The Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI), in partnership with #WeRideTogether, has developed an online safeguarding training course accessible to everyone involved in equestrian sport.

The course provides basic awareness on safeguarding participants against harassment and abuse, explaining why safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. It also provides guidance on the actions we can each take to protect ourselves and others.

The course is free of charge, is available on FEI Campus and is accessible to all. It is aimed primarily at athletes, coaches, grooms, parents, officials, administrators and volunteers from recreational to elite level sport. Currently available in English, the content is expected to be translated into other languages over the coming year.

What the course includes

In total, the course takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. It includes short video clips, graphics and a short quiz at the end of each section. You can pause, save and come back later to the training at any time. There are additional sections for athletes, parents, coaches and grooms, which, while specific to these communities, can and should be completed by all. At the end of the course, participants should have a better understanding of the following:

• Harassment and abuse in sport–why it occurs, what it is, how to recognize it

• What actions you can take to protect yourself and others, and to make the sport environment a safe, inclusive and supportive environment
  
• How to respond to—and how and where to report—incidents of harassment and abuse

Each participant will receive a certificate of completion upon finishing the course.

The FEI is committed to taking action to encourage a culture of respect and understanding. Organization officials want to help ensure equestrian sport can be enjoyed by all in a safe, inclusive and supportive environment. The FEI Policy on Safeguarding Participants against Harassment and Abuse was introduced in 2019 and in recent years a number of awareness-raising initiatives for National Federations have been implemented. This safeguarding course builds on these initiatives.

Safeguarding policies at national level

All National Federations are reminded that they should have their own safeguarding policy in place. The FEI has developed an NF Safeguarding Policy template to assist NFs in policy development. It encourages all NFs to share information about the safeguarding course with their own national level equestrian communities.

The FEI would like to thank #WeRideTogether for its support and partnership in delivering this safeguarding training course.If you have any questions, comments or would like to provide feedback on the safeguarding course, please email [email protected].

About the FEI

The Fédération Équestre Internationale was created more than a century ago to oversee the Olympic disciplines of Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. Today, along with the Olympic disciplines, the FEI also governs the non-Olympic disciplines of Driving, Endurance and Vaulting, as well as the Para Equestrian disciplines of Dressage and Driving. In addition, it has 136 member National Federations.