We’ve created a slide deck tutorial for football clubs on how to familiarise yourself with the new process of an applicant uploading your vetting forms to the new FAI system.
There are a lot of advantages to the new approach.
Clubs will need to ensure that volunteers follow the process, …Read More
Childrens Welfare
Vetting and the Self-Employed
Matthew Holmes is a practising barrister and has written for the Irish Times, the Bar Review, and the Law Society Gazette, amongst other publications. He is the author of the Nutshells on Administrative Law, the Nutshells on EU law, and the forthcoming Nutshells on …Read More
Reporting For Duty: Scheduled Organisations & Specified Information
There are a number of professional or regulatory organisations who must have their wits about them, due to increased reporting requirements under the vetting legislation.This week we look at Schedule 2 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016. The title of …Read More
Volunteer Recruitment – Building the Team
LOVING YOUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT PAPERWORKPolicies and procedures.Don’t you just love ‘em?!Well, of course, most people don’t!(And, being honest, most people don’t even read them). But, for my sins, I’m a lawyer, and here’s a confession: I’ve always actually thoroughly enjoyed reading and writing such documents. Why so? Because out …Read More
Children’s Officer in a Club – what it is, and what it’s not
Alongside our series of essays delving into the Irish vetting legislation, we’re going to spend a couple of weeks looking at the role of a specific officer in an organisation that works with children, with a focus on sports clubs in particular.The role of the children’s …Read More
