Young Person's Welfare Ambassadors
The LTA have launched a 1 year pilot of a Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador role. The introduction of this voluntary role also forms part of our current safeguarding strategy with an aim to:
Provide a young person’s voice and perspective to promote safeguarding and welfare at LTA registered venues. The Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador will be working closely with the venue Welfare Officer and the LTA to explore ways of further engaging children and young people with a view to removing any barriers to seeking support.
The Young Person’s Welfare Ambassadors will support venue Welfare Officers in their role at the club by:
- Providing additional support in meeting the safeguarding standards by providing ideas and a child’s voice to raise safeguarding awareness amongst young people (and thus survey scores) across the venue
- Future proofing the club around safeguarding and welfare, perhaps with a focus on digital/social media
- Engagement of young people at the club to ensure safeguarding is understood and embedded.
- Promotion of the club and potential increase in membership
With County support we have now selected 25 young people and begun with inductions and training. We will be posting the results of this pilot in the new year with a view to further rollout across 2024.