Improve
Private self-assessment
Explore the five pillars and see indicative gaps without making a formal application.
Output
Private result and improvement starting point
No eligibility, pass/fail or certification verdict.
Certification · from intent to evidence
Not six boxes. A controlled chain of trust.
Every step has an owner, an evidence trail and a defined output. The process is designed so the person helping an applicant can never quietly become the person awarding it.
Mandatory gates cannot be compensated
Audit and decision are separated
Athlete evidence stays restricted
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Enter
Scope and eligibility
Define the exact legal entity, sites and programmes to be covered. MindsMelt checks legal existence, authority to apply, safeguarding ownership and automatic exclusions.
Output
Eligible, due diligence, temporary deferral or ineligible—with reasons and appeal route
A badge never silently covers a parent body, affiliate or excluded programme. - 03
Disclose
Integrity and negative-impact disclosure
The organisation confidentially discloses relevant sanctions, investigations, serious incidents, litigation and prior label actions. A structured public-record check tests the account.
Output
Recorded materiality decision and any conditions
Disclosure is unscored: serious impact is never converted into points. - 04
Evidence
Formal assessment and dossier
Routed questions adapt to organisation type, size, minors, residential activity and clinical provision. Applicant answers and evidence references link back to applicable requirements.
Output
Version-pinned, submission-ready dossier
Roughly 100–150 is the current authoring envelope. Coverage and tested burden—not a quota—set the final number and route. - 05
Review
Independent assignment and conflict check
Reviewers declare competence and conflicts before access. Applicant-support, audit and award-decision roles remain separate.
Output
Recorded assignment, recusal trail and audit plan
The founder does not decide awards. - 06
Verify
Evidence review and audit
The reviewer traces claims into current, attributable implementation evidence. Higher-assurance routes add protected corroboration; Diamond includes the full independently reviewed audit route.
Output
Requirement findings and audit record
Any athlete corroboration protocol must first define consent, sampling, minors, confidentiality, retaliation safeguards and restricted access. - 07
Correct
Findings and corrective action
Observations, minor, major and critical findings are treated differently. Correctable gaps require root cause, owner, due date and implementation evidence before independent closure.
Output
Closed findings or an explicit unresolved blocker
A new policy alone cannot close a failure of practice. - 08
Decide
Independent decision
A decision-maker or panel rechecks the approved safety foundation, requirement conformity, findings, scope and disclosure conditions using the versioned Standard Pilot method. The exact interaction with pillar or aggregate results remains subject to measurement and governance approval.
Output
Reasoned decision and appeal route
Auditors assess evidence; they do not award their own work. - 09
Publish
Award, licence and public profile
After mark-use terms are accepted, an award creates a scoped certificate, non-guessable verification number, QR and public register profile.
Output
Public, time-limited and verifiable status
Gold and Diamond show pillar bands, not numeric league-table scores. - 10
Maintain
Surveillance, complaints and renewal
Annual declarations, evidence checks, material-change duties and public complaints keep the award alive. Serious risk can trigger targeted review, suspension or revocation.
Output
Current status and complete certificate history
Renewal uses the framework version current at renewal time.
What if a problem is found?
Minor and major findings can enter controlled corrective action. A critical safety or integrity failure ends the current application; it cannot be patched over inside the same decision cycle.
What stays confidential?
Raw athlete interviews, open minor findings, corrective-action detail and audit evidence are not public. The organisation never receives identifiable athlete responses. Public transparency is precise, not indiscriminate.
Verify the claim
An award is only trustworthy while its status can be checked.
The public register is designed to show exact scope, exclusions, framework version, assurance route, dates, status and certificate history—including suspension or revocation.
Open the public register