Kew Cricket Club fully endorses and adopts Cricket Australia’s Child Safety Policy

Child safety is really important because

  • all Children and Young People have the right to feel safe and protected from all forms of child abuse, grooming and sexual misconduct;

  • all Children and Young People have the right to take part in cricket in a safe, positive, and enjoyable environment;

  • all Children and Young People should expect that they can play our sport free from any form of prohibited conduct; and

  • all Children and Young People should feel empowered to act and respond to behaviour that is not acceptable or that is inappropriate.

The key points we want you to note are

  • everyone involved in our Club plays a role in protecting Children and Young People;

  • providing a child-safe environment at our Club is not someone else’s responsibility: all of us have to strive to make our Club a child-safe organisation;

  • child safety is not just about preventing criminal offences such as child abuse, grooming or sexual misconduct: it is also about preventing inappropriate conduct (including conduct that is objectively age-inappropriate) and conduct that places any Child or Young Person at risk of harm; and

  • the Child Safety Framework that the Club has endorsed includes important guidance on matters such as transporting Children and Young People; being in change rooms with Children and Young People; photographing Children and Young People; online communication with Children and Young People; and physical contact with Children and Young People.