Non-League Paper

WEBSITE ENHANCES DBS CHECKS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 October 2024

By Andy Mitchell

A NEW website has been launched to help sports clubs navigate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
The DBS have launched a Supporting Safer Sports campaign aimed at helping all sports organisations for when they make decisions about staff and volunteers.
It comes following the recent case of former Non-League player and manager Kiernan Hughes-Mason who was convicted of causing life-changing brain injuries to his two-year-old then-stepdaughter back in 2020.
Hughes-Mason, 32, was released under investigation before being charged in late 2022 but the clubs he ...

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