Welfare Officers
 

Hello!

We’re Gary Thurtle and Donna Mansfield, your Club Welfare Officers. You might be wondering what a Welfare Officer actually does.

Our Role:

Our main responsibility is to help ensure that Alton Runners is a safe, supportive and inclusive environment for everyone, including both adults and children. Here’s how we do that:

• Safeguarding policies: We make sure the club’s safeguarding policies are kept up to date and follow the latest guidance from UK Athletics and England Athletics. This includes completing regular safeguarding training ourselves.
• Safe and inclusive activities: We work to ensure all club activities are run in a safe, respectful and welcoming way. If you have a safeguarding concern, no matter how small, please speak to us. Safeguarding is a shared responsibility and we are here to listen and help.
• DBS checks: We make sure that all coaches, run leaders and volunteers have valid DBS checks, and we are responsible for verifying them.

Talk to us

If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact us.

General welfare concerns:
Welfare@altonrunners.co.uk

Prefer to speak with someone of a particular gender?
That is absolutely fine. You are welcome to contact either of us directly. Our individual contact details are listed below.