ANNUAL REVIEW2012 www.theredcard.org Annual Review 2012 MAJOR SPONSORS www.theredcard.org/get-involved Annual Review 2012 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD Foreword by Shaka Hislop 1 Introduction by Ged Grebby 2 Sponsorship 4 Website & Social Media 5 The Campaign in England 6 Educational events at clubs 10 Resources 12 UK School Competitions 14 SRtRC Wales 16 SRtRC Scotland 20 Management Committee 24 Staff Team 24 Writers Against Racism 25 Musicians Against Racism 25 Every year, in writing the SRtRC Annual Review, Stand Up Against Racism 25 I’m afforded the opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come over the last 17 years. With a tinge Honorary Patrons 25 of pride (that’s me at my modest best), despite my knowing, I am always amazed. We now Hall of Fame 25 have 22 ex-professional players working for Contact Details 26 the campaign and a veritable who’s-who of the game’s most respected for their commitment to professionalism and community over the years. Pausing for reflection is always followed by a recognition of what may lay ahead. I have always felt that football is only a reflection of community. For the beauty and splendour of Manchester City’s first title in 44 years, Chelsea’s unlikely Champions League triumph and Spain’s writing of history, incidents involving Luis Suarez, a minority of the fans at Euro 2012 and the John Terry/Anton Ferdinand court case remind us that this game is a long way from won. But with the team sheet we proudly put out, it will not be lost. Shaka Hislop Winning entries from the 2012 School Competition Honorary President, Show Racism the Red Card Registered Charity Number: 1116971 Registered Company Number: 5834708 www.theredcard.org 2 Annual Review 2012 WELCOME TO OUR 16TH ANNUAL REVIEW Introduction by Ged Grebby, Chief Executive No other anti-racism and education pack designed to combat homophobia organisation within the UK and homophobic language in society. engages with as many young Although we have expanded our range of educational people and teachers as ours, resources, our mission statement remains our central and we should be proud of the focus: “to challenge racism through anti-racism education”. range and depth of our work. I believe that our campaign has Personal Highlights of 2012 a lasting impact on young people and helps to transform attitudes. This year’s award ceremonies for winners of our School Competitions were truly inspirational. This is closely We anticipated that this would be a difficult year, in the followed by the delight on the young people’s faces face of large cuts in public expenditure. In spite of this, when Demba Ba walked into our St James’ Park event our organisation has risen to all challenges and (check out the clip at www.theredcard.org/NUFCEvent developed our work. March2012). However, my overall highlight has to be the This is reflected in the fact that we now have more development of our staff team and seeing them in action partners than ever before. We have renewed our in a whole range of settings from primary schools to funding from the Scottish Government and gained new Parliament! funding from the Department of Communities and Local Priorities Government (DCLG). In Wales we have secured our largest ever grant from the Big Lottery Wales and we The two key priorities we set for this year were to are in ongoing discussions with the Welsh Assembly maintain our staff team and develop our educational Government. resources. We have achieved both of these goals amidst very difficult circumstances for the voluntary Racism has been high on the agenda in both football sector. Our staff team has increased from 39 to 46 and society. It was a surprise even to us when two top (see page 24 for details of our UK team). We now players, John Terry and Luis Suarez, were accused of have 22 ex-professional footballers on our staff team. racially abusing fellow professional footballers. This goes to show we can never be complacent in the fight We have produced a new magazine, a DVD and against racism. education pack to combat homophobia and are updating our main film. We have also produced a number of short The Stephen Lawrence campaign finally saw some films. These are available on our YouTube channel justice when two of Stephen’s killers were sent to which has received over a hundred thousand visitors! prison. We welcomed Doreen Lawrence into our Hall of Fame this year as a small tribute to her inspirational Finance work. Last financial year, for the first time ever, our charity We have not been afraid of new challenges and have made a loss of £90,000. This loss was absorbed by developed an entirely new resource to combat our reserves but we also faced an uphill task of getting homophobia. Homophobia: Let’s Tackle It is a DVD local authorities to renew partnerships in a very difficult period of huge cuts in their budgets. Due to the www.theredcard.org/news/news-and-events Annual Review 2012 3 fantastic work of our team we have managed to are currently working on updating our education pack to increase the number of our partnership councils in accompany the new UK film and are also producing a the UK, diversify our funding sources, and reduce resource to combat the far right including the EDL and our projected deficit. BNP. We are currently finalising our accounts for this Conclusion financial year but we are potentially looking at a As I sat down to write my introduction today, the loss of around £20,000. headlines in the papers involved racist tweets sent to The year ahead England players Ashley Young and Ashley Cole. Racism will not be leaving the headlines any time soon and we According to most economists, we are now entering need to make sure we continue to promote the antidote: a double dip recession and it is precisely in times of anti-racism education. economic recession that the danger of racism is at its greatest. Our Business Plan 2011-14 is now on our website, but as always we will be looking to develop and enhance our work if opportunities arise. We have DCLG funding to combat far right extremism and this will be a vital Ged Grebby part of our work over the next two years. Chief Executive Show Racism the Red Card Our priorities are as always to maintain our staff team and increase our range of educational resources. We SPONSORSHIP Paul Kearns, UK Office Manager 2011-2012 has been a turbulent 12 months for our The Premier League/PFA Community Fund and Liverpool campaign in terms of Finance. The fiscal situation City Council. Our new sources of funding from the has been ever evolving and always at the top of the Government Department for Communities and Local agenda when planning our campaigning activities. Government (DCLG), the Big Lottery Wales have enabled Our hands on approach has meant that, as a team, us to recruit new staff and use the expertise we already we have all been very aware of where the gaps in our have within the team to implement exciting new funding have been and we have been able to target projects to tackle emerging forms of racism. funding applications to address any shortfall in The School Competition has gone from strength to projected income. The hard work of the Managers, strength and remains extremely popular with funders. Personnel Committee and Finance Officer has meant We have been fortunate enough to count on the support that the financial situation is greatly improved on the of UNISON and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), previous financial year. In light of the current economic the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) and Potts climate to be able to reduce our financial losses without Print UK for many years now. This year we were able to making redundancies is a considerable achievement and add GMB, Nationwide and Durham County Council to testimony to the hard work of all involved. our competition sponsors, ensuring a fantastic day out We successfully secured new funding agreements with for all the winners at Old Trafford. www.theredcard.org/Get-Involved-Publication 4 Annual Review 2012 This year, we made great strides with “Business Friends of Show Racism the Red Card”. This exciting new idea seeks to foster relations and develop corporate partnerships around fundraising events, networking events and sponsorship. We have already signed up: Business Friends will be a key area for progression over the next year for the campaign. Our educational events at football clubs remain central Our football team posters remain as popular as ever to the work we undertake and have been evaluated as continued support from Trade Unions USDAW and externally for the first time with affirmation that they PROSPECT allowed us to print close to half a million achieve all the desired outcomes, receiving excellent team posters throughout the UK. Local Authority feedback and some very positive suggestions to further budgets are tighter than ever and under intense improve our delivery. scrutiny but some of our Council partnerships have been strengthened during these times of austerity. Whilst it would be easy to decide to discontinue the “sponsorship of your posters and events, it is maybe more important than ever that we keep up the good work. We will indeed be renewing for the new season. £2000 is not a huge amount of money and the value is unquestionable. Sandra Tai Children’s Trust Partnership Manager Children's Services,” Liverpool City Council The next 12 months promises to an exciting time for the experienced team with a strong work ethic.