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Football on the doorstep: Fans for Diversity & Non-League Day
The Fans for Diversity campaign supported Non-League Day across the country at the weekend, here FSF's Maria Horner tells us more about the work...
The 2018 Non-League Day celebrations were a perfect opportunity for the Fans for Diversity campaign to highlight the message that when community and football come together it really is for everyone to enjoy.
Photo galley: Fans for Diversity at Non-Leag...
Love Port Vale, Hate Racism: Valiants’ anti-racist message
Port Vale Supporters’ Club handed out ska style t-shirts at Vale Park at the weekend to promote the Fans for Diversity campaign with an anti-racist message.
21 volunteers at turnstiles handed out free t-shirts to 300 fans at Vale Park this Saturday, with a simple “Love Port Vale, Hate Racism” slogan – inspired by The Specials’ famous Gangsters LP cover. The club supported the action with the playe...
Fans for Diversity: Summer 2018 round-up
It’s been a busy summer for our Fans for Diversity campaign, here Anwar Uddin talks us through some of the highlights…
Watford Welcome: training staff at the Premier League club
In the run up to the 2018-19 season kicking-off Anwar delivered a diversity training session at Vicarage Road for more than 100 members of the club’s staff.
The ‘Watford Welcome’ initiative seeks to improve the awareness o...
Get in touch: our newest team member on diversity in non-league
Maria Horner, the FSF’s newest member of staff, tells us why she wants to hear from fans, supporter groups and clubs to promote diversity at non-league level…
I’ve witnessed and been part of a group of people who want to tell the world how brilliant football is on so many levels; but for me the key is bringing people together using the medium of our national game to share that passion and build co...
Watch now - the Fans for Diversity series
The Fans For Diversity campaign has released a four-part mini-documentary series featuring four supporters groups across the country to highlighting the diversity of fanbases in English football.
The series looks at what's going on at Crawley Town Disabled Supporters Association, Derby County’s Punjabi Rams, Leicester City’s LGBT supporters group Foxes Pride, and Manchester City Women’s Official S...
Safe Standing & inclusion in Orlando: "Finally someone gets it"
As the safe standing campaign has progressed over recent years more and more spurious arguments have emerged about why it can't happen in England - one example is that safe standing will exclude disabled supporters. Here former FSF national council member, and wheelchair-using Arsenal fan, Steve Powell tells us why the Orlando City Stadium debunks that myth...
Last year I had the chance to visit O...
Meet the Contenders
(Pictured above: Humayun Islam of Bangla Bantams, winners of last year's Fans for Diversity Award, with Roisin Wood from Kick It Out.)
Next week (Monday 4th December) sees us dish out our annual FSF Awards in partnership with Virgin Media. And while everyone has their views on the best pundits, players and podcasts, the Fans for Diversity award is a little bit different, championing some of the un...
Charlie Williams: Rovers remember pioneering black player
Doncaster Rovers fans have created an exhibition to remember club cult hero Charlie Williams. We spoke to FSF deputy chair & Viking Supporters Co-operative's Martin O'Hara about why they wanted to celebrate his life...
One of the first black players to play professionally in English football after the Second World War has been remembered with a supporter-led exhibition.
Barnsley-born Charlie Willi...
Blues 4 All: tackling the stigma around football
Many clubs are located in diverse areas, yet struggle to get black and ethnic minority supporters into their grounds. We spoke to Bik Singh from Blues 4 All about what their group has been doing to help the club tap into the local asian community...
Blues 4 All were established just over two years ago and since then have been receiving help from the Fans for Diversity campaign to help get more bla...
Lady Imps: "We've made a difference"
Lincoln City have had a great season on the pitch, winning the National League and securing promotion to the EFL. Things have been happening off the pitch too, with the creation of the club's first women-led fan group, the Lady Imps Supporters Association (LISA).
Maria Horner, chair of Lady Imps, tells us more about the formation of the group...
It started with a kiss, sort of. Like falling in lov...