Upskilling the community sport volunteer workforce to respond to child abuse in sport: a collaborative research project

Sport presents unique challenges in preventing and responding to child abuse that may occur in this context. The Australia community sport sector is predominantly comprised of volunteers – in combination with an underfunded sector and the time-poor nature of volunteering, ensuring that the workforce is appropriately trained is challenging. This is problematic from a child abuse prevention and broader public health perspective, given the majority of Australian children play sport at a community level.