ACCIDENTS WHILST TRAINING/PLAYING MATCHES  

If you are injured whilst playing or training off site you will need to complete the following from City SU Sport injury and Incident Report Form (qualtrics.com) (regardless of whether treatment has been given or not. This needs to be completed within 24 hours of the injury occurring) 

If you are injured whilst playing or training at CitySport, immediately report this to a member of staff who will provide first aid and fill in this form on your behalf.  

Similarly, if whilst training or taking part in a match at CitySport, any damage occurs to any equipment, or if there is any structural damage, you will need to report this to the CitySport Duty Manager immediately. If training or playing at an external venue, you will need to let the venue know. Please also report this to sports@city.ac.uk so the team is aware.

Initiations
City St George's university of London & City St George's university of London Students’ Union does not advocate initiations of any kind and has a zero-alcohol policy, always. This must be adhered to during training and whilst representing the university in sports in any capacity. Members must adhere to the Union’s Health and Safety policy, which can be found here.

Concussion protocols for all sports 

NHS Concussion Guidelines

The Sport and Recreation Alliance published an updated version of the UK Concussion Guidelines for Non-Elite (Grassroots) Sport on the 6th November 2024 - 'If in doubt, sit them out'

Updated UK Concussion Guidelines published

Rugby specific guidelines 

BUCS follow World Rugby Community Game regulations, which can be found here.

Concussion Guidance

Football specific guidelines 

The FA's Concussion guideline for football | England Football

Individual Risk Assessment

To help build community within your club you coul plan events and activities outside of training and fixtures. The Sports Team will be able to support you with planning and booking these activities. An individual risk assessment is required for all larger scale/high risk events. This includes, but is not limited to: 

  • Parties/club events 

  • Events with 100+ attendees 

  • Balls 

  • Trips 

  • Overseas travel 

  • Children attending the event 

  • External Speaker Events 

You can find the Individual Risk Assessment here.

Once complete please send your individual risk assessment through to sports@city.ac.uk

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