The initial phase of this initiative will focus on supporting State Sport Associations create and maintain safe environments for children and young people, aligned with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (National Principles).

The True Sport Child Safeguarding Initiative aims to assist State Sport Associations (SSAs) understand, navigate and then start to action the National Principles. 

The initial resources will include:

• A self-assessment tool to assist SSAs work through each National Principle and identify whether they have work already in place or underway or not. This will then inform the development of an action plan to guide SSA action;
• Sport-tailored examples of how SSAs can implement each National Principle;
• A sample SSA Child Safety Statement of Commitment and Child Safety Code of Conduct to help guide SSAs in the development of their own;
• A reporting flowchart to provide clarity, guidance and reassurance of how and where to report suspicions of, or disclosures from, a child or young person who is at risk of harm.