The Club’s welfare officer is Kelly Rowland
Kelly has been a member at our club for 23 years. She took on the role of Welfare Officer in 2018.
During her time at the club she has helped to coach and support the junior section for a number of years and can always be found on Friday junior nights at the club. She has two boys of her own who both play tennis with Purley Bury now and her family are big supporters of the club and it’s ethos.
She has been playing for the Ladies teams for over 20 years and has taken on this role because she knows that it is important for players of all ages to enjoy the game and not have any reason to feel at threat whilst doing so. She is also a teaching assistant and has therefore developed an excellent set of skills working with young people and adults.
It is Kelly’s job to make sure that all children, young people and adults at risk are safe when at our club. She is responsible for promoting safeguarding within our venue and working with others to ensure a safe and inclusive environment is achieved. You can speak to Kelly if you are concerned or unhappy about something.
If you’d like to speak to Kelly, her contact details are on the Club’s notice board or you can contact her via the Club:
Purley Bury Tennis Club, 53A Purley Bury Avenue, Purley, Surrey, CR8 1JF
Tel: 07761 602014
Main duties
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Work with others in the club to promote safeguarding, diversity and inclusion and ensure compliance with the LTA’s minimum standards for venue registration
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Work with others in the club to ensure safeguarding and diversity and inclusion information, including policies, reporting procedures and details of the venue Welfare Officer are visible and available
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Work with others in the club to promote the venue’s Code of Conduct
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Act as the first point of contact for all children and adults where concerns about welfare,
discrimination, poor practice or abuse are identified
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Work with the LTA Safeguarding Team when concerns arise within the venue
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Maintain contact details for the LTA Safeguarding Team and key statutory agencies
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Contact the Local Authority children’s or adults’ social care teams and the police about
concerns where appropriate
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Work with the LTA Safeguarding Team to facilitate audits of the venue in relation to the
minimum standards
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Work with the Committee/Management and LTA to facilitate the completion of any action
plan to address the results of an audit
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Work with others in the venue to ensure the relevant people at the venue have completed a
satisfactory criminal records check
