Young Person Form

Section 1: About this form

The water belongs to everyone and everyone deserves to experience the joy and excitement it offers. We want you to enjoy being on the water but we understand this might be difficult if someone is making you feel unhappy, worried or scared. If this sounds like you, don’t keep it to yourself.

You can complete this form if something is worrying you, or you’ve seen or heard something that doesn’t feel right while on and around the water.

It might be something that has happened to you, to a friend, or something you’re just not sure about.

If you make a report to us, we will contact you as soon as we can, and we will do everything we can to make sure you’re safe.

Please fill in as much as you can. You don’t have to fill in everything, just share what you can. Anything you tell us will be taken seriously and we’ll do our best to help you.

Other people you could tell:

An adult you trust. This could be your parent or someone else in your family, or; another adult at the club
RYA Safe Sport Team. If you want to speak with someone at the RYA call the Safe Sport team on 02380 012796 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. In an emergency call 02380 012796 between 9am and 10pm, 7 days a week including bank holidays.

Emergency Support

Police – If you are in immediate danger please call the police – 999.
Childline – https://www.childline.co.uk or 0800 1111
The NSPCC (help@nspcc.org.uk) are available 24/7 for help, advice and support: 0808 800 5000

Section 2: Tell us about your concern

We know that this is difficult but well done for getting this far. If something has happened, or you feel that you are in danger and need help straight away, please call the police on 999 and tell an adult you trust, as soon as you can. Thank you for choosing to tell us what happened.

What is your name? You do not need to give your name to report a concern but it helps us to provide support.

What is your age?

Gender

Female

Male

Non-binary

Prefer to self-describe

Prefer not to say

What's the name of your club?

Please select the option(s) that best describe your concern:
If you are not sure what to select, that's okay - just choose the closest one and tell us in your own words below.

Please tell us as much as you can about your concern or worry here: * You could include: - Who is involved (names and roles, e.g. instructor, coach, another young person) - What happened - Where it happened (e.g. at the club, at an event, online) - When it happened (date or approximate time) - Whether this has happened before - Whether anyone else saw or heard it

Have you shared this with anyone else? If so, who have you spoken to?

Please let us know the best way to contact you if we need to ask any follow-up questions: We will keep you informed and aim to speak with you before any next steps are taken. The only exception would be if we believe someone is in immediate danger, where we need to act quickly to protect them.

Phone

Text

Via another person

Is there anything else you’d like to tell us?

*The information you have provided on this form will be used for the purposes of recording your concern. The legal basis for processing this information shall be legitimate interest. The information you provide will be used and stored in accordance with the RYAs privacy policy, available at www.rya.org.uk/go/privacy