Club Welfare Officer: Mrs Elaine Mortimore
If you have any worries or concerns relating to welfare at the club, please speak to Mrs Elaine Mortimore at the club, alternatively you can email her at the address below.
The qualifications required to become a registered club welfare officer can be found Here
Once a welfare officer has met the required criteria, and the corresponding documentation has been submitted to the BFA for verification, the welfare officer will be added to the BFA’s Welfare Officer Register, which is updated every month. A Registered Welfare Officers qualifications are accessible, and can be verified, by searching for them by club Here
Club COVID-19 Officer: Mrs Elaine Mortimore
COVID-19/Flu/Cold and airborne communicable diseases Requirements [Updated 29/01/2025].
Statement: The following are a combination of guidance and requirements from the British Fencing Association, Shrewsbury House Community Association and Royal Greenwich Fencing Club; are MANDATORY and for the protection of all visitors, members, attendees, and staff.
Club Requirements: The following requirements must be followed by ALL visitors, members and attendees to Shrewsbury House who are there in connection with Royal Greenwich Fencing Club, and the following must be regarded as applying to ALL, infringements will result in immediate barring from the Club, and temporary or permanent suspension.
- All visitors will need to comply with and support Shrewsbury House to implement their health safety measures.
- ALL attendees, prior to travelling to the club, MUST CHECK that they are NOT SUFFERING from any SYMPTOMS of contagious respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19/Flu/Cold or other; and only ATTEND if they can CONFIRM that THEY are FIT to participate in the session, in that they are not experiencing any symptoms of the above communicable diseases.
- All members must provide up to date contact information to the club.
- All attendees should use sanitiser hand gel before and after class, and wash their hands when needed in between.
- All attendees should bring their own sanitiser hand gel with them to each session and water bottle, preferably marked with their name.
- All attendees should refrain from physical contact with each other; avoiding touching other attendees and surfaces as much as possible.
- All attendees MUST NOT share equipment or clothing with each other.
- The wearing of face masks is now optional.
- Parents of junior members must wait with their child in the porch or reception to hand them over to a club officer, before they leave, or send them up the stairs to room 7 if late, and then collect them from a club officer from reception at the end of the session, which is 9 pm, unless an earlier time has been agreed.
- Parents can no longer accompany children to room 7, and or stay in room 7.
- All rooms must be vacated promptly to allow for cleaning between sessions.
- Toilet facilities are provided, but must be used on a ‘one in, one out’ basis where possible.
Welfare Documents, Policies & Guidance
Below are links to PDF copies of the BFA’s welfare documents held on the BFA’s website and adopted by Royal Greenwich Fencing Club. Click on the appropriate link to view the document in full.
BF Safeguarding Policy (Children and Adults at Risk)
Collection and Late Collection Policy