Safeguarding and Welfare Policies

Our policies, adopted in 2025 and reviewed annually, set out how all staff (paid or unpaid), volunteers, athletes and unified partners should recognise and respond to allegations or concerns of abuse, exploitation or neglect of Special Olympics GB athletes, they should be read in conjunction with the relevant Safeguarding Procedures documents.

The policies reflects the latest sector standards, best practice, and relevant key safeguarding roles and contacts within and outside of Special Olympics GB.

To access our policy please click below:

In addition to the above Safeguarding Policy there is the new Easy Read version of the Safeguarding and Welfare Policy. The policy has been developed with the help of Special Olympics Athletes and is the start of a whole host of Athlete friendly resources.

To access the Easy read Safeguarding Policy please click below: