What is Safe Hands Management System (SHMS)?

Safeguarding children across all cricket networks is an ECB priority. It is also a legal requirement under the Children Act 1989. Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 places a specific requirement on sports organisations to ensure they have minimum safeguarding standards in place.

SHMS is the online Volunteer Management system for recreational cricket.  The ECB require all County Boards and Clubs to input the details of individuals in key regulated roles or those with responsibilities for the management and running of County and Club activities.

• All clubs with junior sections and any club playing in a match where under 18’s are present in open age cricket must meet safeguarding standards. 
• The club must adhere to the ECB Safe Hands Policy and Procedures. 
• Each club must have a trained and vetted Club Safeguarding Officer.
• All adults who work/supervise children at the club must have a current ECB Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check in place. 
• All adults who work in or supervise children in cricket must have undertaken the appropriate ECB training. 

The system will enable the ECB as the national governing body to provide consistent credibility to those organisations which meet the required standards of safeguarding.  Clubs using SHMS will be able to demonstrate their commitment to the safety of young people helping to attract more members and players.

Registration on the system is a requirement for a club striving to achieve clubmark status and gives access to a secure system for managing club information, there is an added benefit for clubs to receive FREE insurance cover once signed up.

For more information on SHMS and DBS checks for your club please try the following links to the ECB website or email neil.liversedge@cambscricket.org.uk

What is SHMS

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) – The Official Website of the ECB

Support for SHMS

Safe Hands (zendesk.com)

DBS

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) – The Official Website of the ECB