“Cycling should be a safe and positive experience for everybody. All those involved in
the sport have a part to play in safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk.”-
British Cycling 2024.

HCC have two Club Welfare Officers – Emily Murphy and Alison Hughes, both of
whom have undertaken British Cycling Safeguarding training, and who will be the first
point of contact regarding any welfare concerns, poor practice and potential or alleged
abuse. As part of their role, they will promote safeguarding, report concerns and work
with others to create a safe and inclusive environment, in which everyone can
experience the joy of cycling. Both Emily and Alison have an in date DBS check.
Club coaches

As an accredited Go-Ride Club, we have a commitment to ongoing training for our
volunteers, coaches and officials, to have a sound structure, to be fair and equitable
and to undertake training to support British Cycling’s policies and guidelines for child
protection and best practice. Go-Ride sessions are delivered by British Cycling qualified
coaches, who have also attended courses on child protection, have an in date DBS
check, and hold a current first aid certificate.

All coaching sessions are risk-assessed and HCC takes relevant actions to reduce any
possible risks. As such, HCC does everything in their power to provide a safe
environment in which your child can cycle. Cycling, however, does have its risks and
even the best riders still fall off occasionally!

Data Protection
In order to run Holmfirth Cycling Club effectively we will need to hold a certain amount
of personal information about our members. This information will be held on a secure
membership database system (membermojo) The information we will store includes:

• Your name, e-mail address and other contact details such as telephone number;
• Contact details of somebody you would like us to contact in case of emergency
  We will only use your data for:
• establishing and maintaining membership records; and
• Keeping you informed about developments in the club (events, results, social
  gatherings,
  We will ensure that Membermojo treats your data carefully, keeps it securely and in a
  way which is compliant with current data protection legislation. We will not share your
  personal information with any other third party and we will not retain your personal
  information for any longer is necessary for the running of the club.

Social Media
Club Members take full responsibility for posts made on social media, both in public
forum and on closed members only groups. We cannot Control who posts or the
content of their posts. We will however support you by working with social media
platform providers to remove inappropriate content if we spot it or when you report it to
us.

We do not mandate that you contact or interact with the club via Social Media. If you
choose to do so, please note that any material posted in open or private forum will be
governed by the Data Protection Policy of the social media platform upon which it is
posted.