Handball club receives prevention seal

Educate - look - act

In 2020, the Jena handball club HBV Jena 90 e.V. set out to qualify for the state sports association's child protection seal.

The club received recognition for its work during its last home game of the season. Anna Feuer, in her role as board member of the Thuringian Sports Youth, and head of the sports department Benjamin Koppe ceremoniously presented the "Sports club active in child protection" prevention seal to HBV child protection officer Oli Dubnack and club president Matthias Rindt.

Head of Sports Benjamin Koppe said during the award ceremony:

"HBV Jena has now joined SV GutsMuths as the second club in our city to receive the child protection seal. We want children and young people to get moving and be active in sports clubs. We also want parents to be able to entrust their children to coaches and trainers without worrying. The measures associated with the seal make a decisive contribution to protecting children."

"We have dealt intensively with the topic of child protection in advance and have revised and in some cases created new internal club structures. By obtaining the seal, we can show the outside world that children and young people are in good hands with us,"

says club president Matthias Rindt.

In addition to the structural changes, the sensitive topic was included in the association's statutes. This enabled Oli Dubnack and Linda Bülow to qualify as child protection officers in the sports club. In addition, coaches and officials were given access to their extended certificate of good conduct.

Under the motto "Educate - Look - Act", the HBV's prevention concept creates transparency in youth work and offers the best possible protection for the children and young people entrusted to it.

As part of the declaration on child protection, the Thuringian State Sports Association and the Thuringian Sports Youth offer interested clubs and associations the opportunity to apply for the personalized prevention seal. The clubs go through a multi-stage application process. The personalized seal remains valid for five years and can then be awarded again as part of a re-certification process.

The aim of the measure is to provide the best possible protection for the children and young people entrusted to our care. As part of the process, the clubs must actively consider possible preventative measures. Obtaining the seal can be seen as a quality criterion for club life. It also raises awareness of the issue of sexualized violence and can act as a decision-making criterion for parents and their children.