Sussex Gymnastics Welfare Report July 2026
Since the last meeting Dawn was the competition welfare officer at the Sussex Floor and Vault at K2. Sadly, the Centre were not looking at disabilities as a whole regarding the use of toilet provision.
Our visits to Gym Clubs have raised a few issues:
Clubs employing 13- to 16-year-olds and not complying with local authority requirements for registration and maximum working hours
Brighton and Hove Apply for permission to employ a child
East Sussex Child Employment | East Sussex County Council
West Sussex Child work permit - West Sussex County Council
Also a reminder of the British Gymnastics concussion protocol
Finally Dawn picked up on this worrying trend. A reminder of the dangers of posting photos of young athletes on line. A school posted photo of a winning team. A few days later the School received a blackmail threat as the images had been AI deepfake altered into explicit photos and the threat was to pay up or the pictures would be released onto the Internet!
UK schools blackmailed with sexualised AI deepfakes of pupils, experts warn | The Independent
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Dawn Hyland
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