The league is committed to the welfare and safety of our players, match officials, club and league officials and spectators. Contact details of our Welfare Officer and the sub-committee are at the foot of this page.
Please reach out for support and advice at any time.
Given the rules that our clubs will have to adhere to are driven by the FA, assistance should be sought primarily through your County FA, whose pages are below. Contact them for guidance, they are there to collaborate with clubs.
Safeguarding and Welfare - Lancashire FA
Safeguarding & Welfare - Manchester FA
Safeguarding & Welfare - Cheshire FA
FA DBS checks do not involve the LAL - the process is carried out through with guidance from the County FAs.
The following has been put together to offer our clubs guidance.
It is important that open-age adult clubs who have teams that contain 16 and 17-year-olds understand their responsibilities to safeguard those players.
Click HERE for a pdf of Know Your Rights for 16-17 year old players
This means that every open-age adult club with active players aged 16 or 17 should know that they are not exposed to a coach or manager who is ‘barred from working with children’.
To ensure this is the case we strongly recommend that our clubs check that those people in eligible roles within their club hold an in-date FA accepted Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the Children’s Barred list.
If a club has or is likely to have any 16 or 17-year-olds involved in open-aged football (e.g adult clubs with a youth section), we would suggest that they follow the best practice of ensuring that they have at least one member of the coaching staff working with their teams who holds a valid FA DBS Check.
If clubs with open-age teams do not have a Welfare Officer and have or are likely to have 16/17-year-olds then we strongly suggest that you train a Club Welfare Officer and adopt safeguarding policies and procedures to safeguard those young people who are under 18.
If you do need any help or advice please don't hesitate to contact the safeguarding team via email [email protected] or 01772 644264.
There are two types of clubs - determine which your club is and follow the guidance below.
Adult Football WITHOUT 16/17 year olds currently or likely and NOT on the same Affiliation Number as a Junior set-up
Committee Members (Chairman/Treasurer/Secretary)
Best practice is to complete the online FA Safeguarding for Committee Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-for-commitee-members and the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Welfare Officer – not necessary to have one but consider having one in place.
Best practice is to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Team Officials (Manager, Coach, First Aiders)
Best practice is to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football and the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Adult Football WITH 16/17-year-olds currently or likely or if your Affiliation Number is the same as a Junior set-up.
Committee Members (Chairman/Treasurer/Secretary)
Best practice if not part of a Junior Set Up but Mandatory if part of a junior set up is to complete the online FA Safeguarding for Committee Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-for-commitee-members and the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Also recommended is to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Welfare Officer – must have one in place.
Mandatory to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Mandatory to have an FA DBS check.
Mandatory to complete and adhere to the template for Club Safeguarding Children Policy. You can access this by clicking HERE
Mandatory to give out the Know Your Rights in Football document to all 16/17-year-olds. By clicking HERE you can access it.
Best practice to complete the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Team Officials (Manager, Coach, First Aiders)
Mandatory to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Mandatory to have an FA DBS Check
Best practice to complete the FA Safeguarding Children Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-children-course
Best practice to complete FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
A link to the FA's Safeguarding page is here
Safeguarding - Rules & Regulations | The Football Association (thefa.com)
The LAL's Welfare Officer is Jon Twist
Jon Twist (Chair and Welfare Officer)
Tel: (M) 07718 520475 Email: [email protected]
Peter Johnson
Tel: (M) 07880 507693
Please reach out for support and advice at any time.
Given the rules that our clubs will have to adhere to are driven by the FA, assistance should be sought primarily through your County FA, whose pages are below. Contact them for guidance, they are there to collaborate with clubs.
Safeguarding and Welfare - Lancashire FA
Safeguarding & Welfare - Manchester FA
Safeguarding & Welfare - Cheshire FA
FA DBS checks do not involve the LAL - the process is carried out through with guidance from the County FAs.
The following has been put together to offer our clubs guidance.
It is important that open-age adult clubs who have teams that contain 16 and 17-year-olds understand their responsibilities to safeguard those players.
Click HERE for a pdf of Know Your Rights for 16-17 year old players
This means that every open-age adult club with active players aged 16 or 17 should know that they are not exposed to a coach or manager who is ‘barred from working with children’.
To ensure this is the case we strongly recommend that our clubs check that those people in eligible roles within their club hold an in-date FA accepted Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the Children’s Barred list.
If a club has or is likely to have any 16 or 17-year-olds involved in open-aged football (e.g adult clubs with a youth section), we would suggest that they follow the best practice of ensuring that they have at least one member of the coaching staff working with their teams who holds a valid FA DBS Check.
If clubs with open-age teams do not have a Welfare Officer and have or are likely to have 16/17-year-olds then we strongly suggest that you train a Club Welfare Officer and adopt safeguarding policies and procedures to safeguard those young people who are under 18.
If you do need any help or advice please don't hesitate to contact the safeguarding team via email [email protected] or 01772 644264.
There are two types of clubs - determine which your club is and follow the guidance below.
Adult Football WITHOUT 16/17 year olds currently or likely and NOT on the same Affiliation Number as a Junior set-up
Committee Members (Chairman/Treasurer/Secretary)
Best practice is to complete the online FA Safeguarding for Committee Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-for-commitee-members and the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Welfare Officer – not necessary to have one but consider having one in place.
Best practice is to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Team Officials (Manager, Coach, First Aiders)
Best practice is to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football and the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Adult Football WITH 16/17-year-olds currently or likely or if your Affiliation Number is the same as a Junior set-up.
Committee Members (Chairman/Treasurer/Secretary)
Best practice if not part of a Junior Set Up but Mandatory if part of a junior set up is to complete the online FA Safeguarding for Committee Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-for-commitee-members and the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Also recommended is to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Welfare Officer – must have one in place.
Mandatory to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Mandatory to have an FA DBS check.
Mandatory to complete and adhere to the template for Club Safeguarding Children Policy. You can access this by clicking HERE
Mandatory to give out the Know Your Rights in Football document to all 16/17-year-olds. By clicking HERE you can access it.
Best practice to complete the FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
Team Officials (Manager, Coach, First Aiders)
Mandatory to complete the Player Welfare in Open Age Football Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/player-welfare-in-open-age-football
Mandatory to have an FA DBS Check
Best practice to complete the FA Safeguarding Children Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-children-course
Best practice to complete FA Safeguarding Adult Course https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/safeguarding/safeguarding-adults-course
A link to the FA's Safeguarding page is here
Safeguarding - Rules & Regulations | The Football Association (thefa.com)
The LAL's Welfare Officer is Jon Twist
Jon Twist (Chair and Welfare Officer)
Tel: (M) 07718 520475 Email: [email protected]
Peter Johnson
Tel: (M) 07880 507693
