The first report, State of Art of European Child Protection Policies, Legal Framework, Academic and Sport Associations Best Practices, brings together the evidence base needed to build the 360 Safe Play model. It reviews international, European and national child protection frameworks, with a specific focus on Spain, Italy and Bulgaria, and analyses how safeguarding obligations can be translated into practical club-level action.

The report combines legal analysis, academic evidence and examples of good practice from sport associations, clubs and federations. It highlights that child safeguarding in sport cannot be limited to reacting to serious incidents after harm has occurred. Instead, effective protection requires prevention, early detection, safe reporting, referral pathways, case management, training, monitoring and a culture of trust within clubs.

A second publication, the Child Gender and LGBTQI Impact Assessment, deepens this work by examining how gender norms, heteronormativity, discrimination and exclusion may affect children’s safety and participation in grassroots sport. The assessment underlines that gender-based and LGBTQI-phobic violence should be treated as a safeguarding concern, not only as a diversity or inclusion issue.

The report identifies risks that may appear through discriminatory language, body shaming, peer exclusion, unsafe changing spaces, weak reporting mechanisms and club cultures that normalise silence or humiliation. It also provides practical recommendations for training, child-friendly materials, reporting tools, restorative peer-to-peer practices, communication outputs and monitoring systems.

Together, these publications provide a strong foundation for the next phase of 360 Safe Play. They confirm that safe sport environments depend not only on written policies, but also on how clubs, coaches, volunteers, families and children understand and use safeguarding mechanisms in everyday practice.