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Vet the adults around your athletes

Safeguarding is judged on what you can show, not what you intended. Background checks run through the same system that holds your staff records, so clearance status sits next to the roles and teams a person has been given — and an uncleared adult is visible before they are standing on a pitch, not afterwards.

How Background Checks works

Checks on coaches & staff

Run checks on the coaches, team managers, officials and volunteers who have contact with your athletes. Each person’s status is on their staff record — cleared, in progress, or needing action — so you can see the state of your whole organization on one screen rather than in somebody’s inbox.

CoachesVolunteersOfficials
The Ligue background check screen showing staff with cleared, in progress and action needed statuses
Background checks — the whole organization’s clearance on one screen.

Built in, not bolted on

Because this is built in rather than bolted on, clearance is part of how a person is set up. Inviting someone, giving them a role and checking them are the same workflow, so a volunteer does not quietly end up with roster access and a team on Saturday while their check is still outstanding.

Built inWith rolesBefore access
The Ligue permission matrix showing what each staff role can do, with a staff list
Roles & permissions — clearance and access in the same workflow.

A record you can trust

Safeguarding is judged on what you can show. Ligue keeps a record of who was checked, when, and what the outcome was, so when a governing body, an insurer or a parent asks, the answer is a record rather than a recollection — and expiries are visible before they lapse rather than after.

Audit trailExpiryOn demand

Who gets checked, and why it matters

Safeguarding is not a policy document. It is knowing, on any given Saturday, which adults are cleared.

Coaches & assistants

The adults with the most contact time. Clearance is visible on their record alongside the teams they are assigned to.

Per seasonRenewalsCleared

Team managers & volunteers

The people who quietly do most of the work, and who are easiest to let slip through because they were only helping out for a weekend.

Game dayCampsAccess

Officials & staff

Anyone your organization puts in front of athletes, with the same record and the same expiry tracking as everyone else.

RefereesSite staffRecords

Certification alongside it

First-aid and safeguarding certificates stored on the same record, so clearance and qualification are one view rather than two.

First aidSafeguardingExpiry
The Ligue documents screen showing certificates with signed and outstanding status
Documents — certificates on the same record as the check.

Background checks: common questions

Who should be checked? +

That is your organization’s policy and your governing body’s requirement. Ligue gives you the place to run and record checks for coaches, managers, officials and volunteers, and to see at a glance who is outstanding.

Can someone get access before their check clears? +

Only if you allow it. Because checks and roles are part of the same workflow, you can see that a person is not yet cleared at the moment you are giving them a team.

What record is kept? +

Who was checked, when, and the outcome — with the expiry date where one applies. That is what you need when a governing body or an insurer asks you to demonstrate your process.

Are staff notified when a check is expiring? +

Expiry is visible on the record before it lapses, so renewals are something you plan rather than discover when someone is already coaching without a current clearance.

Who in my organization can see check results? +

Only the roles you give access to. This is sensitive information and visibility is deliberate rather than shared with everyone who can open a roster.

Does this replace my governing body’s requirements? +

No. Your federation or association sets what is required; Ligue is where you run the process and hold the evidence that you followed it.

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