note this course will take place in a virtual environment
• The duration of this course is three hours including a break
• This course has been approved by the LTA for 3 CPD credits
• The minimum age to attend is 16 years old
• If you are a volunteer, you can get a refund for this course. Once you have completed the course, please fill in your details and reasoning for the refund on the Contact Us page and we will assess your request.

Course Fee £30

Who is it for?/Course Pre-requisities
No previous knowledge required.  For all LTA coaches / volunteers who work with children

Course Exam/Certificate
You must, in order to gain a certificate:
   - attend all course hours