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Introduction

Show Racism the Red Card is now in its 10th As a small organisation, we rely on local year and we have developed very good links authorities and professional football clubs in with professional football players (past and the UK to greatly assist us with our anti-racist present), managers and football clubs. The work. The partnerships we have established aim of the campaign when established, was allow us to develop our campaign and look at to harness the high profile of professional different methods to combat racist attitudes. footballers to combat racism. In the last ten When working with councils the years the profile and role model status of partnerships have been most effective where footballers has actually increased. Football is we have worked closely with a named person an important part of popular culture and it within the organisation. We have termed can be used effectively to reduce racism and these local authorities “Partnership promote a cohesive community. Councils” and have on occasion, worked Show Racism the Red Card works with a together to develop in depth 3-year plans. host of different organisations and these This guide is designed to help local partnerships have produced some of our councils work more closely with our best work. We have had the backing of trade campaign and get the best out of our anti- unions and a whole range of non- racist resources and the services we can governmental organisations in spreading our provide. With your help we will be able to anti-racist message far and wide. reach more young people and spread our anti-racist message even further for the benefit of our society. We look forward to working with you.

Ged Grebby Project Coordinator

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Contents

Introduction page 1 4. Show Racism the Red Card’s Anti-Racist Competition PART 1: BACKGROUND TO for Schools page 14

SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD 5. Show Racism the Red Card “Gold Standard” for schools page 17 1.The Campaign page 5 6.Show Racism the Red Card 2. Aims page 5 fortnight of Action in Scotland page 19 3. Identifying the Need page 6 7.Delivering a programme of 4.Resources page 7 anti-racist education in the local community page 21 PART 2: WAYS IN WHICH COUNCILS CAN ENGAGE WITH PART 3: DETAILED THE CAMPAIGN INFORMATION ON SETTING UP A LONG TERM PROGRAMME OF 1. Partnership Councils page 9 ANTI-RACIST WORKSHOPS 2. Hosting a Show Racism the Red Card Event at your 1.Overview page 25 local football club page 10 2. Selecting an Audience page 25 3. Organising a Show Racism the Red Card Community Event 3. Advertising the availability or Football Tournament page 12 of the workshops page 26

4. Prior to the Day page 28 APPENDICES 5. Workshop Plans page 29 Appendix 1: Workshop Plan 6. Possible Questions from the young people and Appendix 2: Football Training Plan sample answers page 30 Appendix 3: Risk Assessment 7. Football training page 30 Appendix 4: Schools’ booking form 8. Feedback/Assessing the Impact of the work page 31 Appendix 5: Feedback Forms 9. Potential Problems page 34 Useful contacts 10. Following up the work page 35 Acknowledgements

Part 1 About Show Racism the Red Card

“The children were still talking about and asking questions about the workshop on the following day, you gave them a lot to think about and challenged the views

TRC football coaching session. “ already held in a very positive way. Thank you”. BEXHILL PRIMARY elbeck Primary School taking part in a SR W om e pupils fr e ar ed her Pictur

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1. The Campaign Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racist charity (registered charity no: Pictured above 1079069), which was established in January 1996 with the aim of using previous entries in professional footballers as anti-racist role models. Although great strides our Schools have been taken to help combat racism both within and outside of football, Competition racism is still a significant problem in both British and European society. The aim of our campaign is to combat racism through anti-racist education and professional footballers are showing the way in terms of making a stand and fighting racism. In Scotland, Show Racism the Red Card has the additional remit of tackling racism and promoting inclusion in the game itself, and works closely with football fans, the authorities, all 42 professional clubs and grassroots multicultural organisations. The campaign has been able to involve hundreds of top footballers and managers, and has harnessed the high profile of these role models to combat racism.

2. Aims Show Racism the Red Card has the following aims in mind when developing resources and structuring our education work:

• To familiarise young people with a range of facts and skills that will enable them to challenge racism. • To promote young people’s participation as active and responsible citizens in a growing multi-racial society. • To Increase young peoples understanding of issues of diversity and identity, their rights and responsibilities. a guide for councils 5

3. Identifying the Need We have often been told there is no need to where inequality exists and address it in a deliver anti-racism education in some schools systematic and coherent way. The Act goes and areas, as they do not have a problem with further. All public sector organisations now have racism. Others insist that it is not an issue for a positive duty to promote race equality. Show them as they have few or no children from a Racism the Red Card has a highly cost effective, black or other minority ethnic background and if successful and friendly, media orientated, way to they start talking about racism they could create tackle racism in our community. a problem where there has not been one before. The work of Show Racism the Red Card also This is answered by saying that it is precisely helps promote a number of themes of concerns in these situations where the need is greatest. addressing the DfES Green Paper ‘Every Child Recent studies that have looked into the types of Matters’ agenda using a medium that is people who vote for extremist parties have found attractive to many hard to reach groups. that those who do are not generally the poorest In Scotland, the campaign helps support people in society, nor those living in multi- schools in relation to the Scottish National cultural areas, but people who have little or no Priorities in Education: Priority 3: Equality and contact with non-white people and who get their Inclusion. “To promote equality and help every information and attitudes from sections of the pupil benefit from education, with particular media and friends. It is in these areas that racist regard paid to pupils with disabilities and special attitudes and rumours can take hold. We need to educational needs and to Gaelic and other lesser arm young people with the facts and equip them used languages.” with the ability to challenge the myths, lies and Football is the ideal vehicle for anti-racism stereotypes that contribute to racial hatred that work, not only does it grab the interest of the they may encounter from other people and the majority of young people, the professional game media. is a shining example of how people of different The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 race, origin, language and religion can work requires Local Authorities and other public together as a team to achieve great things. sector organisations to drive to achieve race equality. It requires that public services identify

Show How Racism the Red Card fits in with the Every Child Matters Outcomes Framework

Outcome Be Healthy Stay Safe Enjoy And Make a Achieve Economic Achieve Positive Wellbeing Contribution

Number of Aims Met 44 4 4 4

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4. Resources The SRTRC Scotland video covers new ground in Show Racism the Red Card has produced many anti-racist education and is educational resources aimed at combating racism: suitable for the Scottish Video / DVD – curriculum framework. with an Education Pack Every publicly funded The film is 15 minutes long and conveys a primary and secondary powerful anti-racist message school in the country has a through the medium of copy as part of the Scottish Executive’s ‘One professional football. It Scotland’ campaign, and the video and pack is covers new ground in anti- also used by youth workers and probation officers racist education. It is for events and in other environments. It features suitable for a broad Craig Beattie, Hamed Namouchi, Nigel Quashie, range of age groups Robbie Neilson, Richie Byrne, Walter Smith and and comes with an Simon Ford amongst many others. education pack, full A Safe Place – Video and Education of follow up activities and discussions. Pack The Show Racism the Red Card DVD is Aimed at combating racism towards asylum suitable for both Primary and Secondary schools seekers. The video features young asylum and can be used by a wide range of organisations seekers talking about their experiences of to promote anti-racism. It features Shola seeking asylum in the UK. Also featured on the Ameobi, , , Robbie film are , Thierry Henry, Shaka Keane, Gary Lineker, and Jose Mourinho Hislop, Lomana Lua Lua, David James, Shola amongst many others Ameobi, Sven Goran Eriksson and Ashley Cole. SRTRC Scotland video – with an The film also includes a quiz on asylum aimed at education pack combating the racist myths. The SRTRC Scotland film is 15 minutes long and Posters with football clubs conveys a strong anti-racist message using We work with over 60 football clubs to produce Scottish-based players. It covers topics including anti-racist posters. We also work with some racism in professional and grassroots football, rugby and basketball clubs. In addition to this we racism in society, where racism comes from, and also produce T-shirts, artwork posters, badges, what to do about racism. magazines, wristbands and stickers.

All Show Racism the Red Card Resources can be ordered from our main office or via the Show Racism the Red Card website: www.theredcard.org Special discounts are available to councils on bulk orders of resources. a guide for councils 7

Part 2 Ways in which Councils can engage with the Show Racism the Red Card Campaign TRC football coaching session.

“I am writing this letter to you to say thanks for coming to our school. I enjoyed the football training and I now know “ the meaning of racism. Will you come again? I hope nobody will ever use those (racist) words”. JESSICA WAUGH, AGE 8 MALVINS CLOSE FIRST SCHOOL e Gary Bennet and school pupils taking part in a SR ed her Pictur

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1. Partnership Councils Show Racism the Red Card works with several councils on a partnership basis. Partnership Councils engage with the Show Racism the Red Card Campaign across several departments to incorporate the various activities outlined in this guide and adopt a coordinated approach to anti-racism work. We can work with a council to draw up agreements to ensure the best possible outcomes in their area. Some examples of ways in which councils can engage with the campaign are:

• Sponsoring a local football poster. • Working with the campaign to organise high profile events at the local football club. • Acquiring anti-racist resources for schools and events. • Working with the campaign to run the “Show Racism the Red Card Gold Standard for Race Equality” scheme in your area. • Helping to promote the Show Racism the Red Card Anti-Racist Schools Competition. • Working with the campaign to set up a programme of anti-racist education. • Helping to organise high profile anti-racist events. • In Scotland we also run a fortnight of anti-racist action in October.

CASE STUDY Edinburgh Council Show Racism the Red Card in Scotland has established a far-reaching formal partnership with City of Edinburgh Council involving Equalities, Education Services, Sports and Recreation, and Marketing departments. The partnership ensures that the message of tackling racism and promoting inclusion reaches a large audience of young people and adults in the area, and is an ideal way to assist the Council in meeting their duties under the Race Relations Amendment Act. Education Delivery of “SRTRC Coaching with a Conscience” scheme to 32 schools. Working with Primary 6 and 7 classes . The joint anti-racist/fun football coaching sessions are delivered by high profile ex- professionals, and take place over two terms, with specific focus on racism against refugees and asylum-seekers, and racism against people from EU-accession countries. Partnership work also includes the Council arranging for young people to attend SRTRC events at Hibernian FC and Heart of Midlothian FC over the season, sponsorship of SRTRC Hibernian FC and Heart of Midlothian FC squad posters. The Council also assists SRTRC with promotion of the annual schools competition in Edinburgh schools, and promotion of the annual SRTRC Fortnight of Action in October, where SRTRC offers grants of up to £1,000 to schools and grassroots community organisations for projects which tackle racism and promote inclusion. more > a guide for councils 9

more > Football SRTRC liases with the City of Edinburgh Council with regard to reports of racist incidents in professional and grassroots football within the Council area. Capacity-building SRTRC is also working closely with the Council on a capacity building project assisting local multicultural youth footballing organisations to grow into larger, more developed organisations. Following FIFA’s recent amendment to their constitution regarding racism and discrimination within football, SRTRC is working in partnership with the Council to ensure the new directives are implemented at grassroots as well as at the professional level, where they are equally important. Every October, City of Edinburgh Council also encourages as many grassroots footballing organisations and leagues as possible to join the top professionals in ‘showing racism the red card’ before kick-off at fixtures in the council area.

2. Organising a Show Racism the Red Card Event in conjunction with your local sporting club The Show Racism the Red Card team hold regular events at football clubs up and down the country. This format has also been used in conjunction with rugby and basketball clubs and we would be happy to help you organise an event at your local sporting club.

Format of Events In their simplest form our events involve inviting a someone leading the work. This is followed by a group of about 100 young people from the local short background of the Show Racism the Red area to where they watch our anti-racist Card campaign and the work that is intended in DVD and ask questions about racism to a panel, your area. which is comprised of footballers from local We then demonstrate the resources available on teams, prominent community members and the the Show Racism the Red Card DVD and show Show Racism the Red Card staff. about 10 minutes of the main video. Any further The event usually opens with a brief speakers then speak briefly after this, followed by introductory speech by a council member or questions to the players on racism.

Contact the Show Racism the Red Card office to arrange a meeting to discuss the best partnership strategy for your area. Tel 0191 291 0160 email: [email protected] Scotland: Tel 0141 332 8566 email: [email protected] Wales: Tel 01443 228 873 ext 19 email: [email protected]

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The Q&A session targets young people and we Below is a list of requirements for holding an encourage only young people to ask questions, event: The list is general, will not apply we find that it helps them connect more to the specifically to every event and is merely intended message when they have got a personal response as a rough guide. from someone they respect. Prizes are usually given to young people who ask the best Technical Equipment questions. • Large Video screen After some brief closing remarks, all of the • Video/DVD player young people who attend receive goody bags and autographs at the end of the event. The event • PA System with microphones usually lasts around an hour to keep the attention (One of the microphones should be wireless, of the young audience. In addition to the basic for questions from the audience). event we have also had musicians, rappers, It is best if the technician who sets up all the poetry readings, football jugglers and ground equipment attends the event to ensure that there tours on different occasions. Events can be are no problems and the staff are given guidance tailored to the needs of the club and council. on the operation of the system. (Each system is different).

CASE STUDY Milton Keynes “On Saturday 1st April 2006 the council and club worked in partnership to put on a special event for those who took part in the Show Racism the Red Card Schools Competition. There was an Olympic style parade around the ground with representatives from all 40 schools that took part in the competition holding red cards. A marquee was erected inside the ground in which to shelter and feed the young people. They also had photo and autograph opportunities with the MK Dons players who were not playing on the day and the artwork was displayed around the ground.” DENNIS WOOLFORD, FOOTBALL FIRST, MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL

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Encourage your local football team to produce a poster with the charity if they are not already doing so. Sponsor a poster of a local football team. For a set sponsorship fee of £1,000 the council will receive 5,000 posters of the football club of your choice and the council logo will be printed on a further 5,000 posters. Bulk orders of resources can be provided to councils at a discount of 50%. These can then be distributed freely at festivals and events or through schools and colleges.

Room Layout Generally our events are set out with a top table for speakers and footballers, facing the audience. The audience’s chairs are usually in rows, lecture style and the screen to the side of the top table. Other requirements Many clubs also provide a signed club football, shirt or match tickets for the event, which we award to the young person asking the best question on the day. In addition, most clubs offer a tour of the stadium for the young people at the end of the event to finish off the day, and even gain some new fans. Refreshments Often venues provide refreshments for the audience; this can be provided either before or after the event. As most of the audience is made up of young people squash or water is usually required with tea and coffee for the other guests. It is also useful to have some water for the people on the top table. Resources for the Day We will send several boxes of our materials before the event. Usually this constitutes posters, magazines, badges and carrier bags that are handed out to the audience.

3. Organising a Show Racism the Red Card Community Event or Football Tournament Show Racism the Red Card is able to offer resources, banners and advice on holding Show Racism the Red Card Community Events or Football Tournaments, these can be a very effective way of communicating an anti-racist message whilst engaging with a community and providing an exciting and enjoyable event for young and old alike

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CASE STUDY Walker United

This event was the result of collaboration and a celebrity football match between a Show between Show Racism the Red Card, Walker Racism the Red Card team of ex-professionals Central Football Club and the local leisure and a Walker Best 11 followed. centre. There had been an increase in racial One of the most moving and thought tension in the Walker Area, a relatively deprived provoking parts of the day came next; A celebrity borough of Newcastle that is a dispersal area for panel took questions from young people on Asylum Seekers. The tension had culminated in racism, the young people asked excellent incidents such as a vicious attack on an Iranian questions and all listened attentively to the Asylum Seeker. The football club approached answers, a young Newcastle Academy player Show Racism the Red Card about the problems spoke about how he had come over from in the area and together we came up with the Holland to play at the academy and was living in idea of a community day for the borough. The Walker. He explained that he has had stones aim of the day was to provide an enjoyable day thrown at him and abuse hurled whilst waiting for the people of Walker whilst educating people for the bus to go to training and he told them in anti-racism and celebrating the things that how hurt he was by this. A representative from diversity has brought to the region. The idea was the club pointed out that soon the young man met with a great reception in the local could soon be playing for their club and that it community and large numbers of people came was disgusting that he was treated this way and on board to ensure the success of the day. people were visibly affected by what was being In the lead up to the event Show Racism the said. The two young people who asked the best Red Card ran anti-racist workshops and football questions won tickets to St James’s Park to training over two weekends with youngsters watch Newcastle United play in the UEFA cup. from the football club. Ian Solomon came up Throughout the day there were hip hop from London to run anti-racist hip-hop workshops with an anti-racist theme with young workshops with the young people and he ran his people inside the clubhouse. A team of show first workshop the night before the event. Racism the Red Card volunteers had been Over 30 organisations provided stalls and working tirelessly inflating balloons all day and there were plenty of activities and entertainment over 1000 red Show Racism the Red Card for young and old alike, most had an anti-racist balloons were released as part of a balloon race, or multicultural theme and companies which was a great statement with which to finish specialising in international cuisine provided the day. the catering. A local councillor opened the event

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4. Show Racism the Red Card’s Anti-Racist Competition for Schools

Show Racism the Red Card holds an Anti-racist competition for schools every year. The council may wish to promote this competition in the local area, or combine it with a programme of schools work. Check the Show Racism the TRC football coaching session. Red Card Website for Registration and Submission deadlines. www.theredcard.org Separate schools’ competitions take place in Scotland and Wales. See www.theredcardscotland.org for details of the Scottish competition. elbeck Primary School taking part in a SR om W e pupils fr e ar ed her Pictur

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a) Competition Rules Below is a summary of the rules for entry into the National competition: • Each school must register for the competition by filling in and returning the registration form which is available on the Show Racism the Red Card website. Registration is free. • Each school must have a copy of the Show Racism the Red Card video/DVD

TRC football coaching session. and education pack. • The pupils must watch the video and then produce a piece of visual artwork*, poem, short story or video against racism. The Show Racism the Red Card video explores different aspects of racism, so the work does not have to have a football theme. * The maximum size of artwork must not exceed A3 (297mm x 420mm) • The school will then have the task of picking its own winning entry. We can only accept one entry per school. The school must supply the following information with the entry: Name and year group of entrant, name of elbeck Primary School taking part in a SR school and the number of pupils who took part in the competition. om W • We would also encourage schools to have pupils make individual entries, rather than group entries. e pupils fr

e ar • A panel of judges will pick the winners and Show Racism the Red Card will organise a prize-giving ceremony to present the winners with their prizes. ed her Winning entries will be selected in each age group. Professional footballers

Pictur have presented the prizes at these prize-giving ceremonies. In the past these prizes have included match tickets and autographed football items such as shirts or footballs, as well as a framed certificate. The entry adjudged to have won the competition nationally, will receive a prize for their school as well. Pictured below • In England the Entries are divided in to 5 categories: Year Groups 1-4, Year previous entries in Groups 5-7. Year Groups 8-10, Year Group 11+ and a Special Schools our Schools category. Please indicate which category your entry should be placed in. Competition and a • Entries in the School Competition could also be published in future editions of the Show Racism the Red Card magazine or turned in to posters. prizewinner receiving award Only one entry per school can be entered into the National Competition. However the council may wish to hold it’s own local competition and prize- from players at giving ceremony with more entries prior to the national competition. Sunderland AFC

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CASE STUDY Bury Curriculum and Language Access Service Bury CLAS works with Show Racism the Red Card to roll out the school competition to schools in the borough.

They have secured local funding to cover the costs of sending a DVD and Education pack to every school, identifying a contact person in each school where possible to ensure that the pack is seen and used.

The service also offers training to school staff on how to get the most from the materials. Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant funded staff from the service are trained and encouraged to use the resources in the schools in which they are working. The service produces posters and flyers to remind the schools of the event and the starting and closing deadlines. In a change to the national competition rules, the service allows 3 entries from each school, which are guaranteed to win a small prize at a local awards ceremony. Which ensures higher participation. The service then selects one of the three entries to be entered into the national competition. All entries submitted are colour photocopied laminated and used in a display. Over 2000 Pictured below our young people from Bury took part in the Show Racism the Red Card community event Schools competition in 2006. ‘Walker United’

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Suggested ways you can promote the Show Racism the Red Card Schools Competition in your area: • Include articles in council publications • Send out flyers to school advertising the competition • Run a local prize giving ceremony prior to the national one • Offer training to teachers in using the resources • Display local entries in prominent venues

5. Show Racism the Red Card Gold Standard for Schools We have recently set up a gold standard for The scheme is currently being piloted in these schools with North and South Tyneside council boroughs. Schools who achieve the gold and this is an excellent example of the standard will receive the award in a high profile achievements that partnership working can bring, presentation ceremony which will hopefully act the idea of setting up a gold standard for schools as an incentive for other schools to come on with an excellent record of anti-racism work had board and act as a carrot rather than the usual been suggested to the organisation before, but stick used to make schools comply with their with our limited personnel resources we deemed it duty in such matters. too difficult for us to monitor, however councils already have excellent monitoring facilities and so together we are able to make such a scheme work for everybody’s benefit. In a partnership meeting representatives from the council mentioned the difficulty they were having in getting schools to work with them to report racial incidents, release staff for training and devise and put into use relevant race equality policies. We came up with the idea of working together to put in place a Gold Standard for schools who are prepared to commit themselves to the task of reducing racism and increasing equality. Pictured here are pupils from Welbeck Primary School taking part in a SRTRC football coaching session.

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CASE STUDY South Tyneside Council

In 2005 the Community Safety Department football training. Since the start of the schools at South Tyneside Council agreed to fund work the relationship between Show Racism Show Racism the Red Card to run a the Red Card and the council has been close. programme of anti-racist education alongside The council distributes information about the football training for 5 hours a week over 2 workshops and promotes the work on a years. The money was sourced from a variety regular basis. We inform the council of the of departments including Choosing Health schools we are working with so that they can who part-funded the project on the proviso follow up the work, for example liasing with that they were able to come into the schools the school to improve their race equality alongside the team to talk to the young people policies, this close relationship led to the start about the benefits of healthy eating. In order of the Show Racism the Red Card Gold to strengthen the partnership, water bottles Standard Scheme which is an extremely were printed with both the Choosing Health exciting prospect for the future of race-equality and Show Racism the Red Card Logos and are work in South Tyneside. given out to the young people at the end of the esenting prizes for our schools competition. dwick pr on Dyer and Charlie Har e Kier ed her Pictur

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6. Show Racism the Red Card Fortnight Pictured above Of Action in Scotland Enlightened pupils esenting prizes for our schools competition. from Carolside Each October, SRTRC Scotland runs a nationwide Fortnight of Action, Primary School in dwick pr coinciding with the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network action with against racism and discrimination action taking place in 35 countries fomer Rangers and Europe-wide. Hearts star Derek Every first team professional player from all 42 professional clubs is involved Ferguson. in a day of action during the Fortnight, and several fans initiatives take place at on Dyer and Charlie Har stadia and in surrounding communities. Scores of other projects take place in e Kier schools, communities and grassroots football projects. ed her SRTRC offers free resources and grants of up to £1,000 to assist community

Pictur organisations in running events during the Fortnight, as part of the 'One Scotland' campaign at the Scottish Executive. In 2005, the SRTRC Fortnight of Action involved over 100 projects, accounting for over 10% of events taking place across the European continent, as part of the FARE action. Many of Scotland's local authorities have assisted SRTRC in publicising the Fortnight of Action, and have been actively involved in ensuring as many projects take place as possible within their council area.

Contact Show Racism the Red Card Scotland Office for more information. Tel 0141 332 8566 email: [email protected]

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CASE STUDY Newcastle University “In January 2006 two hundred Newcastle University Secondary PGCE students attended the "Learning in the Diverse City" conference at St James' Park. Show Racism the Red Card were instrumental in the planning of the day and leading sessions. The delegate student teachers benefited from the inspiration, knowledge and skills of all involved. The day was a huge success, and participants left feeling more confident that they could deal with racism and prejudice in the schools they will work in, promote equal opportunities and celebrate the diversity of multi-cultural Britain. We would like to thank SRTRC for their significant contribution to the event.” RACHEL LOFTHOUSE, PGCE COORDINATOR NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY ofessional Footballers nian. om Hearts and Hiber gh Council partnership launch with Gerry Britton of the Scottish Pr Association and players fr City of Edinbur 20 show racism the red card

Pictured above Billy Bragg with Rangers and Scotland captain Barry Ferguson and Norwich City assistant manager Jim Duffy show support for our campaign in Scotland. Image courtesy of Marc Turner. 7. Delivering a Programme of Anti-Racist Education Councils in both England and Scotland have the participation and enjoyment levels of the worked with Show Racism the Red Card on young people. various levels to fund or run programmes of anti- Even if ex-professional players are unable to be racist education in their areas. This ranges from involved, football training adds an extra funding Show Racism the Red Card Staff to run dimension to the work and increases the impact anti-racist workshops, funding a football in the and involvement of the young people. community department from the local football Show Racism the Red Card can also organise club to run the scheme or for someone employed race-equality training for adults. In the past we by the council to deliver the workshops have run training days for teachers, youth themselves. workers, trainee teachers, prison officers, council In both the North East and Scotland, we have members and football teams. been working with ex-professional footballers to The next section of this guide gives a detailed deliver anti-racist workshops accompanied by explanation of the best way we have found to run football training,. We have found that working such a scheme, which will be useful for anybody with ex-players increases the profile of the work, it looking to start up a programme of work. also increases the interest from the schools and a guide for councils 21

CASE STUDY Sunderland Council Sunderland has been working in partnership still seen as positive role models and are able with Show Racism the Red Card since June 2004 to relay their knowledge and experiences in a way to deliver anti-racism training to schools and that young people can easily relate to. youth groups in the City. Funded by the A key part of the programme’s success can Neighbourhood Renewal Fund through the also be put down to the pro-active involvement Sunderland Local Strategic Partnership, it was of schools and youth organisations. Feedback the first local authority area in the country to from earlier programmes had been work with the organisation in this manner. Its overwhelmingly positive and schools were able aim of using the popularity and impact of to capitalise on this by following-up the SRTRC football to challenge and raise awareness of sessions with further classes on diversity and racism and prejudice has proved to be a winning equality. This helped to ensure that messages combination and has subsequently proved to be from the programme could be explored in one of the most successful, innovative and contexts other than football. positive programmes the Sunderland Sponsoring the regular SRTRC team posters Partnership and Sunderland City Council has has also proved to be helpful in this respect. As ever been involved with. well as those depicting Sunderland AFC, schools The reasons for its success and popularity are have been able to use the England posters for not hard to fathom. Firstly, there is the highly the Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 committed and knowledgeable SRTRC team who competitions to emphasise the positive deliver the training. Sarah Soyei, Gary Bennett contribution today’s footballers can make to the and Keiron Brady’s enthusiasm undoubtedly get the anti-racism message across. Staging rubs off on the young people and this is such a events such as the annual launch of the big asset when it comes to any form of teaching. Sunderland poster and the new DVD can also Secondly, it is fun. The message being play an important role. These have included communicated may be serious but it is delivered appearances from current players and the city in a way that is highly enjoyable for the kids and Mayor and also featured question and answer attention can therefore be held more easily. sessions on racism from invited schoolchildren Using ex-footballers is also inspired. Ex and their teachers among other activities. Sunderland captain Gary and former Republic of June 2006 saw the start of the third training Ireland international Kieron’s professional programme in the city. We are very pleased to playing days may be behind them, but they are continue our association with SRTRC and sincerely hope this can continue into 2007 and beyond.”

LES PLATT, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION TEAM, SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL.

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• Contact Show Racism the Red Card about the possibility of us running a community education scheme in your area delivered by ex-professional footballers. • Set up your own council run anti-racist community education scheme. Show Racism the Red Card is willing to provide training and support for anyone wishing to set up a programme of anti-racist education. • Speak with the “Football in the Community” department at your local football club to investigate the possibility of Pictured below working together to deliver an anti-racist community Calvin Zola of educational programme alongside football training. Tranmere Rovers answering • Ask Show Racism the Red Card to come and deliver questions. training to council members • Co-organise an anti-racism youth conference with Show Racism the Red Card

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Part 3 Detailed Information on Setting up a Long Term Programme

of Anti-Racist alker United. Workshops

“..Well resourced and planned. The nature of the activities meant that the “ children were motivated and engaged”. DIAMOND HALL JUNIORS e a young boy demonstrates his footrball skills at W ed her Pictur

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CASE STUDY Nottinghamshire County Council and Notts County Football in the Commumity “Notts County FC were approached by Nottinghamshire County Council to get involved in the Red Card programme which has been running successfully for a number of years here in Nottingham. To encourage schools to take part we offered free practical coaching sessions delivered by our football in the community team, these sessions were enhanced by football in the community staff who delivered classroom workshops using the educational resources provided by Show Racism The Red Card. ( 3 football in the community staff travelled to Sunderland to recieve training in the classroom element of the programme). So far we have worked with 10 Primary Schools and in September will roll out the Red Card sessions to a further 10 Primary Schools, the sessions are being funded by Nottinghamshire County Council and we have worked closely with their Development Officer Raj Sharma. We are awaiting formal feedback from participating Schools but the initial reaction to the sessions has been very enthusiastic and positive from both teachers and the children taking part.” GRAHAM MORAN, COMMUNITY DIRECTOR, NOTTS COUNTY FC

1. Overview positive one, both for the delivery team and the young people involved. Show Racism the Red Card has developed an excellent set of resources, honed and improved 2. Selecting an Audience over 10 years of experience, and over the last 2 years we have had an educational team who have a. Age groups to work with: been taking these resources into schools and We have found that the best groups to work youth clubs in the North East of England to a with the Show Racism the Red Card video are Yr 5 great reception. The programme is also running and Yr 6 students (ages 9-11 the top 2 years of in Scotland where ex-players deliver the primary school). We have run workshops with workshops. both older and younger children, and these can The North East team has been funded by the often be very effective, however the greatest Football Foundation in conjunction with South impact seems to be with these year groups. Tyneside, and Sunderland City Councils and Children younger than 8 struggle with some of Government Office North East, the Scottish team the concepts, language on the video and by the Scottish Executive and several other local activities in the education pack and we would not councils in Scotland. recommend specifically targeting them unless This part of the guide is intended to pass on there is a particular issue in that group. the experience we have developed over this time, The workshop can be very effective with older the potential pitfalls and best procedures to young people, especially if the activities are ensure that the experience of delivering anti- adapted to ensure that they are challenging racism workshops with our resources is a enough for that age group, however it is often a guide for councils 25

harder to schedule time with older young people as material can also be used to great effect in a youth their timetables are more tightly packed with exam group setting and there are arguments that you preparation and discipline can become more of an reach young people there that you may not meet in issue. The football training is especially popular a school setting, and the young people feel more with children who are not yet at secondary school. free to express their real opinions, which gives the The ‘A Safe Place’ video is not suitable for young facilitator a greater opportunity to challenge children, due to challenging subject matter and wrongly held beliefs. some disturbing scenes. In the North East we have When working with youth groups it is important specifically targeted Secondary school pupils (age to be able to adapt the activities in respect of the 12+) but it has also been used very effectively in setting and it is important to be able to change Glasgow with 10 and 11 year olds. things if the session starts to deteriorate, Q & A A recent study has found that 10 year olds are the sessions with footballers, sport competitions and most likely to hold racial prejudice, but they are also quizzes are held in reserve for times of crisis! more easily influenced to change their minds than d. Facilities: older teenagers. A classroom is the best environment for the b. Numbers to work with: workshop, we prefer to have the desks out of the We have found that it is best to work with small way and the young people to be seated in a groups this allows more interaction between the horseshoe shape with the television at the front. facilitator and young people and prevents the Many schools now have interactive whiteboards on workshop from becoming a lecture. When running which the DVD can be shown, these are ideal, the football training large groups can be difficult to providing a large high quality picture that all the handle and may mean that some pupils have to sit class can see easily. out part of the session. Where possible we work with groups of 10-25 young people. 3. Advertising the c. Where to work:

ofessional footballers Ian Bogie, Curtis Fleming, John Anderson and Gary Bennett show their support for the campaign availability of the A classroom setting is the easiest to deal with, workshops e Ex-pr the young people are used to it as a work We produced a flyer advertising the availability of ed her environment and teachers are used to dealing with any disruptive elements, however the videos and the workshops; with a booking form on the back for Pictur

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om CSV - Community Connection those who were interested see Appendix 1. Press Originally we wrote a simple letter to each school The local press are very important in letting and whilst this did lead to some bookings it often local people know of the availability of the with volunteers fr got lost amongst the vast amount of paper that a workshops. Regular press releases and school receives. interviews ensure that the education work The glossy flyer has had a much greater appears in the local media as often as possible. impact and the fact that it can be made into a When launching the work in an area and on a poster for use in the school, means that the yearly basis we run a special high profile event young people are more aware of the visit prior to where local school children are invited and given the occasion which increases the anticipation the opportunity to pose questions on racism and and if the workshop is to be delivered by ex- obtain autographs from professional footballers ge Stephenson High School, Killingworth footballers, they have more idea of who they are from the local team. For more information see when they arrive. the events section of this guide. om Geor

CASE STUDY Middlesbrough Council

e young people fr Erimus Housing is a Registered Social Landlord in Middlesbrough and in partnership with Middlesbrough Children’s Fund and as part of its commitment to building Sustainable ed her Communities it runs a citizenship programme in 33 of the town’s Primary Schools called Pictur “Community Kids”. The project covers issues such as: Anti-Social behaviour, Nuisance and Harassment, Graffiti, Bullying and Racism. The Racism work is done using the Show Racism The Red Card package and this has now been delivered to over 5000 children in Middlesbrough since 2002. The project is fully evaluated by the Children and one of the questions asked is “What do you think you learnt during the project?” and despite the number of topics covered the most popular response is “Not to be Racist.” DAVID FOSTER, ERIMUS HOUSING

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4. Prior to the day • Does the school have a race equality/anti- racism policy? If so could you provide us with a. Making a booking a copy? Where possible we look to provide Once we have received a booking form from a support to schools in developing active and school we telephone them to confirm the type of useful race equality policies. It is a legal workshop they would like and agree a date. We requirement for schools to have a race then send out a letter to the school confirming the equality policy, however many schools have arrangements. In the letter we stress the still not fulfilled this requirement or think that requirements from the school. These include: their anti-bullying policy is enough. Others • A teacher needs to be present at all times have anti-racism policies that are not really for both the classroom workshop and the relevant or useful. football training It is possible to download standard race • We never run a workshop without a equality policies from the Internet; these may be teacher or youth leader present, we are there of some use, however each school needs to tailor to deliver anti-racist education not to oversee its policy to its individual needs. Schools, which a class, however, despite not ever being alone have large numbers of minority ethnic pupils, will with the young people all our workers and have different requirements to those who do not. volunteers are CRB (Criminal Records The DfES provides the following document to Bureau) checked (Disclosure Checked in help schools to develop a race equality policy Scotland) before delivering workshops. http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/9252/Issues _to_Outcomes_Dec04pdf.pdf • The young people will require PE kit including The Commission for Racial Equality has also suitable footwear. You will be surprised how developed guidance for schools throughout the UK many schools we have visited where the http://www.cre.gov.uk/downloads/duty_schools. young people have not had the appropriate kit pdf to participate in the football training We have worked closely with EMTRAS (the • The classroom should be arranged with the ethnic minority, traveller and refugee chairs in a horseshoe shape with the TV and achievement service) in local councils to help DVD player/Video at the front schools to improve their anti-racism policies and We also ask for the following information: provide teachers with the training that they may • For the school to write back to confirm the need. arrangements: Is there are prefect system, school council or This provides a written record that the school similar? has agreed to the date/timetable etc in case This is useful to know for the discussion with of a problem on the day. the young people. One of the questions that we • School First Aider and location of First Aid ask is “What can we do about racism” If the Equipment. This is required as part of the risk school has a prefect system or school council assessment these can be brought into the discussion.

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b. Obtaining Prizes for the 5. Workshop Plans young people The workshop plans that we use are It is useful to have prizes to attached to the end of this guide in present to the young people who Appendix 1. We have different plans win the quiz, posters and for depending on how long we have to sportsmanship during the football. work with the young people and We have been lucky that Sunderland which video we are using. AFC have often donated match tickets, which we have been able to Working with volunteers from an use as prizes. In the absence of this asylum seeking background we have given away T-shirts and The impact of the “ A Safe Place” wristbands. workshop is much greater if the young people have the opportunity We have had certificates made up to meet with and talk to someone to present to the young people at who has an asylum-seeking the end of the session as a record of Pictured below A background. Therefore where their involvement in the workshop. volunteer speaks possible we try to work with The certificates are individually about his volunteers who are able to come in signed and are a special memento experiences as an and share their experiences with the of the day for the young people and asylum seeker to class. Local organisations something that they can take home young people from supporting volunteering and those to show their parents, which may George supporting refugees have both been provoke discussion within the Stephenson High very helpful in putting us in contact home. School, with volunteers who are able to Killingworth support the work.

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6. Possible Questions • Is it racist to want your football rivals to get beaten? from the Young People No! and Sample Answers. • Is it racist to call someone fat/spotty etc? The Education Packs that accompany the video It is wrong to attack anyone for something and DVD contain a good number of questions that they cannot change. People who are and answers. However during the course of our attacked experience great distress. They may community work there are some more questions become fearful, depressed and lacking in that regularly appear: self-confidence, and their progress at school • Why are your resources about white people may be severely damaged, however this is being racist to black people, it can happen not racism. the other way around? It is wrong to discriminate or judge anyone • Why is it worse to call someone racist names because of their colour or race, however than it is to call them by other names? white people tend to be in the majority and Racism has a long history affecting millions they also hold most of the positions of power. of people and is a common feature in society. There is an argument that to be racist you When someone is bullied because of their have to be prejudiced and in a position of race the bully is not just attacking them but power. their family, culture and the very essence of who they are. Racist bullying is so serious in Statistics on racism compiled by various that it can continue through a person’s life. professions prove that black and Asian People may be discriminated against for their people receive higher levels of racism than race and prevented from getting a good job, white people e.g. chools exclusion rates, or access to services and it can even escalate deaths in custody, educational attainment, up to murder. Words such Spotty, Fatty and prison population. So the resources have to Four Eyes are seldom used by adults and be imbalanced because racism is seldom or never used by adults to justify imbalanced. In the same way that campaigns offensive behaviour. The law recognises the to eradicate sexism are biased towards seriousness of racism by requiring that discrimination against women. courts should impose higher sentences when However, racism can occur between different an offence is aggravated by racist or religious groups of white people. Eastern Europeans hostility. coming to Britain to seek refuge, work or study are often victims of racism as are Irish Travellers. In our latest DVD there are some 7. Football Training young white people who tell stories of how a. Risk Assessment they have suffered at the hands of racists and Due to safety issues, it is vitally important that we hope to convey the message that the venue for the football training is appropriate. discriminating against anybody because of We have been offered halls that are too small for their skin colour, religion, background or the numbers involved or halls, which contain culture is wrong. hazards such as pianos. Whilst it may not be 30 show racism the red card

possible to visit every school prior to the day to youth groups. We have feedback forms for both check the venue the requirements should be made the young people and the teachers. clear to the person booking the workshop. On the We have often been asked whether girls and day we arrive 15 minutes early to conduct a risk those not interested in football engage with our assessment for the football training and the risk resources, in order to answer this question we assessment form is attached in Appendix 3 have started to ask the child’s gender on the See Appendix 4 for the outline lesson plan for feedback form. We are still in the early stages of the football training. collecting this data, but the results so far have shown that there is no real discrimination b. Tying in with the anti-racist theme between the sexes and 99% of both boys and girls The football training needs to be kept as such asked have said that they enjoyed the session and therefore we try not to disrupt it by introducing overall. other activities, however we try to tie it in with the Results for 267 young people anti-racist theme. We have produced Show Opinion of the video Racism the Red Card Bibs for the young people to wear whilst they participate. Sportsmanship and teamwork is stressed throughout the session and prizes are given for effort and sportsmanship.

8. Feedback/Assessing the impact of the work Attached to the back of this report in Appendix 5 are the feedback forms that we use in schools and

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Opinion of the football training Question: What did you like best?

Opinion of the Classroom work TRC event

From these charts it is easy to see that the football training is the single most enjoyable part

of the day for a large number of boys and girls and om Newcastle at a SR Did you enjoy the workshop overall? therefore an extremely important way of engaging 99% yes for both boys and girls the young people in the activities. e pupils fr ed her Pictur

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A Safe Place Feedback Why do asylum seekers and refugees come to live in Scotland? In Scotland we have implemented an excellent form of feedback for the “A Safe Place” Positive Negative If negative, If negative, workshops. Each young person completes a Answer Answer similar altered questionnaire at the beginning and the end of the attitude attitude workshop so that it is possible to assess the after? after? immediate impact that the workshop has had on 86% 14% 22% 78% the young peoples opinions. This has proven to be a valuable tool in measuring the value of the A pupil gave a great example of the ignorance work. Examples of the questionnaire used can be that some children have with respect to people found in Appendix 5 from other races. When asked the above Question: Should refugees and asylum seekers question, his reply was that our Government be allowed to live in Scotland? “had brought them over to be slaves”. After the workshop his answer to the same question was Yes No If no, altered attitude after that, “the asylum seekers are here so they do not workshop? get hurt. They are scared because there are wars in their countries”. Another example of a child 65% 35% 71% not understanding a situation was when a pupil who stated that asylum seekers and refugees One pupil, who had initially stated his dissent were in Scotland “because their countries are too at the influx of refugees and asylum seekers to hot”. After the workshop the same question Scotland, when asked after the session his brought the response that “they are looking for a opinion replied that they should be allowed to safe place”. live in Scotland “as they are only looking for a safe place”. Another pupil states in response to Five word description of refugees or asylum this question that, “they shouldn’t be allowed to seekers. live in Scotland, because they take over our shops and raid our bins and sometimes we see them Positive Negative If negative, If negative, stealing other people’s things”. After the Answer Answer similar altered workshop her reply was altered significantly, “yes attitude attitude they should be allowed to live here as their own after? after? country might be having a war and they don’t 62% 38% 24% 76% want to die. Another child answered that they shouldn’t be allowed, “Because they come here In response to this question before the to steal, annoy and bully. They should stay in their workshop, one pupil could only come up with own country”. The same child when asked after one word, “coloured”. After the session the same the workshop replied, “ Yes they should. I have child’s response was “frightened, scared, upset, changed my mind because they are just the same petrified and miserable”. For this child the focus as us. It is fair”. was no longer on the person’s skin colour but on a guide for councils 33

the underlying reasons for their arrival in our also important to consider that teenage girls from country. some cultures do not take part in mixed sport, for Another pupil’s five word description was “ example Muslim girls. This is not an issue for pre- uneducated, poor, dumb, criminals and cheeky”. pubescent girls, but once they are in secondary After the session the reply was “frightened, lonely, schools they are not allowed to take part in mixed sad, smart and young”. sport. It is important that young people are not unintentionally left out of the session. If the Increased awareness through participation in groups are going to do mixed sport and there are the workshop? young people present who are unable to take part Yes No for whatever reason, an alternative activity should be arranged for them. 92% 8% Facilities It can be evidenced that the vast majority of the The correct facilities are important for both the children who took part in the workshop, 92%, felt workshop and the football training and the that their awareness of issues relating to racism requirements should be made clear beforehand. has been increased through their involvement. One school we visited arranged for the workshop One child when stating his increased knowledge, to be held in a metalwork room. The benches asserted that, he “didn’t know that refugees and were immoveable and so the group could not be asylum seekers could be white people as well”! sat in the horseshoe, and there were too many distractions in the form of metalwork apparatus. 9. Potential Problems Towards the end of the session one of the young people trapped her finger in a hole in the desk Ensuring the venue is prepared and the fire brigade had to be summoned to free We have had times where we have arrived at a her! Halls which are used as thoroughfares or school and the person who organised the which need to be set up for lunch halfway through workshop has not been present and the school the session are also unsuitable and provide too have not been prepared for our arrival. We have much distraction for the young people. tried to prevent this from happening by writing to As previously mentioned the venue suggested the school and asking them to write back to for the football training can often be confirm the arrangements. This provides a inappropriate. If the venue is too small we try to written record of the arrangements if any divide the group into smaller groups so some problems arise on the day. We also try to phone watch whilst the others participate. the school a day or two before the workshop to Another problem that cannot be planned for is ensure that there are no problems. the weather. Often we are booked to work outside and the weather can become inclement. It is Some young people are unable to important to have a back up activity that can be take part in sport delivered instead. We have a football quiz and Where possible our football trainers amend Q&A session that can be used if the football activities to allow those with medical problems or training cannot be delivered for any reason. disabilities to take part as much as possible. It is

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10. Following Up the Work - What happens after the day? The impact of the workshops is much larger when a continuing programme of work is carried out with a group. Wherever possible we try to Pictur visit groups twice with the Show Racism the Red ed her Card DVD and the A Safe Place workshop. This gives us an opportunity to build on the e SR foundations that we have laid. Other ideas for TRC staf

extension activities are: f and volunteers at W Working with other groups who deliver anti-racist education There are many different groups working to alker United. deliver the anti-racist message in different the event from selling balloon tickets for a balloon formats, theatre, music and comedy to name a race, to organising activities and few. It is possible to set up partnerships and performances/presentations on the day. arrange for these groups to visit after you to reinforce the message. For example: We have Leaving Resources worked with a London based project Nu-Mcs who Unfortunately, funding and staffing constraints run anti-racist rapping workshops and have can mean that it is not possible to work with the visited groups who have already experienced our same group over a long period however, it is sessions. We are also looking at setting up further important to consider the legacy that will remain long term partnerships to visit schools together after the day. We try to leave a copy of the video and deliver a variety of anti-racist and myth and the education pack with the teacher who busting workshops to compound the impact of booked the workshop so that they have the the work. facilities to do more in depth work after we leave. Involving the young people in larger The gold standard scheme we are running in anti-racist events South Tyneside encourages schools to introduce Young people can produce artwork that can be anti-racism work across the curriculum and the used as a display at a larger anti-racist event, they education packs provide ideas which can be can also become involved in the organisation of built upon.

The Show Racism the Red Card team is Happy to work with you to provide advice, training and support in order to help you to set up an educational scheme in your area.

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Part 4 Appendices TRC event e a SR ed her Pictur

“..Coach quickly realised the ability levels of children and tailored activities “ to suit. Very well executed”. BEDEWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL

Appendix 1: Workshop Plans Show Racism the Red Card Video 8-11 year olds 2-Hour Sessions

Setting If possible have the young people in a horseshoe around the TV and video. With a white board/flip chart available

Heading Description Timing

Introduction Introduce everyone. Ask the young people what they think “Show 5 Racism the Red Card” means then explain the purpose of the session. Before the session starts set the rules for the session. People may have different viewpoints, and you mustn’t pick on someone because they have a different viewpoint to you. Tell the young people that there are no right or wrong answers.

Icebreaker See Education Pack page 4: introduction to racism 6 Activity

Questions What is Racism? Write answers on a flip chart 5 Have a definition of racism already written on the flip board to reveal Points to Look For - Colour, Race, Nationality, Religion, Culture

First part of video 8

Questions What forms does racism take? Abuse – Bullying – Calling names, physically attacking – harassing – 4 making it harder for people to get jobs etc Racist Terminology: Inc. Coloured People? Read out poem

Last part of video 8 to the end

Questions How can we challenge racism? 6

Quiz See Quiz Sheet - Young People Undertake Quiz in pairs. 20

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Activity Young people get the opportunity to produce their own work in the 30 form of a poster, poem etc Alternative Activity: Role-Play around the feelings described in earlier activity: isolation, sadness etc

Quiz Answers Winners get caps/beanie hats/match tickets/wristbands 10

Q&A session Young people get the opportunity to pose questions on racism and 8 football to Gary and Kieron

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“A Safe Place” Workshop 11+ with an Asylum Seeking Volunteer Total Time = 115 mins. Allowing 5 minutes for class changeover, longer questions etc

Setting If possible have the young people in a horseshoe around the TV and video. With a white board/flip chart available

Heading Description Timing

Asylum Seekers Young people complete the sentence and put their completed 5 are… sentences in a box in the middle of the room. This helps to keep young people occupied if there are any late arrivals and gives an idea of the opinion of the group before the session starts

Introduction Introduce everyone. Tell the young people what SRTRC does and what 5 the purpose of today’s session is. . Before the session starts set the rules for the session. People may have different viewpoints, and you mustn’t pick on someone because they have a different viewpoint to you. Tell the young people that there are no right or wrong answers.

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Discussion Read out a few of the original comments on asylum seekers. Talk about 10 the difference between the terms ‘asylum seeker ‘and ‘refugee’. Have definitions written on the flip chart

True/False Quiz Have “True” on one wall and “False” on another. Using the quiz on the 10 video the young people stand by the heading that they believe is correct. The statement is then stuck under the relevant heading.

Volunteer’s Story The volunteer recounts their experiences of seeking asylum to the 10 young people

Activity: Newspaper headlines See Activity Sheet 4 15

Questions and Young people can put their questions to the volunteer. Questions are 10 Answer Session written down and the volunteer chooses which to answer. There are prizes for the best questions

Activity: Create a positive headline See Activity Sheet 3 20

Revisit Go through original comments and see if the young people still agree 5 Brainstorm with them or wish to add any new comments

“One thing I The young people finish by writing down something that they have 5 have learnt” learnt during the session on a post-it note and come up and stick it on the wall/blackboard/door. Encourage them to read all of the comments on their way out.

Distribute Give out “Myth Busters” leaflets and SRTRC resources. 5 resources

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“A Safe Place” Workshop 2 hours Age Group:11 and Under Total Time = 116 mins allowing 4 minutes for class changeover

Setting If possible have the young people in a horseshoe around the TV and video. With a white board/flip chart available

Heading Description Timing

Introduction Introduce everyone. Tell the young people what SRTRC does and 5 what the purpose of today’s session is. . Before the session starts set the rules for the session. People may have different viewpoints, and you mustn’t pick on someone because they have a different viewpoint to you. tell the young people that there are no right or wrong answers.

Questions Who are Asylum Seekers and Refugees? What do the terms mean? 5 Assess the knowledge of the class and make sure that they understand the terms

Famous Refugees Give out Worksheet one. The young people have to match up the name 15 of a famous refugee with what they are famous for

Video Show video and stop it at various points to discuss the feelings of the 30 young people who are speaking

Wordsearch Finish the first session by handing out a wordsearch where the young 5 people have to find words connected with the issue of Asylum prize for the pair that finishes first

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True/False Quiz Have “True” on one wall and “False” on another. Using the quiz on the 5 video the young people stand by the heading that they believe is correct. The statement is then stuck under the relevant heading.

Leila’s Story Divide the young people into groups of three and give them Leila’s 20 story and a question sheet, each member of the group should be allocated an individual role ask them to read the story answer the questions and then report back to the class.

How could you In the same groups the young people should think of 3 ways in which 5 they could help Leila settle into the community whether in school or out of school.

Activity: What would you take? In the same groups, ask the children to draw 5 10 things they would take with them if they were being forced to leave home within 15 minutes.

Compare the children’s choices and ask why they arrived at these 7 conclusions and ask if there is anything that is very precious to them that they had to leave behind?

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Heading Description Timing

Put up a poster with pictures of different faces and ask the young 5 people to pick out the asylum seeker. Explain that you can’t, there is no set racial, religious or ethnic criteria for asylum seekers. Explain to the children that asylum seekers are immigrants like any other immigrant, the only difference being that their decision to leave home was forced upon them due to various forms of adversity, oppression, War, persecution etc.

“One thing I The young people finish by writing down something that they have 2 have learnt” learnt during the session on a post-it note and come up and stick it on the wall/blackboard/door. Encourage them to read all of the comments on their way out.

Distribute Give out “The Truth About Asylum” leaflets and SRTRC resources. 1 resources

Total Time = 120 mins

Appendix 2: Football Training Plan

Activity Description Time (min)

Introduction Meet the Children, Introductions and explain the purpose of the 5 session. Enquire as to whether there are any injuries or if anyone is on medication.

Warm up Jogging, hopping, skipping, squatting and other exercises to loosen up 10 the body.

Stretches Hamstrings, calves, groin, thighs, explaining where the muscles are, 8 how they function and how to stretch them.

Drills Put the young people into teams and have a competition using the drills 15 through cones and markers with and without footballs.

Games The length and number of games depends on the numbers of young 15 people, e.g. 3 teams 3 x 5 min games.

Warm Down Jogging and Stretches 5

Prize giving Thank the young people for taking part and present a prize to the 2 and thanks person who showed the best sportsmanship/most effort.

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Useful Contacts

There is an extensive list of useful contacts at the end of the Education Pack. In addition to these the following contacts may be useful when trying to set up an education programme:

Rewind – www.rewind.org.uk. Anti-racism education that takes a different perspective to most on anti-racist education, debunking the myth that we are of different races

TeacherNet – Anti-Racist Bullying - www.teachernet.gov.uk/racistbullying An excellent resource for teachers and facilitators about racist bullying in schools.

Portsmouth EMAS Asylum Myth Busting Quiz for Schools - http://www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk/asylum/rasgame/index.shtml

Reports separating asylum myths from reality: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/asylum/

Sarah Soyei – North East Area Schools Worker Show Racism the Red Card – [email protected]

Gerry Britton – works with SRTRC Scotland to deliver anti-racism workshops - [email protected]

Acknowledgements

Compiled by Sarah Soyei

Thanks to the following people for their help in putting this report together:

Gerry Britton Gav Sutherland Martin Lightfoot Gary Bennett Dennis Woolford Gwyneth Tweats Kieron Brady Graham Moran David Tweats Carolyn Grainger David Foster Rhona Carr Ged Grebby Les Platt Judith Hinitt Roddy McNulty John Lloyd Lee Dobson Joe Smart Simone Pound Billy Singh

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