Everybody should be able to enjoy motorsport in a safe environment. We all have a responsibility to protect and safeguard children and adults at risk. Motorsport UK is committed to providing a safe and positive environment for all of those involved. Part of this commitment is to ensure appropriate and proportionate checks of people who work and volunteer in our sport in order to protect children and adults at risk, from harm or abuse.

An integral component to the implementation of safer recruitment is ensuring suitability checks are completed for those working or volunteering in roles that are defined as regulated activity.

Regulated activity refers to certain job functions that when associated with children or adults at risk require a suitability check to be completed in order to participate. The criteria for regulated activity differs slightly in certain nations. To find out more about regulated activity and how to apply, please select the button below that applies to the country you work in.

Not everyone involved in motorsport will be in Regulated Activity and therefore it is not appropriate for everyone to have a suitability check. If roles are not classed as Regulated Activity, but the person still has a level of responsibility and is working with others, Motorsport UK recommends that clubs ask people working and volunteering to complete a ‘self-declaration’ instead. The self-declaration form can be found here.

Types of suitability check:

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check – provides a record of a person’s criminal convictions and cautions for those working in England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check – provides a record of a person’s criminal convictions and cautions for those working in Scotland.

Access NI check – provides a record of a person’s criminal convictions and cautions for those working in Northern Ireland.