We are committed to ensuring that we continue to provide a safe space for children and vulnerable adults to practice our sport.
Orienteering Ireland’s National Children’s Officer: Ciarán Donaghy – childrensofficer@orienteering.ie
National Designated Liaison Person: Terry Ley – childprotection@orienteering.ie
The description of these roles and the procedure on how to raise a concern you may have about a child or someone working with a child, can be found in the Code of Conduct.
To achieve a good level of safeguarding awareness, our clubs should;
1. Encourage all committee members to complete safeguarding level 1 training (Code of Ethics Basic Awareness/Child Protection Workshop – NI Sport NI Safeguarding Children & Young People Workshop).
2. Appoint a Club Children’s Officer who should complete Safeguarding Level 2 training (Club Children’s Officer Workshop – NI Sport NI Safeguarding Children & Young People Workshop).
3. Appoint a Designated Liaison Person (who may also be the Club Children’s Officer) who should complete Safeguarding Level 3 training (Designated Liaison Person Workshop – NI Sport NI Designated Children’s Officer Workshop).
Safeguarding Workshops of all levels are conducted by your Local Sports Partnership.
Clubs are encouraged to carry out a safeguarding self assessment. Sport Ireland have a video on how to complete this here.
Certain roles in Orienteering Ireland and club level require Garda vetting to be completed to meet our legal obligations. Vetting is valid for three years and some of these roles also require the person to hold a valid safeguarding certificate (which is also valid for three years).
All vetting applications must be validated and sent by post, accompanied by the required proof of identity and address documents (as outlined in the ID Checklist).
Currently validation can only be carried out by the following persons (after they have received training by OI):
