PLEASE NOTE that if your concern is regarding something that takes place/took place within a facility e.g. a leisure centre, you should inform the facility in the first instance so that they can follow their own child protection policies and procedures.
Otherwise, you may wish to follow the guidance below:
If you need to make an allegation or disclosure of abuse, or have serious concerns about the safety of a child, young person or vulnerable adult, you should immediately contact the police on 999 or the relevant social services department (see below):
The Designated Officer or team of officers (previously LADO) is a local authority role responsible for managing and overseeing concerns, allegations or offences relating to staff and volunteers in any organisation across a local authority area. Please click here for contact details.
If you have a concern that is not serious and does not require immediate action, your first point of contact would be the club’s/organisation’s child protection officer/welfare officer.
If your concern relates to an activity provided by Tees Valley Sport please call the Lead Safeguarding Officer, Catherine Woods on 07385 086726 or email c.woods@tees.ac.uk
Alternatively, you may wish to speak to the activity organiser, relevant children’s services department, or one of the national contacts listed below for advice and support:
Contact the free, 24-hour NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000 (Includes Welsh and Asian helpline services) For the textphone service for people with hearing difficulties call 0800 056 0566
NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)
Tel: 0116 2347278 / 2347280
Childline 
Tel: 0800 1111 (free 24 hour service)
National Governing Body Lead Child Protection Officers
For further details, please visit the CPSU Website.
Stonewall This organisation imagines a world where all LGBTQ+ people are free to be themselves and we can live our lives to the full.
Activity Alliance The national charity and leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity.
Sporting Equals This organisation believes in the critical importance of ethnic diversity across sport, not only in the name of genuine equality, but also because diversity is essential to the future success of the industry.
You can report very serious abuse and neglect to Cleveland Police by calling 101 or 999 in an emergency
If you are worried or want to talk to someone, contact your local Social Care Service.
01429 523 390 iSPA@hartlepool.gov.uk
01642 065 070 adultaccessteam@middlesbrough.gov.uk
01642 065 070 AccessAdultsTeam@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
01642 527 764 FirstContactAdults@stockton.gov.uk
01642 524 552
If you are a professional you can report suspected abuse and neglect using a Concern Form (March 2019).
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