Work Health and Safety Factsheet

This work health and safety factsheet provides guidance for sporting clubs on how to support safe environments for volunteers and others associated with the club. It outlines key considerations and responsibilities to help organisations identify, manage and reduce health and safety risks.

The resource is designed for volunteer managers and club leaders responsible for ensuring volunteers can participate safely and in line with work health and safety expectations.

Benefits for volunteer managers

• builds understanding of work health and safety responsibilities
• supports proactive identification and management of safety risks
• helps create safer environments for volunteers and participants
• reinforces duty of care and compliance practices.

How to apply this resource

This factsheet is most useful when reviewing safety practices, onboarding volunteers, planning activities or events, or responding to health and safety concerns within the organisation.