With effect from 1 January 2007 all of our coaches and volunteers who have regular supervisory contact with children within the Game will be subjected to a CRB check.

When a new volunteer joins the club they will be permitted to help provided they do not have sole adult contact with children for up to 8 weeks by which time a check will have been carried out.

Checks will be repeated on all personnel every three years.

CRB checks are free for volunteers and the only additional burden will be the filling in of a form.

Casual helpers (such as parents on the touch line) will still be able to help provided they do not have sole contact with children and new coaches/volunteers will obviously be able to start while the process is taking its course provided they do not have sole contact.