Parents banned from ferrying children to sports matches
Hundreds of thousands of parents will be banned from ferrying children to sports matches next year unless they have had criminal records checks, under new rules. The clampdown is part of an escalation in child protection policies which will see 11 million adults vetted before they come into contact with children or vulnerable adults. Under new regulations, parents who are asked by the organisers of a children's sports team to take other children to sports fixtures like football or cricket matches will have to be vetted. <snip> Professor Frank Furedi, whose "Licensed to hug?" report for thinktank Civitas this week triggered a debate about the use of Criminal Records Bureau checks, said he knew of parents who have been rebuked for taking too many children to matches without being vetted. He said: "I have talked to people who were reprimanded for taking three to four boys to football training. They were told they should have spoken to the manager. "People can drive their own children to matches – but to drive four kids to the same match you should get CRB-checked." <snip> http://tinyurl.com/6k38ym ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, over 90% of child abuse is committed by the child's family or family friends. So should parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and family friends be required to have a CRB check too?
Hundreds of thousands of parents will be banned from ferrying children to sports matches next year unless they have had criminal records checks, under new rules. The clampdown is part of an escalation in child protection policies which will see 11 million adults vetted before they come into contact with children or vulnerable adults. Under new regulations, parents who are asked by the organisers of a children's sports team to take other children to sports fixtures like football or cricket matches will have to be vetted. <snip> Professor Frank Furedi, whose "Licensed to hug?" report for thinktank Civitas this week triggered a debate about the use of Criminal Records Bureau checks, said he knew of parents who have been rebuked for taking too many children to matches without being vetted. He said: "I have talked to people who were reprimanded for taking three to four boys to football training. They were told they should have spoken to the manager. "People can drive their own children to matches – but to drive four kids to the same match you should get CRB-checked." <snip> http://tinyurl.com/6k38ym ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, over 90% of child abuse is committed by the child's family or family friends. So should parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and family friends be required to have a CRB check too?