It can be challenging to know where to start when updating policies, as we recently discussed in our supportive Facebook Group. What’s important? And how can you ensure you ensure you’re focusing on the right areas?
Here are some helpful pointers to get you started.
Be clear
Your members need to understand your policies, so be specific and open about them. This especially applies to privacy and data protection.
For this policy, you should:
Make it clear how you collect, protect and, in some cambodia rcs data cases, share your members’ data and information
Outline your obligation to share requested information, for example, with Track and Trace
Be proactive
Key policies, such as safeguarding and welfare, need to be reviewed regularly to ensure you are keeping members safe. But not just that – you need to ensure your team is forward-thinking and upholds these policies at all times.
Consider having separate policies for adults and children, or try and articulate both sets of policies in one document
Host workshops to raise awareness and update your policies. Anti-bullying week is an excellent time to schedule one in
Be accountable
Your code of conduct should set a standard and expectation of behaviour for everyone involved – directors, coaches, officials, athletes, and parents. Don’t let this policy sit at the back of your shelf or as a PDF in a forgotten computer folder!
Codes of conduct are only helpful if you communicate and follow them, so make sure they are at the heart of everything you do
Ensure you vary codes of conduct slightly depending on whom they apply to. They should all work towards the same goal
Be strategic
Extensive, rambling policies are challenging to review and update. You can make it easier by creating an overview and then divide the policy into sections.