{"id":11593,"date":"2016-04-12T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?page_id=11593"},"modified":"2024-02-15T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T23:29:53","slug":"member-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/clubs\/member-protection\/member-protection","title":{"rendered":"Member Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Member Protection<\/h3>\n<p>In affiliating with Tennis NSW, all members are required\u00a0to adopt and utilise the Tennis Australia Member Protection Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The policy has been developed as part of Tennis Australia\u2019s ongoing commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of its members and participants. Tennis NSW and all affiliates have a responsibility to provide a child safe environment for members.<\/p>\n<p>Member Protection is all about practices and procedures which protect a sports organisation\u2019s members including athletes, administrators, coaches and officials.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis NSW is committed to ensuring all individuals involved in tennis can enjoy a safe and positive experience at all times.<\/p>\n<p>The Member Protection Policy outlines a specific Code of Conduct, the procedural obligations of Australian Tennis Organisations and the policies surrounding Child Protection, Harassment, Abuse, Discrimination and Social Networking, as well as the complaints procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennis Australia\u00a0Member Protection Policy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2023\/10\/TA-Member-Protection-Policy-12-Oct-2023.pdf\"><strong>available here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any questions or complaints regarding a member protection issue can be sent to Tennis NSW at <strong><a href=\"mailto:mpio.nsw@tennis.com.au\">mpio.nsw@tennis.com.au<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Play by the Rules<\/h3>\n<p>Play by the Rules<cite> <\/cite>is a unique collaboration between the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Human Rights Commission, all state and territory departments of sport and recreation, all state and territory anti-discrimination and human rights agencies, the Office of the Children&#8217;s Guardian and the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (ANZSLA). These partners promote <em>Play by the Rules<\/em> through their networks, along with their own child safety, anti-discrimination and inclusion programs.<\/p>\n<p>Play by the Rules\u00a0provides information, resources, tools and free online training to increase the capacity and capability of administrators, coaches, officials, players and spectators to assist them in preventing and dealing with discrimination, harassment, child safety and integrity issues in sport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbytherules.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit Play by the Rules here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis NSW and Tennis Australia have a detailed Member Protection Policy available to all affiliated Clubs, Associations and Facility Operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5788,"featured_media":0,"parent":14177,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11593","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11593\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}