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Where sports bring people together, real protection is needed.

wellplayd helps you implement Safe Sport policies with ease.

Violence. Discrimination. Boundary violations. Abuse of power. Sports organizations and NGOs provide support in developing protection policies and raising awareness among designated contacts. But what happens once the policy is in place and everyday life resumes?

  •  A lot of time and stress spent on document requests, reminders, and searching through inboxes
  • Handling highly sensitive data on personal devices and using personal email addresses
  • No overview of the current status
  • No comprehensive protection
WHAT WELLPLAYD CAN DO

Six modules. One platform. No Excel.

What used to be scattered across folders, emails, and personal devices is now all in one place—secure, documented, and auditable at any time.

DOSB STEP MODEL

Safety Concept Manager

Templates, version control, and approval workflows—from the first draft to executive board approval.

BKISCHG § 72A

Certificate of Good Conduct Tracker

Document access requests, automate reminders, fulfill obligations—without personal notes.

HinSchG 2023

Secure Reporting Channels

Anonymous, confidential, and compliant with the law. Reports go directly to the right people—not to private inboxes.

Safe Sport Code

Training Tracking

Who completed what and when? An overview for every coach and instructor—with automatic refresher training.

Audit-ready

Compliance Dashboard

Status at a glance—for you, for the board, for the association. Audit-ready reports with a single click.

DSGVO 2018

Secure Hosting

Servers in Germany, role-based access control, data deletion, and audit procedures, including a data processing agreement. Highly sensitive data does not belong in emails.

VOICES FROM SPORTS & POLITICS

People who stand for responsible sports.

Jonas Hector

As a jury member at the StarS-Kader pitch event at the German Sport University, I had the opportunity to evaluate seven young startups. wellplayd wasn’t my favorite at first, but it won me over round after round. The strong pitch and the answers to our follow-up questions clearly demonstrated its great potential. I was very pleased to present this fantastic startup with first prize.

CEO of Flutlicht-Film GmbH · Former national team player & 1. FC Köln legend
Torsten Burmester

To ensure integrity in the sports system, we need clear and secure structures—from the governing body down to the local club. wellplayd offers a compelling solution by combining scientific insights, practical experience, and technical innovation to strengthen sports in a sustainable way.

Mayor of Cologne and former Chairman of the DOSB

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THREE COMPONENTS

Fair play doesn’t end at the sidelines.

Safe Sport consists of three mutually reinforcing components. Only together do they ensure responsibility in sports.

Safe Structures
01 — STRUCTURES

Safe Structures

Physical and organizational frameworks that make protection possible in the first place: rules, processes, and clear responsibilities.

Safe Relationships
02 — RELATIONSHIPS

Safe Relationships

Protection against violence, discrimination, and abuse of power in all sporting contexts, whether between coaches and athletes, within a team, or within a club.

Sport That Improves
03 — DEVELOPMENT

Sport That Improves

Continuous development toward greater fairness, inclusion, and integrity for everyone who participates in sport.

Source: Gurgis, J.J., Kerr, G., & Battaglia, A. (2023). Exploring Stakeholders’ Interpretations of Safe Sport, International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching · journals.sagepub.com

THE STATE OF THE SPORTS LANDSCAPE

Will and ambition alone are often not enough.

0millionMEMBERSHIPS IN 2025
In approximately 86,000 German clubs—and every single one deserves effective protection.

Germany’s sports clubs have more memberships than ever before since records began in 1954. At the same time, more than one in six clubs sees its very existence threatened because it can no longer find and retain enough volunteers. This imbalance is compounded by growing legal requirements—and these are not optional.

wellplayd bridges the gap between concept and everyday life—so that volunteers can focus on what matters most.


Sources: DOSB Membership Statistics 2025 (as of January 1, 2025) · DOSB Sports Development Report 2023–2025, German Sport University Cologne, published May 2025 · dosb.de

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

Six sets of regulations. One solution.

BKiSchG, DSGVO, DOSB Tiered Model, KJSG, HinSchG, Safe Sport Code — wellplayd helps you implement all these requirements in a pragmatic way.

BKiSchG § 72aDSGVODOSB Tiered ModelKJSGHinSchGSafe Sport Code

2012 – Federal Child Protection Act (BKiSchG) / Section 72a of Book VIII of the Social Code (SGB VIII)

Sports clubs involved in work with children and youth must ensure that no individuals with relevant criminal convictions are employed. In practice, this means: reviewing extended criminal background checks for full-time and volunteer staff, documenting the review, and repeating the process regularly. The certificate itself must not be archived—only the documentation of the review is permitted. Violations can result in the loss of funding and liability risks for the board of directors.

Source: Federal Child Protection Act (BKiSchG), Section 72a of Book VIII of the Social Code (SGB VIII), in effect since January 1, 2012. Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth. https://www.bmbfsfj.bund.de


2018 – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

All personal data collected as part of Safe Sport processes—from criminal background checks to case documentation and consent forms—must be stored, processed, and deleted in accordance with the GDPR after defined retention periods. As data controllers under the GDPR, sports clubs are required to demonstrate that they have implemented technical and organizational measures to protect this data.

Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (GDPR), effective as of May 25, 2018. https://dsgvo-gesetz.de


2020 onward – DOSB Safe Sport Tiered Model

The DOSB tiered model requires member organizations to implement Safe Sport measures in stages: from organizational positioning and the appointment of contact persons, through the conduct of a risk analysis, to a comprehensive, customized protection plan. Many state sports federations make the awarding of grants contingent upon the fulfillment of these tiers.

Source: DOSB Safe Sport Future Plan / DOSB Tiered Model. www.dosb.de/themen/werte-des-sports/safe-sport/zukunftsplan-safe-sport


2021 – Act on Strengthening Children and Youth (KJSG)

The reform of SGB VIII through the KJSG strengthens the participation rights of children and youth and tightens the requirements for protection plans in child and youth welfare. Non-governmental youth welfare organizations—including sports clubs offering relevant programs—have since been explicitly required to structurally embed complaint procedures and plans for protection against violence and to provide evidence of these to public agencies.

Source: Child and Youth Empowerment Act (KJSG), in effect since June 10, 2021. Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth. https://www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/bmbfsfj/ministerium/gesetze/neues-kinder-und-jugendstaerkungsgesetz-162860


2023 – Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG)

Since July 2023, sports federations and clubs with at least 50 employees have been legally required to establish internal reporting channels through which violations can be reported securely and anonymously. Whistleblowers must be protected from retaliation. Failure to establish a reporting channel may result in fines of up to €20,000. The law expressly applies to registered clubs as well, as legal entities in the private sector.

Source: Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG), in effect since July 2, 2023. Federal Ministry of Justice. https://www.bmjv.de/hinweisgeberschutzgesetz


2024 – DOSB Safe Sport Code

The DOSB’s Safe Sport Code, adopted at the General Assembly on December 7, 2024, is a cross-sport model set of rules against interpersonal violence in organized sports. It prohibits physical, psychological, and sexual violence as well as neglect, and provides clear guidelines for case handling and sanctions—even in cases falling below the threshold for criminal prosecution. Federations with more than 50 employees are required to incorporate the Code into their own regulations by the end of 2028 at the latest.

Source: DOSB Safe Sport Code for Organized Sports, adopted on December 7, 2024. https://www.dosb.de/themen/werte-des-sports/safe-sport/safe-sport-code


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Who is wellplayd for?

From small local clubs to national federations—wellplayd adapts to the size and structure of your organization.

No matter what sports you offer, where you’re located, or how many members you have: You bear a great deal of responsibility for people, especially children and young people. And you have to meet increasingly complex requirements, comply with regulations, and develop strategies.

Your benefits with wellplayd:

  • A simple overview of all requirements
  • Straightforward digital processes
  • A direct line of communication with your governing bodies
  • Visibility for your work
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You are responsible for your members while also receiving tasks and guidelines from your umbrella organizations. With wellplayd, you can combine these roles. Use “Home Mode” to manage your team’s good governance tasks, and switch to “Association Mode” to get an overview of your member clubs.

For internal processes:

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For association tasks:

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Many topics are sport-specific. Whether or not you already have your own formats for risk analysis and codes of conduct, with wellplayd you can share your content directly with your member clubs. This allows you, among other things, to provide general templates for your members as well as offer tailored operational advice in cases requiring intervention.

For internal processes:
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For association tasks:
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Contact us by email: info@wellplayd.org

wellplayd is not a substitute for content-specific consulting on these topics. Rather, it is designed to alleviate the burden on such providers. Are you committed to promoting good governance and do you support or advise sports clubs in this area? Then send us an email at info@wellplayd.org

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