The BAN Community Safe Sport & Safeguarding Centre is being designed to help children, young athletes, families and adults in basketball recognise harm, understand their rights and find appropriate support.
This page is currently an information and readiness hub. The online safeguarding report form and case dashboard will remain disabled until BAN verifies the responsible personnel, restricted case-handling arrangements, referral contacts and emergency procedures. Do not submit sensitive details through public posts, group chats or ordinary BAN Support tickets.
Choose the information that fits your situation. You do not have to work out alone whether something is serious enough to ask for help.
If someone scares you, pressures you, touches you in a way you do not want, asks for secret photos, bullies you or makes you feel unsafe, tell a trusted adult who will listen and help you find support.
For children and young athletesTake a disclosure seriously. Listen without judgement, avoid leading questions, do not confront the alleged person yourself, and promptly use an approved safeguarding route.
For adults supporting othersConcerns may involve bullying, discrimination, abuse, harassment, grooming, unsafe coaching conduct, exploitation, retaliation or misuse of a young person's information.
For all BAN community membersMove to a safer place if possible and contact the appropriate local emergency or protection service now. Do not wait for this website or an online form. If you are a child, go to a trusted safe adult nearby.
For non-emergency safeguarding concerns, BAN must confirm its designated safeguarding contact and approved reporting route before online intake opens.
Ask BAN for the current safeguarding contact routeSafeguarding is not just a form. It is a set of responsibilities, trained people, clear decisions and accountable follow-through.
Listen calmly, avoid blame, and let the person explain in their own words. Do not interrogate or promise absolute secrecy.
Collect only what is needed. Safeguarding information must never appear in public feeds, profiles, ordinary support tickets or general notifications.
Qualified safeguarding personnel assess risk and coordinate appropriate referrals. Coaches and platform moderators must not conduct their own investigations.
No one should be threatened, punished or excluded for raising a concern in good faith or asking for help.
The following is the proposed operating workflow. It must be approved and tested by BAN's qualified safeguarding personnel before case intake is activated.
A concern is received through an approved, private channel and acknowledged safely.
A designated safeguarding lead assesses immediate danger, age, vulnerability and urgent protection needs.
Take proportionate safety steps and refer to appropriate child-protection, health, mental-health or law-enforcement services when required.
Keep a factual, minimal record in restricted case storage with access limited to authorised safeguarding personnel.
Track actions, check safety, document decisions and close only under the approved case-management procedure.
BAN's Safeguarding Lead will oversee the national framework, with qualified state coordinators to be appointed as their credentials and responsibilities are verified.
Sets standards, oversees implementation, coordinates escalation and ensures accountability across the network.
Coordinate local prevention, awareness, safe referrals and follow-up within their approved remit. Appointment and contact details will be published only when verified and authorised.
Maintain a checked directory of appropriate child-protection, health, mental-health and emergency services. BAN is not a substitute for statutory protection services.
Need-to-know access: state coordinators will not automatically see every report. Access will be restricted by role, case assignment, safety considerations and conflicts of interest.
These public resources will form the education layer while the reporting service is prepared.
BAN's qualified safeguarding personnel should sign off each control below. The public centre can be designed now; sensitive intake must wait until these operational checks are complete.