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Fans for Diversity: Spring 2017
Anwar Uddin has had a busy spring period, leading the Fans for Diversity campaign with events across the country…
Fans For Diversity FC vs Stonewall FC
To mark LGBT History Month, the Fans For Diversity created its own football team and took on Stonewall FC at Imber Court, home of Metropolitan Police FC.
More than 100 people applied to join the Fans For Diversity FC side for its opening fixture an...
Disabled access: what’s needed is the will
FSF National Council member and Arsenal fan Steve Powell has been a wheelchair user for nearly four years now. Things are better than they were. They’re still a long way from perfect on Planet Football though. Steve tells us more…
With the current debate over disabled access in the Premier League it’s a good time to look at where we were, where we are and where we ought to be. First the good news....
Fans for Diversity: reaching new areas
January and February have been busy months for the Fans for Diversity campaign. Campaign organiser Anwar Uddin tells us about the work going on…
Wingate & Finchely Disabled Supporters Forum
Anwar kicked off the new year by supporting a new disabled forum at Wingate & Finchley, who ply their trade in the Isthmian League.
Headed up by Manisha Tailor the forum aims to help those in the area with ment...
Fans for Diversity - Race equality lecture & England Fans FC
Anwar Uddin, the FSF's Fans for Diversity campaign manager, has been heading-up some high-profile events for us recently. We spoke to him to find out more...
Fans for Diversity Exhibition
Throughout late-October, the Fans for Diversity campaign held a special exhibition at Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London, highlighting the work of photographer Liam Aylott.
Liam's summer project Capturing the Eu...
The O’s provide “stepping stone” for new fans
Leyton Orient have refurbished an old part of Brisbane Road to use as a welcoming space for potential new supporters with help from Fans For Diversity.
The club hopes the redeveloped space at the ground, to be known as the Hub, will encourage more local people to get involved with the club.
FSF diversity campaign manager Anwar Uddin attended the launch of the Hub and spoke to fans from the Asian c...
Fans For Diversity: Summer '16 round-up
Our Fans For Diversity programme has been holding events across the country this summer as we continue to work with Kick It Out to help under-represented groups get into the match-going habit.
We caught up with campaign lead Anwar Uddin to learn more about a selection of the events held...
Southampton Disabled Supporters Association
For the second year running, Fans For Diversity supported Southa...
Fans For Diversity round-up: capturing the Euros & more
It’s been another busy year for our Fans For Diversity campaign which we run with Kick It Out. We caught up with campaign lead Anwar Uddin who’s been out in France helping our England Fans’ Embassy team during the Euros…
“It was a fantastic experience and my first tournament,” says Anwar. “Marseille was eventful to say the least and a lot of the issues we had highlights the work that will need to ...
Fans for Diversity - February 2016 round-up
We caught up with FSF campaigns and diversity manager Anwar Uddin to find out the latest about the Fans for Diversity campaign...
Fans For Diversity’s (FFD) focus for the past month has been tackling homophobia – February was LGBT History Month – and Anwar was at the Etihad on Monday 1st February for a Football v Homophobia (FvH) event which was backed by groups such as Canal Street Blues and the ...
Sunderland pave way in sensory access
Fans for Diversity writer Isra Gabal spoke to the parents of Nathan Shippey, a young Sunderland fan on the autism spectrum who had a sensory facility named after him at the Stadium of Light, about why clubs need to think beyond the wheelchair on disability access...
Most of us have felt it, the match day buzz that the large crowds, bellowing noise created by thousands of fans and blinding lights c...
Fans for Diversity - December round-up
Every month we catch up with Anwar Uddin to hear the latest from Fans For Diversity which we run with Kick It Out. Anwar leads the campaign and he’s always on the lookout for fans who’d like to get involved. Fans For Diversity’s work is driven by the grassroots and we have a small budget for club-specific activities - find out more via anwar.uddin@fsf.org.uk.
Christmas might seem like a distant me...