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Safeguarding Learner Hub

Meet Mountaineering Ireland's Safeguarding Officers:

Catherine Hibbitt

National Children's Officer

National Designated Liaison Person

Mandated Person

safeguarding@mountaineering.ie  or 087 6057925

Jane Carney

Training Officer

Deputy Designated Liaison Person

Jane@mountaineering.ie or 087 4122278

Tutorial 1: Safeguarding Risk Assessment

This tutorial will guide you through the process of producing a child safeguarding risk assessment using the risk assessment templates available to you here.

Tutorial 2: Club Child Safeguarding Statement

This tutorial will guide you through the various sections required when producing a club child safeguarding statement using the child safeguarding statement templates available here.

Tutorial 3: Who is a Mandated Person?

Tusla explains the role of a Mandated Person under the Children First Act 2015 and the statutory obligations of a Mandated Person.


Partners Seminar Series: Safeguarding Our Climbers

During this webinar, we explored creating safe spaces for climbers through insights from an expert panel, including Craig Chalmers of Children 1st, Catherine Hibbitt from Mountaineering Ireland, and Helen Murphy of the BMC

Partner Seminar Series: Climbing and Neurodiversity

A workshop on climbing and neurodiversity delivered by Alex West, Chris Shephard and Alex Hithersay.

Video: What is Safeguarding?

In this video series, Kate Hills (Head of Safeguarding, Ethics and Youth Development at Swim Ireland) helps us to understand the basics of sports safeguarding, including key considerations around building a safer community, and how organisations can get started on their safeguarding journey.

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