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Annual Review 2006

Show Racism the RED Card

Staff Campaign Coordinator: Billy Singh Education Worker: Zoobia Aslam Support Worker: Tommy Breslin

Contact Scotland GMB Union Fountain House 1-3 Woodside Crescent G3 7UJ Tel: 0141 332 8566 Email: [email protected] Web: www.theredcardscotland.org

Show Racism the RED Card Annual Review

CONTENTS

List of patrons 2

Campaign Coordinators report 3

Kick Off 2005 4

Fortnight of Action 2005 4

Asylum Seekers welcome here 5

Schools competition 2006 6

Star signings 6

Coaching with a Conscience 7

Fortnight of Action 2006 7

Player of the Year Awards 8

Next season 8 - 9

Support Workers report 11

Resources 12

Education & Grassroots 13

Supporters Initiatives and Music 14

Campaign Workers report 16 - 18

Events 20 - 28

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SCOTTISH PATRONS: ; Craig Beattie; ; ; Craig Brown; Richie Byrne; Mo Camara; Jason de Vos; Xander Diamond; ; Paul Elliott; ; ; ; Michael Hart; ; ; Tony Higgins; Jim Jefferies; ; ; ; David Marshall; Gordon Marshall; Jamie McAllister; Stuart McCaffrey; Derek McIness; Alex McLeish; Jackie McNamara (Sr.); Tony Mowbary; ; Hamed Namouchi; ; ; Barry Nicholson; Colin Nish; Phil O'Donnell; Martin O'Neill; ; Nigel Quashie; Mark Reynolds; Colin Samuei; ; Jason Scotland; Gary Smith; Jamie Smith; ; Michael Stewart; Andy Walker; ; . SRTRC PATRONS: ; ; ; ; ; ; Earl Barrett; Warren Barton; ; Brendon Batson; Gary Bennett; John Beresford; Graham Branch; Craig Brown; ; ; ; ; ; Eugene Dadi; Jason De Vos; ; Paul Elliot; ; ; ; ; Alain Goma; John Hendrie; Colin Hendry; ; Gerard Houllier; ; ; Andrew Impey; ; David Kelly; Jeff Kenna; Ledley King; ; Lomana Lua Lua; Brian McClair; ; David O'Leary; Martin O'Neill; ; ; ; Hope Powell; ; ; ; Laurent Robert; ; Sir ; ; ; Jim Smith; Walter Smith; ; Stan Ternent; ; ; Danny Wilson.

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Billy Singh, New Scottish Campaign Co-ordinator INTRODUCTION

Since I started in December 2006 it’s been a roller coaster of emotions. On my first day we have a photo shoot with avid supporters of our campaign Billy Bragg and Rangers and Scotland captain . Day three is spent with Barry’s older brother and former Rangers and Hearts star Derek Ferguson delivering our Safe Place workshop on asylum seekers and refugees to primary schools in . Day four I meet with one of our committee advisors Derek Kirkwood within the inner sanctum of the Scottish Football Association at . But it’s not all glamour. On my way to the recent I notice the BNP selling their propaganda outside the . It was a busy wee spot! The recent race furore with regards to Big Brother and the constant negative attitudes towards Muslims and our new citizens from the EU reinforces my belief that we must never be complacent. I believe that racism changes according to political and social conditions and that racism operates along at least three axes. First, it is characterised by denigratory stereotyping, hatred and violence. Second, it sets in motion cycles of disadvantage. Third, it negates and even obliterates the culture, religion and language of the groups concerned. I am looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead but saddened by the fact that in 2007 we still need to fight the scourge that is racism in our society.

Here is an overview of our major achievements over the last 18 months since our last annual review. This is only a small snapshot of our tireless efforts. For a more detailed review of our work please log onto www.theredcardscotland.org

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Kick Off – September 2005 Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) After a pre-season of consolidation, the SRTRC Scotland season kicked off with the launch of the Fortnight of Action – Scottish video, education pack and website at the October 2005 Scottish Parliament. The extravagant surroundings provided the backdrop for a launch Next up was our second nationwide Fortnight of attended by SRTRC supporters from far and wide, Action in October. Once again, the Scottish FA, including top SPL players and members of the and all 42 professional clubs in the Scottish band Snow Patrol, who pledged their ongoing and support to the campaign. Minister for gave their backing, and every first team player Communities Malcolm Chisholm added from Ross County to Gretna showed the red significantly to the day with the announcement card to racism before kick-off. Perhaps the most that a copy of the video and education pack was progressive new development was the Fortnight to be distributed to every school in the country, as of Action grants scheme, part-funded by the part of the Scottish Executives 'One Scotland' Scottish Executive. This saw SRTRC award a campaign. total of 27 grants of up to £1,000 for community initiatives around the country, with a total of 117 red card events over the Fortnight. In addition, 8 out of the 42 professional clubs supporters were actively involved, organising local actions including poster distributions and educational workshops. Full report available on our website.

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Education – Asylum Seekers Welcome November 2005 Here – February 2006 Meanwhile, educationally, SRTRC were getting the We launched our pilot project ‘Coaching with a message out to more schools through holding Conscience’ in Glasgow delivering workshops to CPD/probationary teacher training sessions in 19 primary schools around the subject of asylum councils from to Renfrewshire. These seekers and refugees. Ex-Celtic and Partick Thistle sessions, which train educationalists including star Gerry Britton and ex-Rangers star Derek trainee teachers, youth workers and probation Ferguson conducted a series of joint educational officers how to use SRTRC videos and education and football coaching sessions with young people packs, have proven to be an excellent way of in late primary/early secondary education. ensuring the resources are being utilised Opinions on asylum seekers and refugees were efficiently in a wide range of educational settings. gathered before and after the workshops. Results showed that the vast majority of children who had High profile football club events were held this responded negatively prior to taking part in the season at SPL teams FC, Dundee workshops displayed a positive attitude after their United FC, Heart of Midlothian FC, Hibernian FC, participation. The findings from the evaluation FC, Livingston FC and FC. process of the pilot project were very encouraging In total, over 1,000 young people were given the and have set the groundwork for the scheme to be chance to see their footballing heroes talk about expanded to other areas of Scotland. Evaluation of the problems of racism on and off the pitch. pilot project is available on our website.

Happy New Year 2006! January began with the fantastic news that the Scottish Executive had awarded SRTRC Scotland £275,000 to continue developing our work as part of the 'One Scotland' campaign. This governmental support will be crucial in getting the anti-racist message to as many young people and football fans as possible over the next three years.

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Schools Competition – Livingston FC and Glasgow March 2006 Ansar – August 2006 March once again saw Hampden Stadium mobbed Our first step in addressing the lack of Scottish born by young anti-racists from all over Scotland for the minority ethnic footballers was to forge a partnership EIS/SRTRC schools competition prize giving with Livingston Football Club and Glasgow Ansar. ceremony hosted by BBC Scotland's Dougie Vipond. Livingston FC’s state of the art field turf facility 259 registered for the 2006 competition and 245 provided the venue where children from different final entries were received. The competition finale cultures and backgrounds came together for a full ran beautifully and continues to go from strength to week in order to hone their footballing skills in a safe strength thanks to the dedicated organisation of the environment where the emphasis was on football fun! EIS team, and the venue provision and organisation Glasgow Ansar was originally formed to provide a from the Scottish FA. We hope the competition can much needed sporting platform for ethnic minority move onto the next level in 2007 with increasing youths in Glasgow, although such was the interest through partnership councils and every popularity of the group, that it is now no longer school having the new Scottish video and education restricted to ethnic minorities and has members pack. Special thanks to the EIS for their support. Full from a wide cross-section of the community. Some list of winners on our website. of these youngsters journeyed to Almondvale with ambitions of forming a new generation of Scottish- Star Signings – July 2006 born minority ethnic players performing in Scotland. In July we welcomed two new recruits to the team - Livingston FC’s then manager, now at Wycombe Campaign Worker Zoobia Aslam and Office Wanderers, praised the initiative. Administrator Tommy Breslin. This development He said: ‘This is a great opportunity for children allows for considerable further development for of all backgrounds to come along and feel part of Scotland's campaign to tackle racism and exclusion. the Livingston family for a week. Hopefully the players will enjoy the Almondvale experience and will continue to support the team as they develop their skills and their love of the game. The Youth set-up is a major component of the Club, and those players who show the correct calibre could take their first steps on the development path through this course at Livingston FC.’ Our hope is to build similar partnerships with other football clubs and continue to push for a greater presence at all levels of Scottish football.

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Coaching with a Spreading the Message Conscience – Much progress was made in Europe as new SRTRC campaigns were launched in The Republic of September 2006 Ireland, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Building on our successful pilot project we rolled Belgium, with the support of Fifpro, the world out the programme to three other council areas: players' union and SRTRC. This growing network of Edinburgh, and the Highlands. campaigns has been looking at the SRTRC Scotland Alongside Gerry Britton and Derek Ferguson we experience when initiating campaigns in other secured the help of former professional players countries, and acts as a forum for empowering the Brian Irvine, and Alan Mahood. We 13 country-specific campaigns, through sharing of delivered over 90 workshops reaching over 2700 best practice and united lobbying power at children. Again the evidence clearly shows that this European and international level. kind of initiative clearly makes a difference to childrens attitudes and our aim is for other councils to sign up. Evaluation of Edinburgh workshops is available on our website with others to follow.

FARE Fortnight of Action – October 2006 Building on 2005s success there was a 300% increase in activity during the fortnight with a greater emphasis on community events through our grants scheme. Once again all the professional clubs gave us their backing and we are looking to expand into the amateur and junior leagues for 2007. Full report available on our website.

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Show Racism the RED Card SCOTLAND

Website – www.theredcardscotland.org Our website has been designed to be a central point of contact which can provide a wealth of information on events, resources and racism in Scotland. The racial incident report card allows people to report racist incidents taking place at football matches from the grassroots through to the professional game. Our annual Fortnight of Action has a section with reports submitted by organisers of these events, it also includes an action packed gallery with over 70 photos including all SPL clubs. The Schools section is continuing to grow with SRTRC event reports, poetry and stories now being submitted by young people. Most visitors to the site are based in the UK, but it also receives regular visitors from as far away as Japan, Brazil and the USA. From launching in 2005 with an average daily visit of 60 unique users, the website has grown to attract a daily average of 300. With more websites linking to us, this trend will continue to increase. Special thanks to the Scottish Qualifications Authority for sponsoring the website.

Player of the Year Awards Next Season Special thanks to our major sponsors at The Educating to challenge racist attitudes and Equalities Unit, The Scottish Executive (Rhona exclusion remains the key to combating racism in Carr and Yvonne Strachan), Fifpro/SPFA (Tony the long term. SRTRC's educational strategies and Higgins, Jackie McNamara Sr., Fraser Wishart), projects aim to keep apace with the changing the Scottish FA (Derek Kirkwood), GMB, Unison faces of racism in Scottish society. For example, (Eileen Dinning and Kevin O'Neil), The Scottish our asylum education scheme has shown Qualifications Authority (Ian Wason), the EIS unequivocally that much work is necessary to (Veronica Rankin, Sheila Harris, Kate Blackwell challenge racist attitudes around the asylum and Paul Benzie), the issue. Many of the attitudes revealed through the (Greig Mailer), The Scottish Football League Glasgow pilot scheme stem directly from media (Peter Donald), as well as to all other supporting myths and from parents. Arguably, we cannot organisations, individuals and service providers - change the source of some of these more too many to mention here. entrenched racist beliefs, however, the pilot has Finally, but far from least, huge thanks to Roddy shown that professional football provides an McNulty, Tommy Breslin, Zoobia Aslam, Gav excellent vehicle to challenge the results. Sutherland, Sarah Soyei, Paul Kearns, Ged Grebby, Islamophobia and racism against people coming Gerry Britton, Derek Ferguson, Jim Duffy, Brian to Scotland from EU accession countries is on the Irvine, Alan Mahood, Judith Hinitt, Imran Alam, rise so we will have adapted our lesson plans to and our team of volunteers for their hard work in address this reality. Whatever the particular form making this season such a progressive one. of discrimination, top footballers provide a tried

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and tested way to challenge failed, divisive ideas We aim to: and promote inclusion. • tackle Islamaphobia and racism towards our The EIS/SRTRC schools competition remains a new EU citizens and travellers cornerstone of our educational work and it is • roll out Coaching with a Conscience to other hoped that many more schools and young people areas will take part in 2007. The competition itself will see developments this year to provide young • hold stadium events at all 12 SPL clubs and 12 people with the opportunity to learn and create from the lower leagues artwork which explores inclusion and diversity, as • work with junior and amateur clubs well as tackling racist attitudes. • have even more actions and events during our Local councils have already given SRTRC Fortnight of Action substantial support, with 20 out of the 32 • increase minority ethnic representation within authorities working in partnership with the Scottish football campaign to date. In 2007/2008 our aim is to work on a wider range of projects to assist • develop new initiatives involving other sports councils in meeting their Race Equality Duty. • develop new initiatives involving music and SRTRC council partnerships will include the fashion delivery of joint anti-racist educational/football • recruit more volunteers from all over Scotland coaching sessions in schools, teacher training in the use of our resources, educational events held • develop a SRTRC protocol for reporting of racist at local SPL clubs, local SPL team poster incidents at football grounds and taking distribution, Fortnight of Action events, and appropriate action strategies to develop local minority ethnic football • increase commercial revenue through delivering potential. We're also open to any new ideas. tailor made anti-racist workshops to the corporate sector The 2007 SRTRC Fortnight of Action is promising yet more expansion. More community events will To paraphrase Martin Luther King, I want to live in take place with the support of grassroots a nation were people will not be judged by the organisations and individuals. We hope that colour of their skin but by the content of their bringing the SRTRC message directly into character. Onwards and upwards. communities can act as a catalyst for new ongoing projects where racist behaviour and exclusion can be addressed year-round. Billy Singh Campaign Coordinator Developments internationally at Fifa, Fifpro, European Parliament and Uefa level have Scotland provided a timely opportunity to implement further meaningful measures to tackle racism, discrimination and exclusion across all levels of Scottish football. SRTRC looks forward to working with all organisations and individuals committed to maximising the outcomes these opportunities present. Also Internationally, we look forward to welcoming more groups setting up SRTRC campaigns in their own countries, and continued best practice development with our colleagues in the SRTRC, Football Against Racism in Europe and Fifpro networks. I believe the time is right to up the ante in terms of our work.

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“SRTRC has worked hard to develop its work in Scotland and has rightly earned respect as an effective and innovative anti-racism initiative. Using football, SRTRC has been successful in highlighting the damaging effects of racism and the benefits of diversity. I am pleased to continue to offer the Executive’s support for this work, which is very much in tune with the One Scotland Many Cultures campaign. We hope to continue to work together with SRTRC to ensure there is No Place for Racism in Scotland.”

Malcolm Chisholm, Former Communities Minister at the Scottish Excecutive

“The SPFA are delighted to be associated with the red card campaign and commend the excellent work done over the last year. The success of the campaign is attested to by the various requests we receive from Fifpro members in Europe and the rest of the world, looking to learn from the Scottish SRTRC campaign model.”

Tony Higgins, Chair of Fifpro Anti-Racism Committee

“The Scottish Football Association is again proud to be associated with Show Racism the Red Card. The campaign has been highly successful in getting the anti-racist message over to many people living in Scotland but the greatest achievement has been the work carried-out with schools where Action Days together with the EIS led anti-racist Schools Competition have proved particularly successful, as was seen at the annual prize giving day at Hampden Park. The SFA together with the Show Racism the Red Card campaign will continue to tackle all forms of discrimination and ensure that football is enjoyed by everyone regardless of race, religion or cultural background.”

David Taylor, Former Chief Executive, Scottish Football Association

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Tommy Breslin, Support Worker report INTRODUCTION

Imran Alam began his report for the 2005 Annual Review by stating that ‘never a dull day goes by when you are working for Show Racism the Red Card’, I fully understand Imran’s assertion. I feel that I have experienced the same demands and diversity in my workload as Imran was referring to. After working with SRTRC as a volunteer during the Fortnight of Action in 2005, I secured the post of Scottish Administrator in April 2006.

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Resources ICT The Red Card magazine and the squad posters Amongst my first tasks was to utilise my IT skills continue to prove very popular with a constant to upgrade the office telephone and computer stream of orders coming into the office. The latest networks. This investment in technology was Red Card magazine was launched during the necessary as we were in the process of developing summer of 2006, this fast moving resource has our capacity to expand our workload as an proven highly popular with schools, youth groups organisation through increasing our compliment and other organisations working with young of staff and volunteers. ICT is also being used to people. The videos and education packs were also provide a public point of access, our website is distributed at a fast pace with many schools regularly updated to include news stories, organising anti-racist seminars and SRTRC information on events and photos from many our educational days. actions. One area under development on the website is our schools section which is being The Coaching with a Conscience series of enhanced to disseminate some of the excellent workshops which is delivered by well known faces anti-racist work done by young people. from Scottish Football has further enhanced the demand for our resources with the distribution of The report about the Scottish and UK websites thousands of magazines, posters and certificates provides a fuller picture of the success of these of attendance. Each participating school receives resources. a copy of the A Safe Place video and Education Pack. This particular project also promotes Fair Trade with the coaching sessions using Fair Trade footballs, which are then given to the school. Gerry’s report demonstrates the success and popularity of this project.

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Grassroots We have continued to develop our involvement with grassroots football and sporting organisations. The Scottish Unity League took part in this years Fortnight of Action and SRTRC attended Glasgow Ansar’s SUL Cup Final win at the end of the 2005/06 season. The Active Life Club in the south side of Glasgow have increased their work with SRTRC and regularly organise anti- racist sporting events for young people. The ALC worked in partnership with SRTRC, Radio Awaz and Queens Park FC to organise coaching sessions and football tournaments, the replay of the winning match at one such tournament took place at half-time during a Queens Park v Dumbarton game at Hampden Park. In Edinburgh we have worked with the Adult Literacy Project to deliver anti-racist workshops at Tynecastle Stadium. Many of the attendees represented Scotland at the Homeless World Cup. We are also working with Meadowbank Community Football Club whom are addressing Education social exclusion through football. In my early weeks I facilitated workshops for Head The Fife Coaching Academy have run anti-racist Teachers in the area, this daunting task seminars with their similarly themed summer was soon followed up with the delivery of a CPD coaching programme which reached hundreds of session for Teachers on the use of SRTRC holidaying school students. Similarly to the other resources. Our educational work continues to be community based organisations, FCA built on a major cornerstone to tackling and preventing their work with actions and workshops during the racist attitudes and behaviour amongst young Fortnight of Action. people. The educational stadium events which we organise in conjunction with professional football clubs is a very engaging and enjoyable method of conveying our message to a large and young audience from different schools. During the second half of the 2005/06 football season, I took part in delivering these workshops with Livingston FC, Motherwell FC and Kilmarnock FC. Each of these events reach up to 200 young people and the message is spread further by the students themselves on return to their schools through speaking about the days lesson at their school assembly.

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Supporters Initiatives Music Supporters groups are a very important aspect of Football is a very important medium in engaging our national game. We have established a very with young people about the ugliness of racism. good working relationship with many supporters Music is another important means of reaching trusts and continue to build on the work we do people both young and not so young. with these organisations. Our annual attendance SRTRC took part in Billy Bragg’s Hope Not Hate at the Supporters Direct conference allows us to tours in 2006. We joined with many trade unions interact directly with many of the trusts. The and anti-racist groups to bring the message of trusts are increasing their involvement with the hope and unity to thousands of people during campaign through a variety of means including these tours. On the Scottish sections of these poster sponsorship, organising SRTRC tours we held SRTRC stalls at which trade educational events with their clubs and also by unionists, anti-racist groups and football fans participating in the Fortnight of Action. helped us spread our anti-racist message. We With all SPL and SFL clubs taking part in the were able to reach many educationalists that were showing racism the red card pre-match display able and willing to set up SRTRC workshops in during the weekend of action, 50% of the teams their schools and workplaces. are away from home. This has led to supporter’s Music is an area in which we aim to expand over trusts working in partnership with their clubs to the coming year. Jerry Dammers, the legendary hold a similar display at the next home game. anti-racist campaigner and musician, visited the This is a major step forward in our Fortnight of office on a recent tour to demonstrate his support Action events. for the campaign and the need for young bands to take a stand against racism.

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“The City of Edinburgh Council sees SRTRC as a best practice model to tackle racism. The partnership work over the last two years has grown siginificantly and during 06/07 we have undertaken to deliver a more expansive range of anti racist activities. Many of these activities will be delivered through existing services and it is this "mainstreaming" approach, which will lay the foundations for future work between the two organisations.”

Nick Croft, Senior Policy Officer, City of Edinburgh Council

“Show Racism the Red Card - Scotland is an important member of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. The organisation of the 'Fortnight of Action' during FAREs Action Week Against Racism in Football in October 2005 that covered events at all 42 professional football clubs and more than 100 grass-root events contributed on a high level to its trans-national character. We are looking forward to SRTRC's participation in the season 2006/07!”

Markus Pinter, Austrian anti-racism campaign Fair Play. Different Colours. One Game.

“Scotland's population is becoming evermore diverse, yet racism and discrimination continue to hold our country back by preventing some people from maximising their full social and economic potential. We all lose, as a result. Footballers are role models for many people in Scotland and by encouraging them to actively voice their opposition to prejudice, Show Racism the Red Card is making a key contribution to the battle against racism not only on the pitch but in schools, workplaces and other public environments across Scottish society.”

Ali Jarvis, Interim Director Commission for Racial Equality Scotland

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Zoobia Aslam, Scottish Campaign worker report INTRODUCTION

I took up post as campaign worker in Scotland in June. As part of my induction I accompanied the project co-ordinator to many of the meetings in order to establish valuable links and contacts for various projects that were taking off just as I began.

One of these projects was the partnership between City of Edinburgh Council and Show Racism the Red Card. The partnership agreement included: - delivery of the “Coaching with a conscience” workshops in 32 schools (approximately 960 children), Capacity building with 2 grassroots football teams from the city and the City of Edinburgh logo on the Squad posters. This was in return for City of Edinburgh becoming a major supporter of the Scottish Campaign. The partnership was officially launched at the Edinburgh City Chambers on the 19th of September. The launch was attended by senior council officials, Councillor Dougie Kerr, Players from both Hearts FC and Hibernian FC as well as many other relevant organisations and was a huge success. The partnership received much publicity due to the attendance of the press. The city of Edinburgh and Show Racism the Red Card partnership became the template that was then applied to many other regions these include East Renfrewshire and the Highlands, where the “Coaching with a conscience” project continues to be rolled out.

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The coming year branded learning centres in Dundee. Learndirect Scotland became another of the Scottish With internal staff changes and the increase in Campaign’s major supporters and the project is staff and volunteers, 2007 promises to be an now nearing completion. The Partnership kicked exciting and invigorating year. We have had many off with a “Train the trainers” session. The aim reports of successful workshops, projects and was to deliver training to all the trainers based in anti-racist events but our increasing working Dundee in to using Show Racism the Red Card capacity is also due to an increase in reported resources. This would allow them to develop their racist incidents in Scottish society. own workshop structures and to continue to The increase in Fortnight of Action events in 2006 deliver workshops after the Red Card had was helped by the success of previous years and completed the agreement. The project has been the increase in our grants schemes. We aim to innovative and promoted areas of development continue to increase the number and diversity of within the educational aspect of the Campaign. events that we have with professional clubs, One of the Workshops was delivered to Sports grassroots organisations and schools. students at Dundee College. Most of these We will continue to expand our work, our students were studying to become sports coaches networks and our methods of engagement to or P.E teachers. We felt that this was a new area to demonstrate that there is no place for racism in develop within the educational work. As once these football or in Scottish society. students have completed the workshop they would Another new initiative that I took on was the be able to apply the principles into their lives as partnership between Learndirect Scotland and well as their profession should they then choose to show Racism the Red Card Scotland. The pursue a career in sport or education. They may partnership consisted of the delivery of the Red also be the future for delivering anti racist Card “Coaching with a Conscience scheme in 4 education to young sportsmen/sportswomen.

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Another task I took on in my first few weeks with I was given the responsibility to develop on our the Red Card was to contact all the SPL/SFL clubs volunteer strategy. After review and research we and inform them of our campaign as well as to have adopted some new strategies including gauge an understanding of the work that they closer working with all the voluntary sector service would like to get involved in with the Red Card. agencies throughout Scotland to broaden our The response I received was very positive and volunteer capacity. Work was also undertaken on encouraging. We have many initiatives that we run induction and training procedures. We have held including stadium events where we work 2 volunteer training days in the past 6 months alongside clubs to invite young people to with another planned for the next year. The participate in anti racist events at training includes instruction on how to use our throughout Scotland. We also have other resources and dealing with difficult situations. initiatives, which we are piloting. Again the The primary aim for the Volunteer base at the Scottish clubs have been very supportive of these moment is to expand out volunteer capacity so we and have expressed interest in getting involved in have volunteers based all around Scotland as well some capacity. as developing a continuous training strategy to A club that has already been proactive in keep our volunteers aware of any changes in the organising and holding an event is Dundee Utd. work delivery. Presently we have 7 registered and On the day the Scottish video was screened to active volunteers with more interviews scheduled 200 young people from a local school. This was within the next few weeks. followed by a Question and Answer session where As we are aware the face of racism is constantly questions were put forward by the school children changing. Reviewing resources is something that to a panel consisting of players, councillors and we have continuously implemented at Show representatives from the Red Card team. The day Racism the Red Card to avoid delivering out of was rounded off with a tour of the stadium and a date and out of touch material to our audiences. raffle. The day ran smoothly and was very well However it is also important to remain vigilant to received by everyone in attendance. The event at new areas that may become discriminate. This is Tannadice stadium was held during the Fortnight why it was fundamental to research and develop of Action 2006 new resources, which could feature as part of the The fortnight of Action 2006 this year ran from “coaching with a conscience” workshops. The 17th- 30th October. The Fortnight of Action 2006 new resources cover Islamophobia, Racism has been the most successful to date, with over towards travellers and Racism towards people 300 actions taking place over the Fortnight and from the EU. These are complete and will be the coverage by the press helping to make the made available to teachers through our website in fortnight successful. We had many events taking the new year. place both within and out with the grant scheme. The Grants were made available to organisations by submitting an application or/ proposal. The grants were awarded to the strongest applicants; however distributing the grants was very difficult due to the immense quality and strength of each application. This year there were 28 award winning applications. The weekend of action, which is held on one weekend during the fortnight, and is an opportunity for the clubs in the SPL/SFL to show their commitment to the anti racist cause successfully took place on the 21/22nd of October. The evaluation of this year’s Fortnight of Action is still ongoing however already we have identified many areas for development for next year’s Fortnight of Action. We aim to further improve on this year’s success in 2007.

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“SRTRC is essential in the ongoing attempt to break racial divisions and challenge prejudices that sadly still exists in our country. I am delighted to see that, during the last year, it has continued to play its part in fighting racism in sport and indeed wider society.”

Bill Butler, Member of Scottish Parliament

“The EIS is the largest teachers union in Scotland with members in all sectors of education. It works closely with SRTRC Scotland to support its anti-racist work through the schools' competition. The EIS congratulates SRTRC on its excellent work in schools and communities using football to get across a powerful anti-racist message to young people.”

Veronica Rankin, Education and Equalities, EIS

“We at Motherwell Football Club are totally behind the Show Racism the Red Card Campaign not only in football but also in life in general. Everybody should see the person inside and not the colour of their skin or the county of their origin.”

Maurice Malpas, Manager, Motherwell FC

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SCOTLAND EVENTS

It is not possible to list all our events. The following are some of the highlights since our last annual review.

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June 2005 SRTRC Refugee Week Challenge Cup Scotland's most prestigious multicultural 5-a-side football tournament was held at K7X complex, Rouken Glen Park, Glasgow. The event, now a highlight of Refugee Week, was a joint venture between Show Racism the Red Card, The Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Ansar. Over 35 teams came from as wide an ethnic, religious and cultural mix as Glasgow offers and the event succeeded in its goal of promoting community cohesion, social responsibility, religious and racial tolerance whilst also showcasing BME footballing talent. The adult tournament was won by 'Jammy's' from Pollokshields, while in the junior cups Patchy's Allstars (u-14s) and Le Dream Team (u-17s) 14th September 2005 emerged victorious. 'Red card' video to go to every school in Scotland Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody joined top footballers including Jamie McAllister (Hearts), Colin Nish (Kilmarnock) and Gordon Marshall (Motherwell) at the Scottish Parliament to launch Show Racism the Red Card's new Scottish-specific anti-racist video. The video, presented by Shereen Nanjiani of Scotland Today, features top players including Nigel Quashie, , Hamed Namouchi, Craig Gordon, Simon Brown, Brent Sancho, Craig Beattie, and managers Jim Jefferies and Walter Smith talking about racism and its consequences in Scottish football and society. Speaking at the event, Minister for Communities Malcolm Chisholm announced that the Executive has purchased a Show Racism the Red Card video, and accompanying education pack, for every primary, secondary and special needs school in Scotland: "Show Racism the Red Card is an important weapon in the fight against racism. The new video features Scottish football stars our children and young people look up to, so it's a great way of introducing these critically important issues in the classroom. Every school in Scotland will have a copy and it will help to break down the myths and stereotypes which lead to racism - so we can kick it out of Scotland for good".

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Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody added his Scotland's national squad manager Walter Smith voice to the 'red card' campaign: said: "Show Racism the Red Card is a hugely important "Travelling with Scotland you see the welcome our cause and today will only strengthen that. Racism fans receive worldwide - the least we can do is show is an archaic weakness that cannot be tolerated in respect to the diverse cultures that make up this today's world. The best way to tackle it is to ensure country. Show Racism the Red Card tackles the issue children are taught from an early age that it isn't of racism in an intelligent way so that people can be big and it isn't clever. Every child in Scotland judged on who they are not what colour they are". should watch this video from start to finish." Show Racism the Red Card also launched the Scottish website www.theredcardscotland.org, Acclaimed Scottish-Pakistani author Suhayl Saadi which features news, events, player interviews, said: and, for the first time, a reporting mechanism for "Racism stunts potential and ultimately debilitates racist incidents at all levels of Scottish football: even the most seemingly efficient of civilisations. These new resources move Show Racism the Red It is imperative that civil society, in its very Card closer to our goal of reaching every young essence, moves systematically and en masse to person in the country with our anti-racist message. eschew both institutional and individual racism in whatever form it might take. It is hugely exciting Thankfully, racist incidents in stadia appear to be that football, as the populist sport, has taken the decreasing, but racism in society has increased lead in this process. Show Racism the Red Card is sharply, including a 22% rise in reported racist a goal towards which we must all aim. One-nil to incidents against Scottish Muslims following pluralism, empowerment and the pursuit of events in England in July. excellence in all things!!" Show Racism the Red Card hope as many schools, fans and individuals as possible will join us in using these resources - we all have a responsibility to kick racism out of Scotland.

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19th September 2005 Glasgow asylum scheme kicks off Former Partick Thistle duo Derek Whyte and Gerry Britton delivered high-quality football training to 9-12 year olds, alongside SRTRC anti-racist educational sessions designed to dispel racist myths against asylum-seekers. The pilot project, a partnership between Scottish Refugee Council, the Scottish Professional Footballers Association, Glasgow City Council, 16th November 2005 and Show Racism the Red Card ran in ten Glasgow primary and secondary schools over the Hearts FC / SRTRC next ten weeks. Anti-racism presentation SRTRC headed out for another trip to Heart of 22nd September 2005 Midlothian FC for what turned out to be another great event. Over 120 local school kids were Aberdeen launch of the invited to view the new Scottish video and to ask new video questions on the problems of racism in football and society to the panel. Hearts star Jamie Show Racism The Red Card launched the new McAllister and goalkeeper Steve Banks came Video and Education pack at Pittodrie with a along and were immediately inundated with panel of guests. The video, presented by Shereen requests for autographs and photos. Nanjiani, conveys a powerful anti-racist message Also on the panel were Jackie MacNamara Snr of through the medium of Scottish professional the SPFA and Councillor Dougie Kerr from the football. Edinburgh City Council, with the event being Kemi Adebayo, Managing Director of MeAL hosted by SRTRC's very own Imran Alam. The (Multiethnic Aberdeen Limited) and Mr. L. A. screening of the video was followed by a very Taylor of St. Machar Academy, both spoke at the interesting question and answer session, with event before the screening. This was followed by questions being handled well by the panel a Question and Answer session with Barry members. A signed Hearts football was raffled off Nicholson, Jamie Smith, Jamie Langfield and won by a lucky girl from Dalry Primary. (Aberdeen), Stuart Duff (Dundee United), David Robertson (Manager, Elgin City) & Kevin Fotheringham (St Johnstone). 2nd February 2006 Livingston FC unite against racism Over 100 schoolchildren attended Livingston FC's to hear players Roddy McKenzie and David McNamee answer young people's questions about racism in Scotland. Jackie McNamara Sr of the SPFA joined the players alongside four local schools - Addiewell Primary, Williamston Primary, St Paul's Primary and Bathgate Academy to show racism the red card. After watching the SRTRC video, the students enthusiastically asked the panel some great questions and raised some very interesting points.

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15th May 2006 the anti-racist campaign. This wonderful day kicked off with a wild dash Hampden Park, Glasgow around the reception hall to gather the free Schools Art Competition football goodies and snacks that were provided. All the young folk, and their teachers received a Once again Hampden was the proud host for Show Red Card goody bag with magazines and posters Racism The Red Card/EIS anti-racist schools before heading off on a tour of Hampden. competition prize-giving event. This event is Dougie Vipond compered the prize giving with unquestionably the highlight of the Red Card's Pee Tee and Nuts, the mascots from Partick educational calendar. The magnificent display of Thistle and Kilmarnock, whipping the crowd into a poetry, posters and films covering the large frenzy as the winners received their prizes from reception hall demonstrated the hard work, the SPL players. The prize-winning films were imagination and determination of Scotland's school screened and the young poets read their first-rate pupils to stamp racism out of football and society. poetry, all of which received rapturous applause. The increasing level of schools participating in the After the formalities were over it was time take competition and the quality of the submissions some memorable photos in the main stand and and winners work was reflected in the prizes, with the chance to meet the players and mascots. all 12 SPL clubs and Morton FC providing signed footballs, signed shirts, VIP days and match Once again Scotland's young people are showing tickets. In attendance were players David the way in tackling racism. Especially in the McNammee (Livingston), Jim McIntyre (Dundee current political climate, it is essential that young United), Gordon Greer (Kilmarnock), Chris Burke people are able to combat racist stereotypes and (Rangers), Mark Wilson (Celtic), Phil O'Donnell attitudes from the earliest age. (Motherwell), Andy McLaren and David McGurn The competition encourages schoolchildren to (Morton) and Gerry Britton (Brechin). Scotland challenge racism - the high standard of the manager Walter Smith also came along to view artwork shows the strength of feeling Scotland's the winners artwork and to show his support for young people have on the issue.

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25th April 2006 wristbands were given out to the pupils asking questions and raising points. Motherwell FC Finally, Mark Hateley took to the stage for a very Over 100 schoolchildren attended Motherwell popular Q&A answering some great questions FC's to hear players Shaun Fagan and about his experiences of racism in the game as a Mark Reynolds answer young people's questions player with Rangers and England and now as a about racism in Scotland. commentator. Mark drew the winning tickets for After watching the SRTRC video, the students the raffle which included some great prizes. from Our Lady's High School enthusiastically asked the panel some great questions and raised 4th May 2006 some very interesting points. The depth of some questions surprised the panel. Kilmarnock FC united As is so often the case, it was a tough task against racism choosing the best question to award the lucky Kilmarnock FC stars Rhian Dodds and Garry Hay winner with a football autographed by the joined 150 East-Ayrshire schoolchildren at Motherwell squad. The winner was then to show their backing for a racism free Scotland. photographed with some of her fellow pupils, the players and her prize. Other students asking The event, organised by the Show Racism the Red questions went home with wristbands. Card, Kilmarnock FC and Council, gave young people the opportunity to question 28th April 2006 the players' views on racism. Heriot Primary hold Red 8th May 2006 Card Day Billy Bragg - Hope Not Following on from their sponsored jog earlier in the year as part of their campaign to kick out Hate Tour: racism, Heriot Primary in Foxbar Paisley Usher Hall, Edinburgh organised a Show Racism The Red Card Day. Show Racism the Red Card joined Billy Bragg on The day got off to a great start with an assembly the Edinburgh date of his Hope Not Hate tour, of young people welcoming their friends, family, which took a stand against racism and fascism. Show Racism the Red Card and special guest Mark Hateley. The students had compiled an The Usher Hall was the venue for tonight's anthology of poems some of which were read by packed gig. Stationed next to the merchandise the pupils. The anthology had been published and stall we did a fast trade in providing the masses sold by the students to raise money for UNICEF with posters of their teams. and Show Racism The Red Card. There was also a raffle and a paid dress down day for the young 23rd May 2006 people, all of whom wore Show Racism the Red Card badges which they had designed, made and All Equal, All Different sold themselves. The students then encouraged their audience to Show Racism the Red Card joined the very take part in a short exercise to demonstrate that enjoyable All Equal, All Different day at Stonelaw to discriminate against people because of their High in Rutherglen. First year students took part race or nationality is wrong. This was followed by in SRTRC workshops in addition to workshops more poems and songs and a play - 'The child from Sense Over Sectarianism and Glasgow with green hair'. University. Three students from Class 1C The young people sang The World in Union, and supported by their classmates, volunteered to then there was a quick Question and Answer write a report on their Red Card workshop for session with Show Racism The Red Card at which inclusion on the SRTRC Scotland website.

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4th September 2006 SRTRC at the Edinburgh Mela

Show Racism the Red Card were inundated at this years Mela with young people looking for posters of their favourite teams. Everyone left with a poster and a Red Card sticker.

The Mela provided a great opportunity to meet many of the local teachers that have supported the campaign in their schools by running educational workshops and entering the annual poster competition.

10th August 2006 12th September 2006 Awaz FM & Queens Park Dundee FC and FC Football Competition Dundee United teamed , up to Show Racism the Glasgow Red Card with SRTRC were invited to attend the Awaz FM & Learndirect Scotland Queens Park FC Under 13’s and Under 16’s football tournament. The Arder Complex, 15 teams played it out at Lesser Hampden for the Dundee prize of playing the final at Hampden in front of a Dundee FC and Dundee United FC in conjunction very vocal support at half-time during the Queens with Learndirect Scotland and Show Racism the Park vs Dumbarton SFL match. Red Card ran a series of workshops in Dundee.

The workshops provided the participants the 3rd September 2006 opportunity to take part in anti-racist educational workshops with the professionals. The workshops Give it a go – were followed by a football coaching session. with SRTRC and The training and workshops were delivered by Learndirect Scotland professional football players. The Tramway, Glasgow

SRTRC proved popular at this Learndirect Scotland interactive event. As ever, the squad posters were popular with young and old alike, we distributed around 1,000 posters and stickers. Four young people signed up to local multi-cultural football teams and many community organisations confirmed their intention to get involved in our Fortnight of Action. We also signed up some great new volunteers.

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19th September 2006 menace of racism and shows the Council's commitment in promoting the multicultural city Hearts and Hibs join City that Edinburgh truly is." of Edinburgh Council to The City of Edinburgh Council also supported the kick out racism: Council Show Racism the Red Card Fortnight of Action from 17-30 October. The Council has committed Chambers, Edinburgh to promoting events across the city involving many amateur and school football clubs to show Michael Stewart from Hibs and Hearts' Jose a citywide stance against racism. Gonvalces and Andy Driver joined Edinburgh school children to launch a new action plan to tackle racism in partnership with Show Racism the Red Card. 28th/29th November 2006 The action plan will involve primary school pupils United faiths project and amateur football clubs across the Capital in the most extensive program ever delivered in Edinburgh. Hampden Park, Glasgow Initiatives included: Glasgow Ansar united with SRTRC to run a football tournament bringing together young • Delivering two hour coaching and video people and adults from various religious and sessions with P6 and P7 students from 32 social backgrounds. The football tournament ran primary schools across Edinburgh, reaching over the course of 16 weeks with input from a over 900 students; diverse array of organisations tackling social • Working with two multi racial football clubs in exclusion issues. Edinburgh to improve coaching quality; The main thrust of the workshops was to tackle • Implementing new FIFA anti racist directives Islamaphobia, anti-Semitism, sectarianism and through the proposed football accreditation racism. The opportunity to train at Scotland’s scheme, as part of the city's new Sports Forum; national Stadium, Hampden Park, acted as a major and incentive and motivation to the target audience. • Promoting more schools involvement in Show Racism the Red Card schools art competition to tackle racist attitudes. December 2006 Gerry Britton from Show Racism the Red Card Billy Bragg – Hope Not and the SPFA and Nick Croft from the City of Edinburgh Council's Equalities Unit discussed Hate Tour: Glasgow, Perth how the partnership will work in further detail at and Aberdeen Tuesday's launch. Billy Bragg’s anti-racist and anti-fascist Hope Not Councillor Dougie Kerr, Executive Member for Hate tour returned to Scotland for the second Equalities and Voluntary Services said: "It is our time in the year. SRTRC were proud to be part of duty to promote diversity and tackle prejudice and the tour and joined forces with the GMB and the the Council is committed to challenging racism in SPFA to welcome the tour’s Scottish leg. all forms. Working with Show Racism the Red Card is a fantastic opportunity to reach young A number of well known faces in Scottish football people through football." including Barry Ferguson, Derek Ferguson, Gerry Britton, Fraser Wishart, Richard Sinclair, Dan Gerry Britton said: "The City of Edinburgh Council Gerrard and Jim Duffy all gathered together with has been very supportive of the work done by Billy Bragg to show their support and to encourage Show Racism the Red Card. In order to further the people to take a stand against racism and fascism. message, the City of Edinburgh Council has partnered with Show Racism the Red Card to work The tour proved popular with a number of people with 32 schools throughout the region. We feel taking home posters and buying resources to use that this is a great step towards tackling the at their schools, colleges and workplaces.

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26th December 2006 St Johnstone FC, RIMAP and Unison show racism the red card Members of the Perth & Kinross Racist Incident Multi-Agency Panel (RIMAP) have joined forces with the local branch of UNISON to sponsor the St Johnstone FC Show Racism the Red Card squad poster. The poster has been distributed to schools, community care establishments and other outlets across Perth & Kinross, and were also available for fans at St Johnstone's home game against Clyde on Boxing Day. Chair of RIMAP, Alan Nairn said "All the agencies represented on RIMAP aim to promote the reporting of racist incidents, to ensure accurate monitoring and reviewing of racist incidents across Perth and Kinross and to respond and provide appropriate support to victims of racist incidents. A poster campaign such as this enables us to raise awareness that 12th December 2006 racism will not be tolerated in Perth and Kinross. Jerry Dammers hits "Anyone in Perth & Kinross who wishes to against racism: report a racist incident can do so by contacting Glasgow one of the agencies involved in the multi-agency panel - Perth & Kinross Council, Tayside Police, Jerry Dammers, the highly respected anti-racist NHS Tayside, Perth Citizens' Advice Bureau or songwriter, musician and DJ, was in Glasgow on Victim Support." Tuesday to provide a DJ set at the Madness concert in the SECC. Dammers stopped by the Perth and Kinross UNISON branch Equality and SRTRC offices to lend his support for the Communications Officer, Hamid Rasheed, said: campaign and to ask for Scottish bands, DJs and "UNISON is happy to be part of the campaign promoters to get involved with Love Music Hate to raise awareness on race issues. We need to Racism by putting on anti-racist concerts in their stop discrimination in its tracks in the workplace hometowns. and the communities we proudly serve." Jerry Dammers was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry-based ska band, The Specials. He was also a founder of the 2 Tone record label, which helped popularise the new ska sound in the 1980s. He became a noted anti- apartheid campaigner, writing the song "Free Nelson Mandela" about the then jailed South African ANC leader; plus organising the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, which was broadcast worldwide from 's , on June 11, 1988.

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sportscotland congratulates SRTRC on its continuing good work to address racism in sport. sportscotland is also committed to the elimination of racism in sport, and is working to tackle this issue as part of its wider equity work through the roll out of the Equity Standard; A Framework for Sport in Scotland. sportscotland looks forward to continuing to work with SRTRC to help make sport more inclusive and equitable, and to eradicate discrimination and harassment on the ground of race, ethnic background or skin colour.

Julia Bracewell OBE, Chair, sportscotland

“UNISON Scotland is pleased that our work with SRTRC covers work at UK and Scottish level, and also features local UNISON branches working with local clubs. We are particularly delighted about the work in Ayrshire with Talbot and Troon.”

Mike Kirby, Scottish Convenor – UNISON

“Prejudice is universal and different forms of bigotry often fuel one another so Nil By Mouth applauds the positive actions of Show Racism the Red Card. Racism, like sectarianism, divides communities and individuals alike. Therefore we believe that a unified approach is the most effective way to tackle hatred and abuse. SRTRC has achieved huge progress through this and Nil By Mouth will continue to work in partnership with the campaign to further fan the flames of hope and understanding.”

Richard Benjamin, Nil by Mouth

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