Safeguarding issues at the FA as they suggest to make contact with a personal account via twitter for support

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I thought organisations had learnt not to offer direct communication after the NSPCC debacle, seems not.
www.cheshirefa.com/news/2022/jun/13/cheshire-fa-trans-community-champion#:~:text=Pippa%20Henry%20announced%20as%20our,watch%20our%20videos%20linked%20below)

Ffs safeguarding anyone 🙄

Why do all the male players in the womens game always play in goal? I can’t think why 🤨

Another screenshot saying happy to chat with children and adults. Huge red flag.

What’s wrong with these organisations? Why don’t they learn things?

If that's the same Pippa Henry I'm thinking of then Pippa is also a medium and spiritualist. Just the sort of person you'd need for support and advice.

Yes that is correct.

Wasn't it in the North West that some of the worst football club-linked historic abuse cases came to light?

www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/safeguarding/section-6-safeguarding-in-the-digital-world The FA safeguarding page here. I need to be elsewhere shortly - can someone have a look through the downloadable policies pls. Particularly policy 6.2 might be useful or illuminating. Sorry to post and run.

Link to the Safeguarding page of Cheshire FA, Greg McLean (who interviewed Pippa) is the Safeguarding Deputy!

Link to article on Cheshire Live, kudos to Mostly Holy in the comments:

www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/football-everyone-meet-cheshire-fas-24429555#comments-wrapper

Pippa has recently become a 'nan'. Hmm.

Yep, Barry Bennell at Crewe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_football_sexual_abuse_scandal#Barry_Bennell

Safeguarding link at Cheshire FA, sorry:

www.cheshirefa.com/safeguarding

Isn't it strange how transwomen athletes are usually 20 years older and massively out of shape compared to the women on the team? I wonder why.

I've just followed some of those links from the Cheshire FA Safeguarding page. The link for 11-13, takes you to a page for something called CEOP, which seems to be for 11-18. There are links for sexual consent, identity (duh!) and sending nudes. I thought children that young couldn't consent to sex? I know little about Safeguarding and have only had a very quick look but 🚩

Sorry, just realised Pippa isn't actually going to play. I thought from the goalkeeper comment above that they were.

Actually, CEOP stuff seems pretty good.

Jesus! Even if he has had safeguarding checks done, it would be the football club email given out, not a personal one. All common sense just goes out the window.

Ooh, if they can see souls, maybe they should get a job on maternity wards assigning genders.

Can you imagine popping "I've recently become a grandad, come and chat to me" into some advert gumpf.

There's a photo of them posing with the team in kit, holding up a trophy and commenting that it was nice to play, so they've certainly played at some point.

It's extremely rare to see women over fifty still playing football. The demands of motherhood and the physical nature of the game (many women retire with injuries) mean very many women stop playing by their thirties and a team may only have one or two left in their forties.

I can't access this on my phone as it is coming up not a secure connection.