Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist for grassroots and community sports clubs to report concerns on radicalisation and potential terrorist activity.

The Prevent duty applies to specified authorities including local authorities, education, health, police, and criminal justice agencies. Whilst no formal assessment of applying the duty to grassroots and community sports clubs has been made, this is not required for such organisations to work with Prevent in stopping people from becoming involved in, or supporting, terrorism.

Prevent statutory guidance can be used to inform best practice in sectors that are not specified authorities. The Home Office also has a central fund, the Preventing Radicalisation Fund (PRF), to support project delivery. This initiative has established a catalogue of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), including community and grassroots sports clubs that have a track record in implementing Prevent-relevant projects, which aim to reduce the risk of radicalisation at a local level. There are currently 70 CSOs on the PRF framework, of which 4 are sports clubs but this initiative would be open to any local grassroots organisations to join. The Home Office funded 93 projects for the financial year 2025/2026.

Anyone, including staff or volunteers at grassroots and community sports clubs, can make a Prevent referral if they are concerned that someone is at risk of becoming radicalised. These concerns can be raised with Counter Terrorism Policing via the 24/7 Act Early support line on 0800 011 3764. Further information is available at www.actearly.uk/contact.

Where there is an immediate risk of harm or danger to life, emergency services should be contacted via 999.