WRSS TITANS COMMITMENT TO SAFE SPORT
Statement of Commitment
WRSS Titans Minor Football is committed to creating a safe sport environment that is accessible, inclusive, respects their participants’ personal goals, and is free from all forms of Maltreatment. As part of WRSS Titans commitment to Safe Sport, our Executive and Board have completed Commit to Kids training.
WRSS Titans values fair, safe, open and inclusive sport for all. To this end, in partnership with Football BC and Football Canada, and a variety of Canadian safe sport leading organizations, we promote and activate a number of initiatives with, and, for our members that work in tandem to support our alignment with the following policies:
WRSS Titans has developed a Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedure for the benefit and protection of individuals associated with WRSS Titans.
Commit to Kids
Commit to Kids (C2K) provides policies, strategies, and a step-by-step plan to help reduce the risk of sexual abuse happening within child-serving organizations. C2K provides tailored training and resources such as Commit to Kids - Keeping Kids Safe in Sport that helps sport organizations develop policies for coaches and volunteers that uphold standards of conduct to keep kids safe in sport.
All Executive and Board Members are required to complete the Commit to Kids training. WRSS Titans encourages all coaches and club executives to complete the training and to use the resources to support creating safe spaces for all participants.
Making Ethical Decisions
All coaches in BC and Canada are required to complete the Making Ethical Decision training and evaluation to be eligible for certification. To learn more about Making Ethical Decision, please click here.
Safe Sport Training
The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) developed the Safe Sport Training module to help anyone involved in sport identify and prevent situations of maltreatment. We all share the responsibility of creating a culture where everyone can thrive. Together, we can make sport safe for everyone.
All coaches, club executives and parents are encouraged to complete the FREE Safe Sport Training module.
If you are aware of a suspected incident of abuse, harassment, discrimination, bullying, or maltreatment you have options to access advice, guidance and resources:
Report Maltreatment within the WRSS Organization to president.wrsstitans@gmail.com
Call the confidential toll-free phone line for children and youth wanting to talk to someone - 310-1234 (no area code required)
Call the toll-free, confidential, multi-lingual telephone and online service available across BC 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence.
Resilience BC: the Anti-Racism Network provides information about how to report incidences of racism and hate crimes if you are a victim or witness such incidences.
Call the Canadian Sport Helpline
