It is with regret that Oxfordshire Cricket belatedly announces that Stuart Murphy resigned from his role as part-time County Safeguarding Officer in December. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks for the huge amount of work that Stuart did firstly in a volunteer capacity and latterly as a paid employee to prepare Oxfordshire Cricket to meet the Safeguarding criteria of the ECB. Stuart was relentless in his desire to ensure we have appropriately trained staff and volunteers as well as the correct processes and systems in place to provide the best service possible to keep everyone involved in Oxfordshire Cricket safe. We will greatly miss Stuart’s expertise and experience which will now be devoted to his full-time role as the ECB Disabilities Personal Development & Welfare Officer.

Stuart’s departure leaves a vacancy to work alongside Lesley Pykett. The role includes but is not limited to  – 

• Being the point of contact with the ECB  Safeguarding team,
• Writing a monthly Board report, 
• Liaising with the Board Safeguarding lead, 
• Dealing with any safeguarding concerns raised in a timely manner, 
• Promoting safeguarding at all times by word and deed, 
• Attending relevant OCB and ECB meetings, webinars and conferences, 
• Supporting the education and training of everyone within Oxfordshire Cricket. 

Anyone interested in the role should contact Margaret Stevens at [email protected]  for further information.

If you have any safeguarding concerns please contact [email protected]