by GRF Admin | Jan 5, 2017 | News, Uncategorised
Im sure this will give rise to multiple opinions, with the professional game sponsors virtually exclusively gambling organisations, fast food, alcohol, money lending and junior teams struggling for any sponsors. When a club boss who uses her club for multiple reasons...
by GRF Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Health, News, Uncategorised
Grooming is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking. Children and young people can be groomed online or face-to-face, by a stranger or by someone they know...
by GRF Admin | Dec 3, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
As part of The FA’s role in aiming to do everything it can to support a safe and enjoyable framework for football, a new film has been made outlining the four key steps to safeguarding. The film, featuring Wayne Rooney, Steph Houghton, Jack Rutter and Nathaniel...
by GRF Admin | Dec 1, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
Grassroots understands that the number of people that have came forward and reported abuse within football, current and historic, to police forces around England now stands at 350. What at first appeared to be isolated cases may well turn out to be the biggest...
by GRF Admin | Nov 28, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
Ex-youth football coach Barry Bennell, who is at the centre of a sex abuse scandal, has been taken to hospital after being found unconscious. The convicted sex offender was found at an address in Knebworth Park, Stevenage on Friday, Thames Valley Police said. The...
