Child safety

An expression of interest carries a player’s name and an age band. On a standard listing, that is all we ask about the child.

A standard enquiry does not ask for a child’s date of birth, email address, phone number, school or photograph, and it never asks a child to make contact. Age band or birth year is enough for a squad.

Some listings use the organiser’s own registration form instead. Where a listing says so, that form may ask for the player’s full birth date, the parent or guardian’s name and postal address, and a typed signature agreeing to the organiser’s terms, because the organisation running the sessions needs them. Those answers belong to that one enquiry, are read only by that organisation, and are never put in an email, a notification or a public page. Older imported records may contain birth dates and are subject to retention review.

The coaching bot stores guardian-linked player, team, attendance and booking records. Adults should manage these conversations. Free text, voice notes and images can be processed by our messaging and AI providers; avoid sending sensitive details or images of children. See the privacy notice for access, processors and retention.

Only authorised coaches and linked guardians should access family records. Owners can request organisation erasure and families can ask the bot for “My data”. Screening declarations and privacy controls are not a substitute for an organisation’s safeguarding duties.

There is no player login, no player profile and no way for a child to create an account. Every account on this site belongs to a parent, guardian or club administrator.

The form asks a parent or guardian to submit on the child’s behalf. If you are under 18, ask a parent or guardian to do it.

The club or academy named on a listing runs the session. It is responsible for supervision, for its coaches and volunteers, for its own member protection policy, and for holding current Working with Children Checks where the law requires them.

In Western Australia that obligation sits with the organisation and the individual under the Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004 (WA). It is not something a directory can discharge on a club’s behalf, and we do not claim to.

Where a club tells us its coaching staff hold current Working with Children Checks, we record only two things: that a check was confirmed and the date it expires.

We never store a WWC card number. A card number alongside a family name is half of a lookup key into a government child-protection register, and there is no product benefit that justifies holding it.

A confirmation recorded here is a club’s own statement to us. It is not verification by us, and it is not endorsement.

We remove, and will not publish, listings that:

• ask a child to make contact directly rather than through a parent or guardian
• solicit photographs of children
• collect a child's home address, school or contact details through this site
• are posted by someone who cannot show they represent the club named

If something on this site worries you, email [email protected]. We will take a listing down while we look into it.

If a child is in immediate danger, call 000. To report abuse or neglect in Western Australia, contact the Department of Communities Child Protection on 1800 273 889, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Do not wait for us.