Posted on 22nd July 2024
Download now: Fans for Diversity 10 years on
At this weekend’s FSA Annual Conference we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Fans for Diversity campaign with supporters from across the country.
Launched in 2014 alongside our partners at Kick It Out, the Fans for Diversity campaign has had a transformative impact with fan-led activity – opening up the game to thousands who previously thought live football wasn’t for them.
That decade of work was celebrated at Wembley Stadium on Saturday with a spoken word a spoken word performance from artist and Leeds United fan Suniel Makh followed by a panel discussion with experts such as FSA board member Chris Paouros, sociologist Mark Doidge and campaigner Davina Pindoria. They were joined by Fans for Diversity campaign managers Nilesh Chauhan and Hannah Kumari.
10 Years of Fans for Diversity – we’ve come a long way but there’s still work to do.
A brilliant spoken word piece by @suniel_makh played at today’s event.#FFD10 #FSA24 @kickitout pic.twitter.com/FPLWJVtrDr
— The FSA (@WeAreTheFSA) July 20, 2024
Ten year publication
At the conference we’ll also unveiled a new publication celebrating the last ten years of the Fans for Diversity campaign, and a digital version is now available to download.
The publication contains chapters looking at some of the highlights from each of the calendar years since 2014, fan education, the My Club My Shirt initiative, aswell as words from campaigners past and present.
