Posted on 7th September 2009
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
We’re delighted to hear that our good friends at the National Association of Disabled Supporters (NADS) have been awarded 1m Swiss Francs (£575,000) by Uefa to establish a new Europe-wide charity called CAFE (Centre for Access to Football in Europe).
CAFE will seek to ensure that all disabled people can follow football in Europe by achieving equality of access to the game in all Uefa member associations. Facilities for disabled people varies considerably across Europe, as does the cultural and social view, and this is something CAFE will seek to tackle.
NADS chair Joyce Cook and ambassador Danny Wallace (ex-Southampton, Manchester United and England) attended Uefa’s glitzy ceremony in Monaco on Thursday August 27th and were presented with the cheque by Uefa president Michel Platini.
The CAFE website will provide disabled supporter information on European football stadiums alongside disability access guidance. It will also provide an evolving database containing information on disabled supporter groups and associated organisations across football in Europe.
Sheffield Wednesday Women’s Supporters Group formed in April 2023 and hit the headlines with some fantastic fundraising work earlier this season in response to an incident at Hillsborough. In one of our Fan Group In Focus features they explain more…
Around a third of disabled supporters say they have been put off going to the match according to a new national survey of disabled fans.
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.
As part of our partnership with BeGambleAware, safer gambling ambassador and former England goalkeeper David James has selected a shortlist of six of the best saves from the past 12 months for the Safe Hands Award.
