Welfare covers a range of issues such as safeguarding, anti-bullying, poor practice in coaching and run leading, and disciplinary matters. We expect all club members to respect the Club Values and follow the Steel City Striders code of conduct. If you have any welfare concerns you can speak to one of the Steel City Striders Welfare Officers.

Our Welfare Officers are Lucy Mottram and Cara Hanson.

Lucy has been running since 2002 and finally settled with Striders in 2018. She can be found run leading at Heeley and occasionally at other venues. She is a nurse lecturer by day, Ed Doc student by night as well as being a trustee for the Sheffield Parent Carer Forum.

Cara has been a Strider for 7 years and was a run leader for 5 years before qualifying as a coach. She is venue rep for Hillsborough, as well as leading runs from there, including her famous headtorch runs.

Please do approach any one of us if there is anything you wish to discuss, or contact us on welfare@steelcitystriders.co.uk.

You can find lots more information on the England Athletics Welfare Hub. In addition to the topics mentioned above, it includes useful pages on mental health and wellbeing.

Our club Health and Safety policy can be accessed here [note, downloads in new window]. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity action plan can be viewed here.