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EQUALITY & INCLUSION AT BURNLEY FC
SEASON REVIEW 2018/19 INTRODUCTION
MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE FROM OUR MESSAGE FROM OUR MESSAGE FROM OUR THE CHAIRMAN EQUALITY CHAMPION CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EQUALITY LEAD
Mike Garlick Brian Nelson Dave Baldwin Neil Hart
Burnley Football Club is committed to promoting equality and valuing diversity across Burnley Football Club has a Burnley FC is committed to Burnley FC is proud to be our staff, supporters and the wider community. We see our progress towards the proud tradition of being a equality across our entire ‘One Club for All’. achievement of the Premier League Intermediate Equality Standard as a crucial part of family and community club. operations. We will ensure that anyone this work. This document outlines our achievements in this area over the course of the It holds a unique position in We have a zero-tolerance who wishes to engage with 2018/19 season. the town. stance on any discriminatory the Club - whether as a Although we are proud of what we have accomplished to-date, we recognise that this is We have developed a strong abuse. In response to supporter, staff member, an ongoing evolution and we are committed to developing this piece of work further over ‘One Club for All’ ethos feedback from our Inclusion player, participant of Burnley coming seasons. which has become part of Advisory Group, we have FC in the Community’s the DNA of Burnley Football developed a new RESPECT programmes or any other Football has the ability to reach all sections of the community. We want to use the power Club. text line which has been person - is able to do so. of football to tackle discrimination and bring people together. widely publicised across I am proud of the progress This document sets out Burnley FC is truly ‘One Club for All’. Our mission is to ensure that everyone feels welcome the stadium in matchday Burnley FC and Burnley where we currently are as at Turf Moor and can enjoy football free from discrimination. programmes and on the big FC in the Community has an organisation and some of screen during games. made this season across our the excellent work we have We are fully committed to equality and have a zero-tolerance stance on equality priorities and we We are committed to completed in this field. will continue to build on this ensuring that Turf Moor discrimination in any form at Burnley FC. We work closely with Burnley FC From this strong foundation, foundation in the coming offers a welcoming space for in the Community to reach out to all sections of the community in Burnley we now look forward years. all supporters and that our and beyond. We look forward to continuing to develop our equality work to embracing the new work in the equality space is in the coming seasons. challenges ahead. a priority for Burnley FC. Brian Nelson, Burnley FC Director, Neil Hart, Chair of Burnley FC in the Dave Baldwin, Mike Garlick, Chief Executive Officer, Community and Equality Chief Executive Officer, Burnley FC Chairman Burnley FC in the Board Champion Burnley FC Community
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2 3 2018/19 HIGHLIGHTS
Clarets Welcome number of individuals have now secured practice to support Burnley Football their FA Level 1 and Coaching Disabled Club in its equality and inclusion work. Burnley FC in the Community offers Footballers qualifications. ● To work with the Club to develop its free football sessions to young men partnership with key LGBT organisations. who have settled in Burnley and East Lancashire following displacement The group now has its own dedicated from Syria as a consequence of the social media accounts and can be ongoing conflict occurring in the followed via their Facebook page and country. Twitter account @LGBTClarets. The group has elected Nicky Metcalfe as Chair and John Kettle as Vice Chair and is reaching out to LGBT supporters to get in touch. 10 individuals living with a disability have Female Football now entered the volunteer pathway and TS WEL RE CO A M Burnley FC in the Community’s female L E C in the case of one young man, Amaan – who was recently recognised by Burnley football programme now sees over 400 FC in the Community at its annual females playing and enjoying football every week across Burnley. The Clarets Welcome project aims to fundraising dinner – have secured paid allow those who participate to develop work. their playing skills, be part of a team Turfed Out! and enjoy football in a safe, welcoming environment. Turfed Out is Burnley FC’s new LGBT supporters’ group. The aim of the group To date, the project has proved a is to provide a forum for all for LGBT real success with the team playing a Burnley fans. competitive game against Leicester Encompassing young players from age City’s Community Trust and attending a five through to adults, the programme number of Premier League fixtures at the offers Wildcats sessions for primary Turf Moor stadium. school-aged players and Premier League EQUALITY & DIVERSITY STATEMENT Disability Sport Girls for players 11+. The Burnley FC Women teams range from under 10s Over 800 people now engage with through to the first team. Burnley FC in the Community’s disability sport project every week. The The recent success of the Burnley FC project encompasses recreational and The aims of the group are: Women first team - who have now Burnley Football Club endorses the in particular that they are able to 03.To prioritise, as identified from the competitive sport as well as disability achieved back-to-back promotions - has ● To support the Club in its work to principle of equality and will strive to enjoy their engagement at the Club Audit, underrepresented within boosted the profile of the female game awareness sessions. promote and address inclusion and ensure that everyone who wishes to be without the threat of intimidation, the club’s supporters figures; BAME at the Club. With the pyramid now in Now four years into its operations, the diversity at Burnley Football Club with involved in the club whether as players, victimisation, harassment, bullying groups. place to play football from a young age, project is establishing a successful a focus on LGBT supporters. matchday fans, staff, Board members, and abuse. the hope is more and more females will 04.To consult our LGBT community and volunteer pathway for participants ● To discuss LGBT issues, formulate participants in outreach programmes take up the beautiful game. develop a plan to ensure their voice and other people engaged with the Burnley Football Club’s showing an interest in coaching. A solutions and share ideas and best is heard and integrated into the club club’s activities (for example, suppliers, Equality Priorities supporter base. Members of the Inclusion Advisory Group: Andy Devanney (Parish Councillor and corporate partners): Inclusion Advisory Group Every season Burnley FC uses our Director of the Burnley FC Memorial 05.To ensure that the Club offers Afrasiab Anwar MBE (Councillor and ● Has a genuine and equal opportunity equality data to ensure that our Burnley FC has brought together a Garden) outstanding facilities for supporters Community Leader) Chair to participate to the full extent of priorities reflect our findings. Our group of partners and supporters to Kathryn Ellidge (Headteacher) with a disability. Anita Ghidotti (Chief Executive Officer, their own ambitions and abilities, equality priorities are: ensure that people remain at the heart Ross Bosdorff (Dedicated Football UB ONE CLU Pendle Education Trust) without regard to their age, disability, E CL B ON N E B O CLU LU B E C ON of Burnley FC. ON E B CL U U Officer, Lancashire Constabulary) 01.To address the gender imbalance in L B C O E N N E gender reassignment, marital or civil O C B L U U (Deaf Supporter) L B Georgia McClellan C O E N N E
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4 5 The audit took place in February 2019. Staff and the Board completed an anonymous questionnaire online with paper copies provided to staff where necessary.
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2% Preferred not to say 0% Under 16 10% 55-64 2% Hearing impairment 0% Physical impairment (wheel chair) 55% Male 37% 16-24 2% 65-74 1% Visual impairment 1% Long term illness 43% Female 24% 25-34 0% 75+ 4% Learning difficulty 0% Other STAFF 0% No response / Not answered 13% 35-44 0% Preferred not to say 0% Learning impairment/disability 0% No response/ not answered 13% 45-54 0% Social/communication impairment 1% Preferred not to say 1% Physical impairment (ambulant) 87% Not applicable 3% Mental health condition ● The number of female staff the analysis there was a significant ● There has continued to be a shift responding to the survey has increase in the number of staff from in the religious beliefs of staff with increased significantly. 49.6% of a white background, with the figure a steady decline in the % of staff permanent staff are female. increasing from 85% to 93%. The 1% 2% identifying as Christian from 44.8% in 1% number of non-white staff was 6%. ● Only 10% of staff are over the age of 55 2016/17 to 36% in 2018/19. Conversely 1% This is significantly below the local when removing matchday staff, casual there has been an increase in the 2% population estimates of 12%. 6% staff and stewards out of the analysis. number of staff identifying with no 10% 8% 4% 8% ● The results of the analysis found that Comparisons with national religion from 42.25% in 2016/17 to 48% 3% when removing matchday staff, casual and local demographics in 2018/19. This now accounts for the staff and stewards out of the analysis biggest group of staff. When compared with national the number of LGBT staff increased 48% population statistics the following ● The number of staff identifying from 5.6% to 9%. These figures are 38% groups are most underrepresented themselves as LGBT has increased 85% significantly higher than the national 84% population estimates of 3%. staff: significantly since 2016/17 (2%). In
● 2017/18 this figure increased to 5.9% ● 2% of respondents identified that 11% of Burnley FC staff have a disability and in 2018/19 the figure increased their gender does not match their compared to regional estimates of again to 9%. sex as registered at birth. There is no 23% of the local population. robust national data to compare this SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF STAFF ETHNICITY OF STAFF STAFF RELIGION ● BAME staff make up 6% of the ● The most recent audit has found a figure to. 2018/19 2018/19 2018/19 workforce, compared to local data significant increase in the number 10% Preferred not to say 0% Other 85% White 0% Other specified 6% Preferred not to say 6% Hindu ● The results of the analysis found estimates of 12% of the population. of white staff. These figures were at 84% Hetrosexual / straight 2% Gay woman / lesbian 10% Mixed/multiple ethnic 2% Prefer not to answer 0% Buddhist 1% Sikh that when removing matchday Comparison with Preliminary 86% in 2016/17 and 79% in 2017/18. 0% No response / Not answered 3% Bisexual 1% Black/African/Caribbean/ 8% Muslim 38% Christian (all denominations) staff, casual staff and stewards out In the most recent data collection 1% Gay man Black British 0% No response / Not answered 0% Jewish Level data 8% Asian/ Asian British 48% No religion 0% Other of the analysis the number of staff period this figure had increased to reporting a disability increased from ● The number of female staff 97% of staff (when removing stewards, 10% to 11%. However, this is still below responding to the survey has matchday staff and casuals out of the national estimates of 22% and increased significantly. In 2017/18 35% the analysis). This was matched by a regional estimates of 23% of the local of respondents were female. However, corresponding decrease in non-white population. this figure has increased to 49.6%
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● Community participants are most reflective of the local community in terms of ethnic group. 19% of participants with a recorded ethnic group are Asian/ Asian British. This is significantly higher than the local population estimate of 12%.
10 11 THEMED MATCHDAYS
This season, we once again dedicated several matchdays to the promotion of equality and inclusion. The matchdays reaffirmed the message that Burnley FC is ‘One Club for All’.
Diversity Day v Liverpool in December. Captain Ben The stories showcased how lives have Mee wore the rainbow armband, club been fundamentally improved by the Diversity Day was held at the Burnley v mascot Bertie Bee and Burnley FC in the work of Burnley FC in the Community Huddersfield Town fixture in October Community staff sported the rainbow and Burnley Football Club. 2018. The day was a celebration of laces and the matchday pitchflag, ball equality and diversity at Burnley Football plinth, handshake board, substitute Club and was lead by the message of board, programme and big screen Football Welcomes ‘One Club for All’. were all adorned with the rainbow. The Club also used this fixture to reiterate Burnley v Manchester City was the the club’s zero tolerance stance on Football Welcomes fixture. Burnley homophobic chants and abuse. FC joined football clubs across the country to celebrate the contribution One Club for All refugee players make to the game as part of Amnesty International’s Football The Club held another ‘One Club for All’ Welcomes Campaign. themed fixture v Wolves in March 2019. To help supporters show their solidarity, Burnley FC in the Community supports a special One Club for All flag was placed refugees by providing free weekly on every home seat in the stadium. football and support sessions through A Building Bridges interfaith football CLUB ONE CLUB O O NE NE C the Clarets Welcome project. UB LU CL B O NE NE O C tournament was held before the fixture, B LU LU B C O E N N E O C B L bringing together young people from U U L B C O E N N E
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The Leisure Box is Burnley and Pendle’s with the Club’s work. brand-new community leisure facility, Friendly, fun and affordable, the based at the iconic Northlight site in Leisure Box is a place for everyone Brierfield. in communities living across East ● Brierfield is one fo the most deprived Lancashire to enjoy and benefit from. wards in the area. A number of free activities including ● Nearly 35% of the Brierfield ward is of disability sport, female football, Premier Pakistani ethnicity. League Kicks, Veterans, free soft play ● The percentage of economically active during term time and free table tennis residents in Brierfield is nearly 6% are also delivered from the facility. below the Great Britain average. ● Over 1 in 5 of the Brierfield population The centre offers the have a limiting long-term illness. following facilities for the ● 51.6% of the working-age population community: in Brierfield have no qualifications or ● A 17-line, multi-challenge climbing their level is unknown. wall area
Operated by Burnley FC in the ● Kids’ and toddler play area Community, the old warehouse section ● Children’s parties The Leisure Box facility exists in proud of the former Brierfield cotton mill has ● Indoor 4G pitch partnership with The Sutton Pendle been transformed into a state of the art, 133,000 square foot leisure facility. ● Sports hall lined for football, netball, Charitable Trust, Barnfield Construction volleyball, badminton and short tennis Ltd, PEARL, Pendle Borough Council, The aim of the Leisure Box is to embed ● Two full-size cricket lanes The Premier League, The Football Burnley FC and Burnley FC in the Association, The Football Foundation Community into the local area and offer ● Sprung floor dance studio and Sport England. a gateway for residents to get involved ● Café and seating area
14 15 PROGRESS AGAINST ACCESSIBLE STADIA OUR PRIORITIES
01. To address the gender Free Sanitary products 02. To prioritise, as identified imbalance in both the fan base from the Audit, underrepresented Burnley Football Club has committed and our staff in the longer term. to providing female supporters with groups within the Club’s The insight data showed an increase in free sanitary products at the Turf Moor supporters figures: 16-34 year the number of female staff responding stadium. olds. to the survey. In 2017/ 18 35% of Supported by defenders Matt Lowton respondents were female. However, The Club’s Youth Board meet quarterly and James Tarkowski, the scheme sees this figure has increased to 49.6% when and advise the Club and Community on sanitary products made freely available looking at non-matchday staff. The figure new areas of work. They are looking at in all concourse, accessible, staff and including matchday staff and stewards ways to attract more young supporters to corporate toilets at Turf Moor. is 43%. Burnley FC is keen to ensure that Turf Moor and work hard to ensure that this increase is maintained by ensuring the voices of young supporters are heard. that all jobs are advertised through Turf Moor stadium has a capacity of a wide range of websites including just under 22,000. It is one of the Women in Football and Kick it Out. oldest grounds in the Premier League. The size and location of the ground has presented challenges for the Club when it has sought to increase the number of wheelchair spaces within the stadium and improve its overall provision for disabled supporters. The commitment to improving the stadium facilities has been demonstrated by Burnley FC being only one of two clubs The campaign also provides sanitary to enter into an informal and voluntary products to the food bank element The group has offered advice about agreement with the Equality and of the Burnley Community Kitchen, new roles within Burnley FC in the Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Burnley FC Women have won their which is based in Burnley town centre. Community and has developed second consecutive promotion and Burnley Football Club has partnered interviewed questions to be asked. At the beginning of the works, there The third phase is scheduled to be Finally, the Club will provide a sensory the profile of the team has increased with the club’s official charity, Burnley were 42 wheelchair spaces available completed by the start of the 2019/20 room at Turf Moor, available for use from significantly over the 2018/19 season. The FC in the Community and the On the Burnley Football Club continues to offer for supporters attending Turf Moor. the start of the 2019/20 season. season. This will include a supporter Burnley FC Women’s first team now play free season tickets for children aged These were spread across all stands and Ball campaign to deliver the scheme. information hub, Clarets Store storage all of their home games at Padiham FC’s 10 and under, accompanied by a full included 11 spaces for visiting supporters. In the interim, an engagement strategy The On the Ball campaign, founded by area and a new matchday control room. has been developed, headed up by the Ruby Civil Arena and have a dedicated three female football fans, aims to lift the price season ticket holder in the Jimmy To improve these facilities, the Club These facilities will also provide an Club’s Disability Liaison Officer. website and social media accounts. stigma around periods and highlight the McIlroy Upper Stand. committed to the development of issue of period poverty. additional 101 wheelchair spaces on Two Burnley FC Women’s first team two corner in-fill stand developments Now in place for four consecutive elevated platforms, bringing the total players, Lauren Bracewell and Leah (NE and SE) to provide the required seasons, this strategy has involved Next Steps wheelchair spaces in the stadium to Embley, took part in a Premier League Next steps wheelchair and accessibility provision. Burnley FC in the Community 143. 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