MACCABI WA

Maccabi aims to create a safe, fair, inclusive and enjoyable environment.

We want to ensure that every athlete, member, staff, volunteer, official and coach who participates in Maccabi activities is treated with respect and dignity. Maccabi opposes all unlawful and unfair behaviours, and seeks to protect all our people – and especially those who are most vulnerable – from unlawful discrimination, harassment, bullying, abuse and other inappropriate behaviours.

To assist with this, we have created Integrity & Member Protection Policies (“MPPs”). You can read them in the Online Member Protection Handbook here which outlines Maccabi’s vision of a culture that protects the health, safety and wellbeing of all its participants, sets out relevant legal obligations and expected standards of behaviour, and explains grievance processes that participants can follow if they believe that those standards have not been met.

Maccabi participants include many children, young people and vulnerable people. Recognising this, the MPPs have a special focus on policies and steps that are designed to reflect current community standards regarding child protection and inclusion.

We will treat very seriously any failure to meet our standards. We may discipline anyone found to have behaved inappropriately. This might include excluding them from Maccabi activities. And if the breach is serious enough, we may involve relevant authorities.

We require all those involved in Maccabi activities (whether they are athletes, members, staff, volunteers, officials or coaches), and all parents of our junior athletes and coaches, to read and understand this Handbook and to be aware of their obligations to comply with Maccabi’s standards of behaviour.