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CHILDREN IN GOLF - STANDARDS OF GOOD PRACTICE

Published: October 05, 2009

As an Organisation with the development of golf amongst children/young people very much at heart, we want to provide the best care for them, support the organising committees, staff and volunteers through appropriate procedures and guidelines and reassure parents that the entire process is child centred.

We understand that we have a legal and moral duty to ensure the children's safety. The most effective way to do this is to have child protection policies and procedures in place informing and promoting good practice to create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm. The standards seek to provide a benchmark to help those involved in golf make informed decisions enabling them to notice and challenge practice that is potentially harmful.

With this spirit, the MGA today publishes its Children in Golf - Standards of Good Practice. Firmly based on the proposed Malta Sports Council Child Protection Policy and Procedures, the documents (available on the documents link of this website) call on the initial advice of Malcolm Reid from Royal Ascot and on the expertise of Child Protection agencies in the UK.