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Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport

Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport

Edge Hill University Research Centre

  • Overview
  • Members
  • Projects
    • Athlete- and Coach-led education for teaching about abuse and neglect in sport
    • Child Abuse in Sport: European Statistics (CASES)
    • Gender-based violence in EU sport
    • Prevention of Sexual Violence in Sports
    • Sport Respects Your Rights
    • VOICE
  • CPSS in the News
    • Newsletter
    • Press Releases
  • Events
    • CPSS Seminar Series
      • Inaugural CPSS Seminar
      • Eyes Wide Open
      • Instagram policies and the online abuse of elite women in strength sports
      • Exploring the well-being of professional academy footballers: Ups, downs, problems and solutions
    • The Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare launch event – November 2020
    • Inaugural CPSS Conference – January 2020
  • Resources
  • Videos

Category archives: Sport

Academic wins IOC grant to investigate abuse education in sport

An Edge Hill academic has won a prestigious award from the International Olympic Committee to educate coaches and athletes in three countries about non-sexual abuse in sport.

Posted byNiall HoodJuly 24, 2020November 4, 2021Posted inCentre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport, Child Protection, Child Protection in Sport, Dr Melanie Lang, International Olympic Committee, Research, social sciences, Sport

Edge Hill expert calls for greater recognition of gender-based violence in sport

Sporting organisations need to do more to understand and prevent gender-based violence, according to Edge Hill University senior lecturer Dr Melanie Lang in an interview with BBC Sport Online.

Posted byHayley RothwellAugust 15, 2018November 6, 2019Posted inBBC Sport Online, gender based violence, Research, Sport

Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport

The Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport (CPSS) is at the forefront of research on the prevention of abuse, exploitation and maltreatment in sport.

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