This procedure outlines the actions required by person/persons on discovering a missing child(ren) at a training session or event organised by the club.

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• Ensure all young people you are responsible for are appropriately looked after whilst any search is carried out for the missing child
• Organise all available adults to fully search specified areas, with particularly attention to any obvious areas of danger, e.g. water
• If the child cannot be found after as good search of the immediate surroundings, contact the child's parents (if not present) to advise them of the concern, and to reassure them that everything is being done to locate their child
• Ensure that the area that the child has gone missing in is fully searched., including changing rooms, toilets, public and private areas.
• Ensure that there is a single point of contact for all individuals searching to report back to. This individual should try and create a record of all the events that have a occurred as well as creating a physical description of the young person to include height, build, hair/eye colour in addition to what they were wearing and where they were last seen.
• If the young person has not been found within 20mins the police should be informed, even if the search has not fully concluded.
• Once you have contacted the police, they will advice if any further action is required before their involvement.
• If the police act upon the report please follow all instructions and advice
• If the young person is found please inform all concerned parties

Safeguarding Officer: Rich Hunter 07791 733696 or richhunter2343@gmail.com
Safeguarding Assistant: Andy Evans 07770 303167 or chairman@ilkestonrugby.com
Policy reviewed 2026