Consents & Registration Risk Assessments Accident Reports

Safeguarding & Consents for Angling Clubs

Collect the right data, the first time. Design custom forms, capture parent/guardian consent, run venue, match and session risk assessments, and record accident reports — all in one GDPR-first workflow that keeps your people safe and your compliance clear.

Role-based access GDPR-first Audit trail

Clubnest • Safeguarding

Consent & Welfare Overview

Consent

Active

Risk state

Moderate

Reports

0 Open

DBS Verified Coaches

Sensitive fields visible to authorised roles only

Linked: Venue Risk • Session RA • Accident LogVersioned & time-stamped
GDPR-first by design

Why move safeguarding online?

Safeguarding is about people, not paperwork — but good records keep people safe. Paper forms get lost, photos of forms are hard to read, and emailing spreadsheets around creates risk. Clubnest centralises everything: registration and consent, venue and session risk assessments, and a consistent accident log. Your welfare officer gets clarity; coaches get the details they need; parents get confidence that their child’s information is handled professionally and minimally.

The whole system follows a GDPR-first approach: collect only what you need, show as little as you can at the point of use, and keep a full audit trail. Access is role-based so a coach can read emergency information for their session without seeing club-wide personal data. Versioning ensures you can see what changed and when, and retention rules keep old data from lingering indefinitely.

  • Custom forms with validation and digital signatures.
  • Static venue RAs + dynamic on-the-day checks.
  • Incident & accident reports with workflow.
  • Role-based access, audit trail and retention policies.

Built around real angling workflows

Clubnest grew from junior programmes, club fixtures and coaching courses. The safeguarding tools reflect that reality: guardian flows, medical notes, emergency contacts, photo consent, risk libraries you can reuse, and the little details that matter by the water — icy banks, deep margins, heavy gear, hooks and weather.

Design once
Clone next season with changes
Use anywhere
Mobile-first coach & parent views
Stay compliant
Minimal data, clear audit trail

Custom Forms & Form Fields — your data, your way

Build registration and consent forms that reflect your club. Drag-and-drop field types, add validation and conditional logic, and save templates you can reuse across memberships, coaching sessions, courses and match entries. Capture exactly what you need — no more, no less.

  • Field types: text, textarea, email, phone, date of birth, address, select, multi-select, radio, checkbox.
  • Special fields: emergency contact, medical info, medication, allergies, photo consent, transport permission, digital signature.
  • Validation: required/optional, min/max length, pattern, accepted file types, custom error messages.
  • Logic: show follow-up questions based on earlier answers (e.g. reveal allergy details only when “Yes” selected).
  • Branding: logo, colours and copy that match your site; multilingual copy supported where needed.

Submissions link straight to the participant record, so coaches see relevant medical notes and emergency contacts for their session without digging through inboxes. Guardians can manage data for multiple children, and returning families can renew in a few taps.

Popular setups

  • Junior onboarding: DOB, guardian details, emergency contact, medical notes, photo consent.
  • Match entry: category, waiver, etiquette, emergency contact, car-share consent.
  • Course enrolment: attendance preferences, equipment hire, parent comms preferences.
  • Volunteer checks: DBS/ID confirmations, role statements, code of conduct acceptance.

GDPR-first: collect the minimum, restrict access by role, and apply retention schedules.

Risk Assessments — static baselines + dynamic, on-the-day checks

Create a static baseline for venues and activities (your standing hazards and mitigations), then add dynamic assessments on the day — weather, water level, access changes, visibility, attendance mix. Each entry records a risk description, cause, severity, mitigation and a “new severity” after actions, all time-stamped and attributed to the submitter.

Venues

Build a venue library with route in/out, bankside conditions, deep margins, slips/trips, livestock, public footpaths, parking and lighting. Reuse hazards at fixtures and sessions with one click.

  • High water / fast flow flags
  • Boarding and edge protection
  • Traffic and car-park layout

Matches

Peg spacing, weigh-in routes, scales placement and crowd movement. Add dynamic notes for icy banks or late-daylight finishes, then export a single PDF for the landowner if needed.

  • Peg spacing & safe access
  • Cold weather mitigation
  • Weigh-in flow management

Coaching Sessions & Courses

Ratios, supervision zones, kit layout and rotating activities. For courses, track how risk changes week-to-week as daylight and weather shift.

  • Coach:participant ratios
  • Briefings & signage
  • Low light / visibility planning

Reusable libraries & versioning

Save common hazards and mitigations to your library and pull them into any activity. Every change is versioned and time-stamped, so committees can evidence due diligence later.

One-click exports

Produce a combined PDF (static + dynamic) signed by the responsible coach/officer. Share with fishery owners, insurers or governing bodies as required.

Digital Accident Reports — clear, consistent, complete

If the unexpected happens, the priority is care — and then a clear record. Clubnest guides you through a consistent report: what happened, where, when, who was involved, severity, first aid given and who was informed. Add attachments, witness details, weather, equipment involved and any follow-up actions.

  • Status workflow: Draft → Submitted → Under review → Closed.
  • Restricted access for welfare and committee roles only.
  • Search and filter by venue, session, incident type or severity.
  • Retention controls and export for insurers or external reporting.

Centralised records help you learn: spot patterns (e.g., slips after rain on a particular bank), improve briefings and layouts, and evidence the steps you take to make sessions safer.

What a good report includes

  1. Incident title & description (plain language)
  2. Location, date & time, people involved, witnesses
  3. Immediate actions taken & first aid given
  4. Severity assessment and follow-up requirements
  5. Who was informed (e.g., guardian, welfare officer, committee)
  6. Photos/attachments where appropriate

The format keeps reports quick in the moment and complete for later review.

GDPR-first design

Minimal data collection with lawful basis; consent toggles where appropriate; retention schedules; export tooling for Subject Access Requests; deletion & anonymisation workflows.

Role-based access

Limit sensitive fields (medical notes, incidents) to specific roles. Coaches see what they need for their session; admins retain oversight without oversharing.

Audit trail & exports

Every submission and edit is time-stamped and attributed. Export assessments and accident logs to PDF for insurers, landowners or governing bodies.

A single safeguarding workflow

Forms, risk assessments and accidents are linked to venues, fixtures, coaching sessions and multi-week courses. From one place, your welfare officer can review the venue baseline, see dynamic notes for today’s session and check that incidents were closed out properly — with version history if questions arise.

Setup & migration

Import existing forms and risk templates from spreadsheets, or start from our templates and customise. We’ll help you map legacy records and set sensible retention so you begin clean and compliant.

Frequently asked questions

Can we add our own fields and keep them year-to-year?
Yes. Build once, clone next season and tweak only what’s changed. Historical versions remain accessible for audit.
How do dynamic risk assessments work?
Complete your static baseline beforehand. On the day, a coach/organiser opens the session on a phone and adds new entries (e.g., high water, closed footpath) with severity and mitigation. Entries are attributed and time-stamped.
Who can see accident reports and medical notes?
Only roles you authorise (e.g., Welfare Officer, Secretary). Coaches see emergency info for their session, not club-wide personal data, unless you grant it.
How does GDPR apply here?
We minimise data, provide consent tools, support export for subject access, and let you set retention policies so records aren’t kept indefinitely.

Ready to modernise safeguarding?

Launch with a single form or roll out a full workflow across venues, matches, sessions and courses. We’ll help you set it up the right way — compliant, consistent and easy to use for volunteers and families.