From compliance to culture
For community sporting clubs, safety is about more than compliance. The SASMA Sport Safety TICK from provides clubs with a practical framework to strengthen injury management, game-day safety, mental health support and overall wellbeing.
The Goodwood Saints Football Club recently shared why the program has become such an important part of their club:
“𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘈 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘛𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 – 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦-𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘈𝘚𝘔𝘈 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘈𝘚𝘔𝘈 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦.”
The TICK process helps clubs identify opportunities to improve, build safer practices and demonstrate a genuine commitment to member welfare. Just as importantly, it connects clubs to SASMA’s training, education and expert support network.
For the Goodwood Saints, that support has helped build confidence among volunteers and leaders, ensuring safety is embedded in everyday club operations rather than treated as a standalone task.
As expectations around player welfare continue to grow, the Sport Safety TICK gives clubs a clear pathway to create safer, more welcoming sporting environments while showing members and families that wellbeing comes first.
More than an a badge, the Sport Safety TICK is an investment in safer sport, stronger clubs and healthier communities.
Learn more about the Sports Safety TICK.
Learn more about how Goodwood Saints look after their community.