The EQUALITY CHARTER awards operate a three-tier system, which can be used as a tool for clubs to develop all aspects of equality within their organisation...

The Awards have been designed to drive forward the desire to make football inclusive to everyone and encourage those from diverse communities which have not always, at times, felt confident or even welcome to join clubs.

Clubs will have access to additional resources and toolkits and will be supported on a 1-to-1 basis by our Development team who will work with them to achieve each action at a speed that suits them, and help them to be a knowledgeable, open and inclusive club.

We are committed to promoting equality within the business in every aspect of its work. We will ensure members of all communities have equal access to our support, services, and opportunities.

We recognise that inequalities still exist, and we will take steps to address inequalities by actively engaging with and welcome people from communities who face barriers to participation.

We are also working towards attainting the UK Equality Preliminary Level Standard and will use this knowledge to assist our club’s equality development too.

We are continually striving to encourage clubs affiliated to promote positivity and inclusion within their club. Whilst many of our clubs are going beyond to meet the needs of their players, coaches, club officials, fans and the wider community there is still more we can do together.

The Equality Charter Award consist of three Levels:

• Commitment Level (1)
• Progression Level (2)
• Sustainability Level (3)

Each Level sees clubs asked to develop within their community key components that will bring knowledge to members to be able to manage all areas of our diverse world.

Included in the Scheme are simple actions like signing up to Kick It Out and implementing an Equality Policy within the club, to hosting workshops for club members in an Equality specific workshop.

Clubs are also asked to dedicate a weekend of games to raise awareness of disability, race or homophobia in football and organising and running and event to highlight issues.
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