COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY

DS Sports Pty. Ltd. will support and respect all children and uphold their rights to feel and be safe

at all times.

DS Sports Pty. Ltd. is committed to child safety.

We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.

We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.

We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.

We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very

seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.

We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety,

which we follow rigorously.

DS Sports Pty. Ltd. is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, removing and

reducing these risks.

DS Sports Pty. Ltd. has robust human resources and recruitment practices to reduce the risk of child

abuse by new and existing staff and volunteers.

DS Sports Pty. Ltd. is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child

abuse risks.

DS Sports Pty. Ltd are committed to providing and promoting the cultural safety of Aboriginal children

and the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and safety

of children who identify within the LGBTIQ community. 

We will ensure that there is an appropriate screening process for all staff and volunteers and that they

have a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) or that they have a current registration with the

Victorian Institute of Teaching. 

We have specific policies and procedures in place that support our staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.