Children do not negotiate their safety.
Crezaro is a children's football platform first and a football club second. This is our commitment to keeping every young player safe, and the plain-language version of the policies that back it up.
What child protection means here.
Crezaro FC is committed to protecting the welfare of every child and young person who takes part in our programs, wherever in the world they play. We accept that children have a right to be safe, to be treated with respect and dignity, and to be protected from harm, whether that harm is physical, emotional, sexual, or neglect. These commitments shape how we recruit adults, how we run sessions, and how we handle information.
The welfare of the child comes first
In every decision, every session and every conversation, the child's safety and wellbeing outrank the fixture, the result and the convenience of the adults involved. This is not negotiable and it is not means-tested.
Everyone has a part to play
Coaches, staff, volunteers, parents and players all share the duty to notice, to speak up and to act. Safeguarding is not one person's job. It is how we run.
Concerns are acted on, not sat on
When something feels wrong, we would rather hear it and be reassured than miss it. Every report is taken seriously, recorded and followed through.
Children are listened to
Young players are told who to talk to, in words they understand, and they are believed and supported when they do.
No adult works with our children by accident.
Most harm to children in sport comes from adults who were never properly checked. So we screen hard, before anyone gets near a session.
Identity and reference checks
Every coach and staff member is identity-verified and asked for references we actually contact before they work with children.
Criminal record screening
We run background screening appropriate to the country of work: an enhanced DBS check with the barred-list check in the UK, and the equivalent police or criminal-record clearance elsewhere, renewed on a set cycle.
Structured interviews
Roles that involve contact with children include questions about safeguarding, boundaries and past conduct, not just coaching ability.
Probation and supervision
New coaches work under supervision, and no adult is left alone one-to-one with a child where it can be avoided.
Ongoing training
Safeguarding and first-aid training is a condition of the role, refreshed regularly, not a one-time box tick.
A named lead in every club
Each country club has a trained Designated Safeguarding Lead who oversees checks, records and referrals.
Everyone signs up to the same standards.
Coaches and staff
Put player welfare first, keep communication open and observable, avoid one-to-one contact where possible, never use humiliation or physical punishment, and model the behaviour we ask of players.
Players
Treat teammates, opponents, coaches and officials with respect, look out for each other, and tell a trusted adult if something is wrong.
Parents and carers
Support from the sideline without abuse or pressure, respect officials and coaches, and raise concerns through the proper channel rather than at the touchline.
Bullying is treated as a safeguarding matter.
Bullying, harassment, discrimination and any form of abuse, whether it happens on the pitch, in a group chat or anywhere else, is not tolerated. We name it plainly to players and coaches, we deal with incidents quickly, and repeated or serious behaviour leads to removal from our programs. A child who reports being bullied is supported, not blamed, and never told to just get on with it.
Images of children are handled with care.
We only take and use photographs or video of a child with the informed consent of the child and their parent or carer, recorded through their Crezaro account. Images are used to celebrate football and development, never in a way that could identify a child's home, school or routine. We do not publish a child's full name alongside their image, we honour requests to withdraw consent, and we ask families and spectators to follow the same rules at our events. Coaches do not connect with players on personal social accounts, and club communication stays on monitored, official channels.
A child's information is a safeguarding asset.
The personal data we hold about a young player, their development record, medical notes, contact details and images, is treated as sensitive and protected accordingly. We collect only what a program genuinely needs, we rely on parental consent for children, we limit who can see it, and we keep it only as long as required. This is set out in full in our Privacy Policy, which covers the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA), the EU and UK GDPR, and general child-protection duties across the countries where we operate.
Worried about a child? Tell us now.
If you have a concern about the safety or wellbeing of any child in our programs, you do not need to be certain, and you do not need proof. Report it. The form below opens a confidential, tracked ticket that goes straight to the Designated Safeguarding Lead. We do not publish inboxes or phone numbers, because a tracked channel is safer and nothing gets lost.
If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services and the child-protection or police authority in your country first, then let us know.
Kept current, checked by experts.
This policy is reviewed at least once a year, and sooner if the law changes or a serious incident tells us we need to do better. Our safeguarding framework is reviewed by qualified safeguarding counsel and child-protection specialists in the jurisdictions where we operate. That external review sits outside this site and is the responsibility of the Crezaro entity operating in each country.