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Clear filterYou wait ages for a feature on Sheffield Wednesday fan groups and then two come along at once! After recently speaking to SWFC Women’s Supporters’ Group, this week we had the pleasure of catching up with Rainbow Owls founder Chris Ledger – it’s a big weekend for them as tomorrow is a designated Rainbow Laces game, so it’ll be a busy day for Chris and co…
The Fans for Diversity fund brought together two supporter groups this past weekend to celebrate Diwali and Bandi Chhoor – highlights of the Hindu and Sikh religious calendars.
Working together with the SpursREACH fan group, Tottenham Hotspur have produced a video paying tribute to black players past and present to mark Black History Month.
Leicester City’s new supporter group, Leicester 4 All, have been promoting Black History Month by hosting a grassroots football event earlier in October.
Leicester City fans celebrated Foxes from all walks of life on Friday with an unveiling of a My Club, My Shirt exhibition in the Midlands.
English football stands united in its determination to tackle racism and remove all forms of discrimination from our game. Throughout October and beyond, the FA, Premier League, EFL and Kick it Out will reinforce the message that hate and discrimination will not be tolerated at any level of football and action will be taken against perpetrators.
Silhill FC have been encouraging people from all walks of life to participate in grassroots football with a Fans for Diversity fixture earlier this month.
Football Pride – an event from Football v Homophobia promoting LGBT+ voices across the game – is returning at Manchester Pride this weekend.
As the new season gets under way Dulwich Hamlet have made improvements to Champion Hill – with help from the Fans for Diversity fund – that they hope will encourage more people from the community to stop by the Isthmian League side.
This week it was announced that a new regional umbrella supporter organisation representing LGBT+ supporters has been created – covering Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
For our latest Fan Group In Focus feature we caught up with Spurs REACH – a new group for Spurs fans which was formed in May 2022 with the aim of helping diversify the club’s supporter base.
Women’s football could improve the accessibility of the game for more than a quarter of disabled fans, simply by increasing the information available, says Level Playing Field. More than 1750 disabled fans of women’s football and other sports responded to their survey.
The FSA’s Fans for Diversity campaign, launched in 2014 and run jointly with Kick it Out, had the primary aim of breaking down barriers and helping ensure football was open to all. We wanted to see new supporter groups forming who could represent and encourage new fans into the game.
The Football Supporters’ Association is the democratic, membership-based organisation working to represent the interests of football supporters in England and Wales.
There’s a chant aimed at Chelsea fans which is once again in the news after three supporters were arrested for singing it over the weekend. We won’t dignify the chant by repeating it here – if you’re reading this you probably know what it is anyway.
The Football Supporters’ Association is proud to launch our new publication Fans for Diversity x Women’s Game on International Women’s Day 2023.
Over the last nine years, the Fans for Diversity (FFD) campaign has spread the good word about diversity in the game while breaking down barriers to attending live football, gaining national recognition along the way.
February’s Football v Homophobia Month of Action kicks off today with the campaign asking fans, clubs, players and the football authorities to focus their efforts on challenging homophobia.
The Fans for Diversity campaign, a partnership between the FSA and Kick It Out, continues to assist supporters around the country, and this week we spoke to campaign lead Anwar Uddin about the campaign’s work this winter…
After FIFA clamped down on the “One Love” armbands at the 2022 World Cup, various national teams have been exploring ways to support the LGBT+ community during the tournament – most notably Germany before their game against Japan yesterday.
