Whitley Bay Cricket Club – Player Handbook 2014
• Know and understand the ECB’s “Safe Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children”
• Develop an appropriate working relationship with Young Players, based on mutual trust and respect
• Ensure that physical contact is appropriate and necessary and is carried out within recommended
guidelines with the Young Player’s full consent and approval
• Not engage in any form of sexually related contact with a Young Player. This is strictly forbidden as
is sexual innuendo, flirting or inappropriate gestures and terms. The ECB adopts the Home Office
guidelines which recommend the principle - “People in positions of trust