Local Taekwon-Do club leads the way with new Safeguarding Code

I am very proud to announce that T-UK Leeds has been awarded a Sport England Safeguarding Code.

This has been announced by Sport England this week:

Local Taekwon-Do club, T-UK Leeds, is leading the charge in sports safeguarding, having successfully attained the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts “mark”.

Achieving the Safeguarding Code, demonstrates T-UK Leeds’s commitment to upholding its duty-of-care to the community and young people and recognises T-UK Leeds as a martial arts provider that has reached and effectively maintained good safeguarding standards. The Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts has been created so that parents and carers can clearly identify a martial arts provider that have demonstrated that they have reached and maintained good safeguarding standards and can make informed decisions when selecting a club for their child.

Sue Harrison, Stakeholder Marketing at the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts said:

“We are delighted to see that so many clubs, including T-UK Leeds, have successfully attained the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts.

“When making choices about martial arts schools, parents and carers can easily determine, and be reassured that clubs in their local area are committed to safeguarding and upholding safe practices for their children if they display the Safeguarding Code ‘mark’.”

Master Ian Ridley said: “Taekwon-Do United Kingdom (T-UK) is a Taekwon-Do association that is affiliated to the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).

T-UK provide professional martial arts training, tournaments, courses, seminars and gradings along with top quality insurance. All instructors are regularly CRB/DBS checked and are of the highest standards.

As an association, we are committed to the welfare and the safeguarding of children and people of all ages within all the activities of the art.”

We are obviously delighted with this award as it shows our commitment to the safeguarding of all our student, old and young.