Wakefield AFC are delighted to announce that it is now a Kick It Out Equality Chartered Club!
Who Are ‘Kick it Out’?
Kick It Out is primarily a campaigning organisation which enables, facilitates and works with the football authorities, professional clubs, players, fans and communities to tackle all forms of discrimination.
The campaign has been pivotal in persuading and supporting the game’s stakeholders to take their equality responsibilities seriously.
Working throughout the football, educational and community sectors to challenge discrimination, encourage inclusive practices and campaign for positive change, Kick It Out is at the heart of the fight against discrimination for everyone who plays, watches, or works in football.
A small independent charity, the ‘Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football’ campaign was established in 1993 in response to widespread calls from clubs, players and fans to tackle racist attitudes existing within the game. Kick It Out was then established as a body in 1997 as it widened out its objectives to cover all aspects of discrimination, inequality and exclusion.
Internationally, Kick It Out has close links to FARE Network, and has been cited as an example of good practice by the Council of Europe, the European Commission, European parliamentarians and the British Council.
As part of Kick It Out’s increased efforts to spreads its message in the amateur game, the organisation is encouraging as many grassroots clubs as possible to support the fight for equality in football, and we are delighted to say we are now one of those clubs!
You can read more about Kick It Out’s Vision here: https://www.kickitout.org/aims-and-objectives
Daniel Gardiner, Club Secretary, comments: “It’s great to be associated with such a fantastic organisation. It is important that we all work together to promote equality and inclusion as well as remove discrimination from the sport. We will enhance our inclusive practices so that we can help make football more accessible and equal for all.”
We encourage any other clubs to get involved: https://www.kickitout.org/kick-it-out-grassroots-equality-chartered-clubs