Safe Sport with Allison Forsyth
Apr 27, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024
Rocky Mountain Turf Club
Are you passionate about sport and eager to ensure the safety of athletes while addressing the rising concerns for our volunteers' well-being?
Join us for an enlightening session with Allison Forsyth in her dynamic keynote address at 10:00 A.M. Alternatively, you can participate in the full workshop, which offers an additional perk of consulting time with Safe Sport consultant Allison Forsyth OLY. Remember, the full-day workshop is most impact when multiple people from an organization attend.
Schedule for the day:
- 10:00 -11:00 A.M Safe Sport Education keynote
- 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Next steps, what to consider.
- 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch (provided) and networking
- 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. Break out group work
Over the past several months, the Lethbridge Sport Council has been hosting ‘Sport For All: Breaking Barriers’, a series of interactive and educational workshops focusing on creating welcoming, inclusive, accessible, and safe sport experiences facilitated by individuals with lived experiences and topic experts. The final session of the series will be on Saturday, April 27th from 10 am - 3 pm, and will be a Safe Sport Workshop, facilitated by Generation Safe Founder, Allison Forsyth.
Allison Forsyth is one of three Abuse Free Sport accredited Safe Sport education providers in Canada. She is the leader in ground-breaking education and awareness in the Canadian Safe Sport landscape. Allison’s ‘real-talk’ educational approach has resonated with over 50 sport organizations and 5,000 people nationwide. Recently named ‘Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada in 2023’, Allison’s guiding principles have been instrumental in helping organizations turn their Safe Sport policies into practice.
Allison Forsyth is one of three Abuse Free Sport accredited Safe Sport education providers in Canada. She is the leader in ground-breaking education and awareness in the Canadian Safe Sport landscape. Allison’s ‘real-talk’ educational approach has resonated with over 50 sport organizations and 5,000 people nationwide. Recently named ‘Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada in 2023’, Allison’s guiding principles have been instrumental in helping organizations turn their Safe Sport policies into practice.
Susan Eymann, executive director of Lethbridge Sport Council said, “Safe sport is being discussed in every community sport organization and so we are thrilled to have Allison join us in Lethbridge to speak about these important but difficult issues to help make community sport safe for all participants.”
The workshop will include education on Safe Sport and what organizations can and should do concerning Safe Sport. This interactive workshop session will be most impactful if multiple people from an organization attend. As part of this workshop, Allison will facilitate, support, and consult with sport organizations as they begin or continue their organization’s Safe Sport work during the session. Organizations and individuals can register to attend.