Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador
Last year we piloted the Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador (YPWA) programme with 23 children and young people across England, Scotland and Wales.
With it’s success the application window for the 2025 YPWA programme is now open until 30th November 2024.
An Ambassador’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.
This is the first time in British sport a National Governing Body (NGB) is actively involving 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.
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:
Are you a venue Welfare Officer or representative interested in the programme?
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity to appoint a YPWA, please complete our online form and we will be in touch:
Please note, you will need the following information to complete the form:
- Young person hoody size
- Welfare Officer Tshirt size
- Welfare Officer LTA number
- Young person LTA number
- Young Person date of birth
- Why your venue wants to be involved in the YPWA programme (200 words max)
- Why the nominated young person wants to be a YPWA (200 words max)
To find out more about the recruitment process, what the role involves and how to get involved, take a look at our document or watch the video below outlining the plans for the 2024 programme:
Every Ambassador will work with an existing venue's Welfare Officer who'll support them and continue to act as the primary welfare and safeguarding lead at the venue. Given their age, the Ambassadors will not be dealing with safeguarding issues themselves.
We want young people’s voices to be heard in discussions around safeguarding. They can provide important input in conversations and provide different perspectives.
Evidence also suggests that adolescents are more likely to speak to a friend or peer if they are victims of sexual abuse and the Ambassadors can also help spread awareness of the routes to report abuse amongst their peer group.