Disability Sport Wales joins the NSPCC to promote parents’ role in inclusive sport
Parents and carers are key to a child’s lifelong involvement in inclusive sport
The NSPCC and Disability Sport Wales have joined forces with more than 100 sports organisations in the UK and Ireland to promote Parents in Sport Week next month. From 3 to 9 October, we want clubs and members to rally behind our efforts to underscore the positive, supporting role that parents play. We want to raise awareness among coaches and officials of the crucial role parents have in helping children enjoy sport.
Parents in Sport Week aims to:
- encourage sports organisations to promote the positive role parents play in helping children reach their full potential
- empower parents by helping them to support their child’s participation in sport
- assist coaches and officials to understand the crucial role parents have in a child’s involvement in sport
Dr Camilla Knight of Swansea University, who studies parental involvement in sport, said: “Without the support of their parents and carers, the opportunities for children to engage in sport and reach their full potential will be limited.”
Through Parents in Sport Week, the NSPCC and Disability Sport Wales are helping to change the conversation and remind everyone of the important and extremely valuable contribution parents make to youth sport.
For further information ... :
- NSPCC Reources for Parents and Carers in sport
- NSPCC Information for parents and carers
- Disability Sport Wales' Child Welfare Toolkit
- Disability Sport Wales' Adult at Risk Welfare Toolkit
... and resources:
- Disability Sport Wales Parents Code of Conduct (Easy Read Version) for children and young people
- Disability Sport Wales Parents Code of Conduct for Adults at Risk
- VIDEO - The role of the parent in supporting children and young people in sport
- VIDEO - The importance of parents in sport
- VIDEO - My Magic Sports kit
- VIDEO - How parents can prepare and support talented young athletes
At Disability Sport Wales are fully behind this important initiative to raise awareness of the positive role a parent has in helping a child reach their full potential.
