This course is for those looking to achieve their safeguarding training.  

The course takes place in a virtual classroom via Zoom. You will be sent a Zoom link via email 24 hours prior to the course starting. Please ensure that the LTA has your current email address, and that you check your spam inbox, to ensure you receive the joining instructions. 

This course is essential for anyone who has contact with children and/or adults at risk in a tennis environment. 

By the end of this course, you will be able to: 

• Understand what safeguarding means 
• Identify how safeguarding issues can arise and what you can do to minimise the chance of them happening 
• Understand the types of abuse and neglect in children and adults at risk and the impact this can have 
• Learn best practice for responding to safeguarding concerns 
• Understand the current landscape of safeguarding and how the LTA can support you 

Important information: 

• You do not need to prepare anything before the course but may want to write notes as you go along. A handout will be provided after the course 
• The minimum age to attend is 16 years old 
• If you are a volunteer, you may be eligible for a refund of the cost of this course. You can contact the provider of this course, WimX Learning, to find out more information. 

If you have completed this course within the last 3 years then you can take the free safeguarding online module, Safeguarding In Tennis Together, to renew your training for another 3 years. Please ensure that you book onto the correct course, as there are role-specific versions (i.e. for coaches, Welfare Officers, officials, etc.). 

WimX Learning is an approved LTA Coach Development Centre delivering qualifications and CPD in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. We also cover East London and are responsible for the following London boroughs: Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham. 

Our organisation offers LTA qualifications at Assistant, Instructor and Level 3. We also offer official LTA CPD courses as well as First Aid and knowledge enhancing independent learning courses such as Mental Health First Aid and Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties. 

WimX Learning believe coaches are central to tennis success and empowering and supporting coaches is at the core of what we do. Our team of quality course tutors are also all operating coaches enabling our courses to be delivered by tutors with up-to-date knowledge and experience of the industry. Working alongside our hub coaching academy at WimX Tennis we are also able to place coaches to do their mentored hours within a vibrant professional coaching environment that provides for all levels of players. 

Our team care passionately about this industry and we will always do our best to support and advise you from booking to course completion and throughout your coaching development. Let us know your goals and it will be our pleasure to help you to achieve them. 

For further information please visit our website or contact us at courses@wimx.org.uk