Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01811 · Session 5

Independent sport ombudsman

Closed Submitted 29 May 2020 Culture & Sport
Signatures
0
66 online signatures with a country
Comments
9
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to establish an independent sports ombudsman to –
provide a duty of care to all participants, coaches, officials, support staff, volunteers and clubs, ensuring all are treated fairly and without prejudice; and
review and arbitrate on disputes with Scottish Governing Bodies (SGBs)

What the petitioner did first

I have tried to resolve the issue directly with the sport’s SGB through their complaints procedure.
During this process I took advice from David Torrance MSP, Fife Voluntary Action, the Scottish Institute of Directors.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 24 Sep 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 25 Nov 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 27 Jan 2021
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

66 online signatures
  1. Scotland51 77.3%
  2. United Kingdom14 21.2%
  3. Benin1 1.5%

Comments

9 comments, oldest first
  1. Walter Hay 18 Jun 2020
    Yep all for it 100%.
  2. MRS AILSA HAIG 18 Jun 2020
    All sports need an independent body that they can turn to for assistance.
  3. MRS AILSA HAIG 18 Jun 2020
    I believe it us in the interest of every sport to have an independent body that they can turn to for unbiased support and assistance.
  4. Andy Smith 18 Jun 2020
    This is long overdue for sport.
  5. Ken & Pauline Richards 19 Jun 2020
    I support this petition
  6. David Nelson 24 Jun 2020
    Too many people who should not be coaching children are
  7. Janine Rowbotham 29 Jun 2020
    Bullying and the idea of superiority by Sport Governing Bodies needs to stop. There has to be somewhere independent for all involved in sport to be able to turn to. Bearing in mind a lot of people are volunteers and the majority of participants are not professionals so will not have the support that professional participants have. SGB staff are paid. Without the volunteers sports would not run.
  8. Robbie Bald 30 Jun 2020
    The part about this petition that got me was the prejudice part I will never tolerate people being prejudice towards others here in Scotland that will not be tolerated here that is why i signed this petition
  9. Stuart Goodfellow 30 Jun 2020
    This would be a great boost to all sports and is a much needed appointment.