Pilot Welfare Officer Training with Active Partnerships
May 5, 2026 | by Nabillah Akhtar
Last week England Boxing were supported by Sport Welfare Officers from Active Partnerships across England to deliver 5 pilot Welfare Officer Training workshops aimed specifically at Club Welfare Officers within boxing clubs.
75 Welfare Officers attended and this interactive face-to-face workshop and gained an essential understanding of what is required of welfare officers that are responsible for managing and reporting concerns about children, and for putting into place procedures to safeguard children, ensuring that they have the practical knowledge required to take a child-focused approach and excel in the role.
A big thank you to the tutors who supported this pilot project (Lijana Kaziow – Northamptonshire Sport, Laura Harris – North Yorkshire Sport, Liz Wright – Active Cumbria, Tracey Sweetland – Somerset Activity & Sports Partnerships and Kamilla Ovrevik – London Sport).
Coming Soon
From June England Boxing with be running this workshop using our own tutors from the boxing community and we welcome Club Welfare Officers visit the Locker and get booked on soon.
Click to register your place here
Reminder:
From 1st January 2027 every Club Welfare Officer must have attended this workshop. If not, your role will be set to action required which will in turn set you club’s membership also to action required. This will stop your boxers from being able to compete in competitions so please make sure you are ahead of the requirements and get booked on soon. This requirement was announced in January 2026 so there will be no allowances made if your Welfare Officer has not competed the training in time.
