Play Safe 2024
This year’s Play Safe weekend is taking place on 28 and 29 September. We’re committing to making sure everyone knows their role in safeguarding and what Play Safe is all about.
Play Safe is a year-round campaign that champions the importance of safeguarding in football. It encourages leagues and clubs at every level of the game to play their part in making the game safe, fun, and enjoyable for everyone, everywhere, every time.
Why is Play Safe important?
Anyone’s love of football can be taken away by negative behaviour and abuse.
Safeguarding prevents this from happening.
A Play Safe weekend at the start of each season is there to put safeguarding at the forefront of people’s minds.
It reminds everyone to watch, listen, talk, act in every football environment.
How to get involved in Play Safe
Whether you’re a parent or carer, committee member, coach, player, referee, spectator or a safeguarding lead, you can find out more about how you can your part in protecting young people by visiting the Play Safe page on the England Football website.
Visit the England Football website
Show Your Club's Support with Badges and Armbands
To give Play Safe visibility, all grassroots clubs are being provided with free captains armbands, along with Play Safe badges for coaches. In addition, clubs can purchase Play Safe-branded pitch-side banners to show their support.
Be aware these items are not being distributed by County FAs this year. To receive them clubs will need to order via the portal below.
In addition, County FAs, as well as leagues and clubs at every level, are being provided with digital and print assets. A specially-commissioned Play Safe film will be provided for County FAs, leagues and clubs to link to via their websites and social media.
“Then it’s over to everyone to decide how they want to showcase their safeguarding work,” says Sue Ravenlaw, Head of Safeguarding at The FA. “There were some great examples last year which reached three million people – we’re aiming for more this year.”