Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador
Do you want to gain valuable new skills, support your tennis club and help to make our sport safe and enjoyable? In 2023 we piloted the Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador (YPWA) programme with 23 children and young people across England, Scotland and Wales. We now have over 100 YPWAs in post across England, Scotland and Wales and you and your venue can now get involved too. Sign up today!
A YPWA's role is to:
- Provide a young person’s voice and perspective to promote safeguarding and welfare at their venues
- Raise awareness of safeguarding and welfare issues amongst members and players
- Gather feedback from young people to enable them to have a greater say in safeguarding discussions
- Provide an important link between venue committees and children and young people.
- Provide young people’s voices in discussions around safeguarding and welfare in their venue. They can provide important input in conversations and provide different perspectives.
- Work with their venue Welfare Officer to promote awareness. The Welfare Officer will support them and continue to act as the primary welfare and safeguarding lead at the venue. YPWAs will not deal with safeguarding issues.
The LTA is the first National Governing Body (NGB) to actively involve young people in a programme of this nature, directly integrating them in the safeguarding and welfare work within tennis venues and supporting them to be an important part of the process.
Are you aged 14-24 and interested in the becoming a YPWA?
To explore how you and your venue can get involved, speak to your venue Welfare Officer or a member of the committee or coaching team. If they are happy to support you as a YPWA, you can sign up following the links below.
Check out the document below to find out more about what the YPWA role is, the skills you'll gain and how to get involved:
Watch this short video to hear about the role from other YPWAs
Are you a venue Welfare Officer or representative interested in the programme?
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity to appoint a YPWA at your venue, please take a look at our document below to find out more about the recruitment process, what the role involves and how to get involved.
Sign up to the YPWA programme
The Welfare Officer and the young person both need to enrol on the programme. This is done via separate links as below: