Annual
Review
07/08
Show Racism the RED Card
Contents
NEW FOR AUTUMN 2008
ISLAMOPHOBIA
DVD and 32 page education pack.
Also includes DVD update of the film
‘A Safe Place’.
FOREWORD: Shaka Hislop, Honorary President
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INTRODUCTION: Ged Grebby,
UK Project Coordinator
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CAMPAIGN WORK IN WALES:
Sunil Patel, Welsh Campaign Coordinator
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CAMPAIGN WORK IN SCOTLAND:
Billy Singh, Campaign Coordinator, Scotland
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£30
REPORT: Tommy Breslin,
Campaign Worker (Scotland)
including
P&P
REPORT: Zoobia Aslam,
Education Worker (Scotland)
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REPORT: Gavin Sutherland,
Campaign Worker (England)
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REPORT: Paul Kearns, UK Office Manager
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REPORT: Sarah Soyei,
Community Education Manager
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POSTER MAP
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HONORARY PATRONS, MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE AND STAFF TEAM
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EVENTS MAP
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PHOTO: Marcus Rose/Insight Visual
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THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS ARE A PERIOD THAT
EVERYONE AT SRtRC CAN REFLECT ON WITH MUCH
PRIDE.
LEFT AND BELOW:
SRtRC’s UK Project
Coordinator, Ged
Grebby at Number
10 Downing
Street
A year made all the more memorable by SRtRC’s second Hall
of Fame induction ceremony, held at No. 10 Downing Street.
Amidst a great assembly of patrons, players and supporters
of the campaign, the Prime Minister spent time talking to the
guests and showing his approval and support for the event
and SRtRC. Even the British weather behaved itself, the
sunshine making the day truly memorable!
However, besides the prestigious venue and esteemed
company, there was a serious message to be heard. A message
relayed by many individuals connected by common experiences;
having received, or heard, of unjust actions inflicted on people
because of race or religion; and a shared belief that we can all
make a difference. The difference that we dream of and aspire
to is so often caught in the pieces of artwork, stories and films
produced by school children in our competitions, and
highlighted in their innocent and accepting smiles.
As we took time out to honour the individuals who have
been most instrumental in connecting their common
experiences with thousands throughout the UK and Europe,
even as we gawked in wonder at our surroundings; we
somehow knew that our own experiences, our own histories
and our futures would be captured in the artwork of our
youngest supporters. The future is bright.
In this review we tell of our history, how racism has changed
over the years and how we have adapted to suit. We look
forward to another year, another year of trying to make a
difference.
Foreword
SHAKA HISLOP HONORARY PRESIDENT
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO ANOTHER YEAR,
ANOTHER YEAR OF
TRYING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
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GED GREBBY UK PROJECT
COORDINATOR
THE END OF THE 2007/08 FOOTBALL SEASON SAW OUR CAMPAIGN HOST IT’S SECOND HALL OF FAME
AWARDS CEREMONY. THE IDEA FOR THE HALL OF FAME CAME ABOUT IN 2004 AND WAS TO THANK THE
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO CENTRAL TO OUR CAMPAIGN’S SUCCESS.
The 2008 ceremony took place in
Number 10 Downing Street and was a
fitting tribute to the players, ex-players
and managers who have made this
season our most successful ever.
The Prime Minister, Secretary of State
for Culture, Media and Sport, Minister
of Schools and Learning and the Sports
Ministers all attended this ceremony
which hosted 170 footballers,
managers, basketball and rugby
players, and many other celebrities and
dignitaries.
In getting the Prime Minister to host
this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony we
also had a lobbying aim to get our
educational resources into every school
in the UK. In previous Annual Reviews I
have mentioned that the Scottish
Government and Welsh Assembly have
helped us achieve this aim in these
two countries but we have not yet got
our educational resources into every
school in England. This event certainly
helped our cause no end and I hope to
be able to report very soon that we
ABOVE AND RIGHT:
SRtRC’s Honorary President,
Shaka Hislop at Number 10
Downing Street
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Introduction
AS THE
CAMPAIGN
GROWS WE
HAVE NEW
CHALLENGES
BUT INTEND TO
STICK TO OUR
MAIN MISSION
STATEMENT OF
COMBATING
RACISM
THROUGH
ANTI-RACIST
EDUCATION.
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have achieved this massive milestone
for our campaign.
Over the last year we have been
developing our campaign on a number
of fronts and hopefully we can give a
flavour of these important changes in
this Annual Review. As the campaign
grows we face new challenges but
intend to stick to our main mission
statement of combating racism through
anti-racist education. This Annual
Review should be read in conjunction
with our Project Summary and our
Guide for Football Clubs and Councils,
which are all designed to improve the
way we work in partnership with other
organisations.
of £36,542 and an expenditure of
£30,046. On average, we now incur
this level of expenditure every three
weeks. Thankfully we have generated
an income in excess of one million
pounds over the last 2 years. The first
Annual Report also shows our patrons
to be Shaka Hislop and Viv Anderson,
who were joined by Curtis Fleming,
David Kelly and Gary Bennett in the
second Annual Report 1997-98.
Today we have over a hundred patrons
and Gary Bennett now works for the
campaign as our head coach.
This is the tenth published Annual
Review in our organisation’s twelve
year history and looking back at each
of the Annual Reviews gives an idea of
the real progress we have made as a
campaigning charity.
In the first Annual Report 1996-97, the
published accounts showed an income
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LEFT: Dean Gordon, Norma Stephenson and Sol Campbell
HERE ARE A FEW OF MY HIGHLIGHTS
FROM 2007/08:
However, we cannot be complacent as
an anti-racist organisation because
racism has certainly not declined in
society in the last twelve years. Racism is
constantly changing and consequently
we need to be reviewing and changing
our anti-racist educational resources.
With this in mind we developed this
years magazine with focus on different
areas of racism: Islamophobia, Refugees
and Asylum Seekers, migrant labour and
travellers. We are also in the process of
producing new educational resources
around these growth areas of racism.
2008 promises to be an exciting year for
our organisation with five new anti-racist
educational resources being produced:
1. A film in conjunction with Fifpro, the
international players’ union, called
‘Racism and the Beautiful Game’.
This DVD will be used by players’
unions around the world to promote
ideas on how football can combat
racism.
2. A film and education pack to
combat the growth of Islamophobia
in society.
3. An updated version of our Show
Racism the Red Card film.
4. A new Scotland SRtRC film.
5. The ‘A Safe Place’ film to combat
racism against Asylum Seekers and
refugees will be updated and
available on DVD for the first time.
With these resources at our disposal I
am confident that our organisation will
continue to develop and grow in the
course of the new season.
The North East Community Education has gone from strength to
strength since it was established in 2004. The funding for this scheme
originally came from the Football Foundation, Sunderland and South
Tyneside Councils. The success of this programme then led to other
councils coming on board: Newcastle, North Tyneside, Durham and
Gateshead Councils. This has meant that from just employing one
football coach: Gary Bennett (ex-Sunderland) we now have John
Anderson (ex-Newcastle United) and Dean Gordon (ex-Middlesbrough)
on our staff team. We are just about to sign an agreement with
Middlesbrough Council to deliver the anti-racism workshops in their
schools; so the scheme will hopefully grow and grow.
We have had a similar growth of our community education work in
Scotland and Wales. The use of ex-professional footballers as coaches
and anti-racist education workers has been a really brilliant
development for our work.
2007 also saw us host our three biggest prize giving ceremonies for
our school competition. Events at Hampden, Wembley and the
Millennium Stadium Cardiff were extremely well attended and were
the highlights of a busy year of educational events at football clubs.
We also managed to add to our resources by producing a number of
new resources in the course of 2007:
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A DVD which showcased the campaign.
A Project Summary to accompany the campaign DVD.
A Guide for Councils working with our resources.
A Guide for Football Clubs working with our campaign.
Regular newsletters updating our sponsors and supporters on our
work.
Partnership work is key to increasing the impact of our anti-racist
message and the more organisations we have working with us in the
fight against racism the better.
The other key development for our charity has been our staff team
which has grown and developed significantly in the past year.
During this period Norma Stephenson, the President of Unison, made
us her official campaign for the year and this had a great impact within
the union. This led to a number of branch donations and standing
orders being arranged and culminated in a fantastic conference speech
by Leroy Rosenior in June 2008. Our thanks go to Norma and Unison for
their outstanding support.
CONCLUSIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD
The main target for our organisation in the next year is to get our new educational resources into every school in the UK.
The Islamophobia DVD will be a very welcome addition to our resources and through our direct work in schools we will be able
to gauge its impact. The educational resources can also be used in a wider setting than just in schools and one of our
challenges is to look at adult education in more depth in the next period.
My thanks go to all the staff, management committee, Scottish and Welsh Advisory committee, volunteers, players, managers
and supporters who have been the driving force behind making this our most successful year on record.
Finally, a big thank you to all our sponsors who have helped make all the actions that we have taken possible.
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SUNIL PATEL
WELSH CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR
Trevor Sinclair and Glenn Loovens with
a winner from the Cardiff City event
Campaign work in WALES
A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE OUR LAST ANNUAL REVIEW INCLUDING CARDIFF CITY REACHING THE FA CUP
FINAL, SWANSEA CITY GETTING PROMOTED AND WALES WINNING THE GRAND SLAM IN RUGBY, IT’S BEEN
A GOOD PERIOD FOR WELSH SPORT AS IT HAS BEEN FOR OUR CAMPAIGN IN WALES.
We’ve had tremendous support from
clubs in Wales including players from
other sports helping to promote our
message by attending our events /
workshops at stadiums and schools.
We also produced our first ever poster
with a cricket team as Glamorgan players
helped ‘show racism the red card’ and
distributed 3,000 posters to fans ahead
of games in Cardiff and Colwyn Bay.
Our work has expanded into other
areas such as delivering workshops in
schools, youth clubs and football
academies with the assistance of exWest Ham and Fulham footballer Leroy
Rosenior. The workshops have seen a
great response from teachers and
pupils with the majority of youngsters
recognising Leroy and becoming
engrossed during the workshops.
The campaign in Wales has recently taken
on our first Information and Support
Worker Jason Webber who will help us
towards our next goal, which is to sustain
the campaign for the coming years.
Jason also currently works for the
Sports Development Unit with Merthyr
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Tydfil CBC and is progressing towards
obtaining his ‘B’ Licence in coaching.
He will be working part-time with
SRtRC as well as continuing his
partnership with Merthyr Tydfil CBC.
Radio interviews have been aired on
The Wave Radio, Red Dragon and on
Champion 103, and we’ve also featured
on Welsh language football programme
‘Sgorio’.
As well as providing administrative
support, Jason will also look to
strengthen our work in other areas such
as volunteer recruitment and partnership
work with Sports Development Officers
such as Football Development, 5 x 60
and Dragon Sport Officers along with
voluntary sector organisations.
We have produced over 50,000 antiracist posters with sporting clubs such
as Cardiff City, Wales under 19 women’s
team and Glamorgan Cricket club that
have been distributed through schools,
councils and sports clubs.
RAISING THE
CAMPAIGN’S PROFILE
IN WALES
Through media channels such as
newspapers, radio and television, the
campaign has started to establish itself
throughout many parts of Wales. We’ve
had good newspaper coverage of our
football club events, school competition
and workshops in schools and youth
clubs.
Welsh Campaign Coordinator Sunil
Patel and boxing champion Amir Khan
showing racism the red card
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ANTI-RACISM
EDUCATIONAL
WORKSHOPS SCHOOLS
Our workshops have been delivered to
schools in Wrexham, Merthyr, Cardiff
and Vale of Glamorgan to approx 800
young people. Recent workshops in the
Vale of Glamorgan have seen us deliver
football coaching alongside classroom
based workshops. The coaching has
been delivered by our football coach
Leroy Rosenior.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council became
the first in Wales to give us funding
towards our anti-racist workshops and
we visited 10 schools and 6 youth clubs
in the area. We are hopeful that other
Councils will see the benefits of these
workshops and will support them so
that we can deliver them in other parts
of Wales.
FOOTBALL CLUB
EVENTS
Since the last review, our football club
events have taken us into the Welsh
Premier League as well as our regular
events with Cardiff City, Wrexham and
Swansea City.
The New Saints (TNS) became the first
WPL club to host an event as we
delivered our workshop to their youth
academy players with the help of first
team players who answered questions
on racism from the youngsters.
Our next club was Porthmadog FC and
this event attracted well over 100
school children from local schools as
well as S4C football programme
‘Sgorio’ who featured the event during
a live broadcast.
Swansea City players Jason Scotland
and Dennis Lawrence visited a local
school to talk to youngsters about their
experiences of racism in football and in
society as we started to take this
format into schools.
Penydarren Park the home of Merthyr
Tydfil FC was another venue we visited
as first team players were joined by
Leroy Rosenior who briefly managed
the club to talk to pupils from a nearby
school who also watched our campaign
DVD.
Swansea City players at Cefn Hengoed
school in Swansea
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The new season will see us continue
working with the football clubs and we
will also be working with other sports
such as rugby clubs to promote our
message.
‘SHOWING
RACISM THE
RED CARD’
We will expand the workshops so that
they are delivered to junior football
clubs and Football academies. This will
be done with the assistance of
volunteers who will be recruited in the
coming months.
SCHOOL
COMPETITION
The SRTRC school competition has been
running for 8 years and the number of
schools entering from Wales has
continued to increase over the past 2
competitions. We have seen more than
100 schools from 18 of the 22 Local
Authorities in Wales involved and this
year saw an increase of 24% from the
previous year.
I would like to thank everyone who has
helped towards making the
competition a success in Wales
including the teaching unions, schools,
pupils, judges and in particular, the
football clubs / FAW for donating the
prizes.
There has been a great response and the
standard of entries has been excellent;
entries have also been in Welsh and we
will continue where possible to promote
our work bi-lingually with production of
our materials and resources.
Our prize giving ceremony was held at
the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and
the prizes have included category
winners meeting the Wales football
squad players which was arranged by
the Football Association in Wales.
The competition in Wales will see more
schools being involved in future
competitions and we have already
received orders for the new DVD /
Education packs that are being released
later this year.
Overall winning entry in Wales by
Mari Roberts of Ysgol Brynconin in
Pembrokeshire
In response to incidents of
racism at football
matches, we contacted 2
clubs involved and this led
to immediate action by
the clubs to promote their
stance that racism will not
be tolerated at their
grounds. We will continue
to monitor incidents in the
coming season and will
work with the clubs as
soon as any incidents
arise.
ABOVE:
Welsh international
Gareth Bale ‘shows
racism the red card’
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Our Football coach Leroy Rosenior
delivering a workshop at Lansdowne
Primary school in Cardiff
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FORTNIGHT OF
ACTION
Every October sees the FARE Fortnight
of Action and for the past 2 seasons,
the Fortnight in Wales has seen all the
Welsh Premier League clubs taking a
united stance against racism. Match
programmes and club websites
promoted a message to fans as well as
players warming up with SRTRC t-shirts
and holding up red cards.
Other clubs such as Cardiff City and
Merthyr Tydfil FC also took similar action
and our Football coaches Dave Bennett
and Leroy Rosenior visited schools and
youth clubs to deliver workshops.
This years FOA will see Junior clubs in
Wales being involved and taking a
stance against racism. We will be
working with the club secretaries and
delivering workshops with the young
players who will then unite in a show
of action prior to kick offs.
BELOW: Welsh Premier League players
united for the ‘Fortnight of Action’ in
Wales
WE NOW HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS STABILISING THE
CAMPAIGN BY FORMING KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND
OBTAINING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO CONTINUE
WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE OF WALES TOWARDS
ELIMINATING RACISM FROM SOCIETY.
Billy Singh, Derek
Ferguson and MSPs at the
Scottish Parliament send
out a clear message
WORKING TO PROMOTE FOOTBALL INCLUSION
OF BME GROUPS
The last 18 months has seen us work with under-represented groups and towards
them being more involved in all areas of the game. We are currently working with
a group of Asylum Seekers / Refugees to form a club that can enter the football
league in Wales. Having secured kit for the players, we are now looking to arrange
courses in First Aid and coaching to help progress this work.
We will look to build on this work and engage with other sports departments and
to promote participation amongst the BME communities.
LOOKING FORWARD
The campaign has made great progress since establishing itself in Wales since
October 2006, we now have to work towards stabilising the campaign by forming
key partnerships and obtaining the necessary resources to continue working with
the people of Wales towards eliminating racism from society.
Campaign work in
SCOTLAND
BILLY SINGH CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR, SCOTLAND
THE CAMPAIGN IN SCOTLAND HAS HAD ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL PERIOD TO DATE. FROM OVER
100 MSPs PARTICIPATING IN A RED CARD ACTION AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT TO
DELIVERING ANTI RACIST WORKSHOPS TO OVER 4000 PUPILS OUR MESSAGE HAS BEEN
SPREAD FAR AND WIDE. BUT THERE REMAINS A LOT TO BE DONE...
Statistics show that racism in Scotland
is on the increase. We hear daily
reports of people being verbally and
physically abused all over Scotland.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that
racism still rears its ugly head in the
junior, amateur and youth leagues.
Gone are the days when racism is
based only on colour, with racism
towards migrant workers, Asylum
Seekers, Refugees, the Irish and English
communities also occurring on a daily
basis. Show Racism the Red Card will
endeavour to tackle racism in all its
guises. But we all have a role to play
by challenging racist attitudes on our
streets and in our workplace. Only then
can we truly say that “We’re a’ Jock
Tamson’s Bairns”.
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On a very sad note the campaign lost
two of its most ardent supporters with
the passing away of Phil O’Donnell of
Motherwell and Tommy Burns of
Celtic. Phil had attended many Red
Card events and appeared on our
educational video and we met with
Tommy recently when we were
filming at Celtic for our new
educational DVD.
Both will be sadly missed but we
have happy memories of two
outstanding individuals and true
gentlemen who helped spread our
anti racist message.
The following pages provide an
overview of our major achievements
and our plans for the future.
MSP Bashir Ahmad and First Minister
Alex Salmond
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EDUCATIONAL
WORKSHOPS
In partnership with Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and Falkirk
Councils we have delivered anti racist
workshops and football coaching
sessions to over 4200 pupils in 140
schools. The campaign relies heavily on
the role model status of footballers to
deliver our anti-racist message. We
currently have Derek Ferguson, Jim
Duffy, Brian Irvine, Gary MacKay,
Michael Weir and Gerry Britton
delivering our workshops in schools
and communities.
WORKSHOP FEEDBACK
“The children are now more aware of
racist language in their speech.”
“Improved the classroom community
spirit.”
“Improved confidence to speak about
racist issues.”
“I wish I had filmed Derek’s workshop
to use later with other classes.”
“The children were totally engaged
with their own learning on the day. A
Curriculum for Excellence in action.”
EDUCATING TO CHALLENGE RACIST ATTITUDES AND
EXCLUSION REMAINS THE KEY TO COMBATING RACISM
IN THE LONG TERM.
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND
NEW SCOTTISH
EDUCATION PACK
LAUNCH OF GOOD
PRACTICE GUIDE FOR
COUNCILS
Educating to challenge racist attitudes
and exclusion remains the key to
combating racism in the long term. Our
educational strategies and projects aim
to keep pace with the changing face of
racism in Scottish society.
In February 2007 we formally launched
our Good Practice Guide for Councils at
Hampden Park. Colleagues from
England and Wales and friends from
Red Card campaigns in Ireland and
Norway joined us. Our guest speaker
was ex Celtic, Chelsea and Pisa star
Paul Elliot who is now an ambassador
for FIFPro, the international players
union. Our Good Practice Guide is
designed to help local councils work
closely with our campaign and get the
best out of our anti-racist resources and
the services we can provide.
There will be a concerted effort to
tackle the rise in Islamophobia and our
new educational resource tackling this
issue will be key to this.
A new DVD and education pack for
Scotland will also be available towards
the end of the year. The film will include
interviews with Barry Ferguson, Jean
Claude Darcheville, Stephen McManus,
Robbie Neilson, Craig Levein, Simon
Ford, Abdessalam Benjelloun, Thierry
Henry, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Julie
Fleeting and Gordon Smith.
HAMPDEN
EXHIBITION
Currently on display in the Hampden
Park Football Museum are the
winning entries from the school’
competition from the last six years.
The exhibition will run until the end
of August 2008.
HALL OF FAME
Congratulations to our Scottish Hall of
Fame winners Tony Higgins, Fraser
Wishart, Gerry Britton, Craig Levein,
Robbie Neilson, Derek Ferguson, Jim
Duffy, Brian Irvine and Jackie
McNamara Senior. Their work on behalf
of the campaign has been
immeasurable and long may they
continue to support our work. Robbie
and Craig received their awards on the
pitch at Tynecastle and Tannadice.
LEFT: Dean Gordon, Gerry Britton, Jim
Duffy, Andy Burnham MP, Brian Irvine
and Kieron Brady in the garden of 10
Downing Street to collect their SRtRC
Hall of Fame awards
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Sylvie Clarke from
Banchory
Academy in
Kincardineshire at
Hampden Park
with the winning
entry for our antiracist school
competition
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
THANKS
•
Securing long term partnership agreements
with councils to deliver Islamophobia
workshops.
•
Develop day long events at football clubs
and community settings.
Our campaign wouldn’t be successful without the help and
support of many individuals and organisations. They are too
numerous to mention here and please don’t be offended if
you don’t get a mention.
•
Launch of third party reporting of racist
incidents in partnership with Motherwell FC
and Strathclyde Police.
•
Fortnight of Action 2008 to incorporate
expansion into the lower leagues.
•
Independent review of school competition
over the last six years.
•
Major re-launch of school competition in
2009.
•
In partnership with the Scottish Rugby
Union we will be producing a Red
Card/Scotland rugby poster.
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Major sponsors - The Scottish Government, GMB, UNISON,
The Educational Institute of Scotland, Scottish Qualifications
Authority, General Teaching Council for Scotland.
Council Support – Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire,
Falkirk, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, North Lanarkshire,
South Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Renfrewshire and Highland.
Major supporters – The Scottish Football Association, The
Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Football League,
Scottish Junior Football Associations, Scottish Women’s
Premier League, UEFA, PFA Scotland and FIFPro.
Scottish Advisory Committee - Veronica Rankin, Eileen
Dinning, Kevin O’Neil, Derek Kirkwood, Fraser Wishart and
Tony Higgins.
MSPs – All who took part in Red Card action in October 2007.
Extra thanks to Bashir Ahmad, Bill Butler and John Park.
Individuals – Derek Ferguson, Jim Duffy, Brian Irvine, Gary
MacKay, Michael Weir, Gerry Britton, Dave Scott, Humza
Yousaf, Riki Grauer, Jackie McNamara Snr and David McPhee.
All Red Card staff and volunteers but especially Tommy
Breslin, Ruth McGeoch and Zoobia Aslam.
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MESSAGES OF
SUPPORT
"Football is a powerful sport. It
teaches young people the
importance of being part of a
team and gives them the selfconfidence to make themselves
better people. Show Racism
the Red Card is an integral part
of football. It helps our young
people to understand different
cultures and makes sure that
there is a place for everyone in
the Scottish football family. The
work that they do has made a
real difference right across our
country.”
Gordon Smith,
Chief Executive, Scottish
Football Association
“Our view is clear discrimination should only be
on the basis of ability. We look
forward to working with Show
Racism the Red Card in the
coming years to help get their
message across.”
Lex Gold, Chairman,
Scottish Premier League
“Show Racism the Red Card
has been a highly successful
campaign in raising awareness
of the negative effects of
racism on society and the Club
has been delighted to support
the initiative for many years.”
TOMMY BRESLIN CAMPAIGN WORKER, SCOTLAND
FORTNIGHT OF
ACTION 16th – 30th
OCTOBER 2007
include squads wearing SRtRC T-Shirts,
clubs running SRtRC articles in the
match day programmes and anti-racist
public address announcements prior to
kick-off.
The fourth Show Racism the Red Card
Fortnight of Action in Scotland took
place between the 16th and 30th of
October 2007. The profile of the
organisation has grown since the
Scottish office was established in 2003.
So too has the Fortnight of Action
(FoA). This time of concerted action
across Scotland encourages community
groups, schools and professional
football clubs amongst others to
positively engage with Show Racism
the Red Card.
All ties in the second round of the
Scottish Cup on the 27th of October were
involved. This expanded participation by
a further 22 clubs and included a large
number of teams from the East of
Scotland League, the Highland League
and the Stagecoach Super League. The
SWPL joined with us for the first time
and the West of Scotland Youth League
supported the Weekend. The number of
clubs participating in the Weekend of
Action increased from 42 in 2006 to 82
in 2007.
WEEKEND OF
ACTION 26th – 28th
OCTOBER
COMMUNITY BASED
EVENTS
A very important and visible part of the
FoA is the Weekend of Action in which
all 42 Football Clubs playing at the
professional level took part in antiracist initiatives.
The involvement of the SFL and SPL
clubs is the highest profile event in the
SRTRC Scotland calendar. The actions
A further 63 organisations participated
during the fortnight. As a result over 500
actions took place as part of the FoA.
Many grassroots teams in Ayrshire,
Glasgow and Edinburgh held centre
circle Red Card displays prior to kick off.
These actions are particularly popular
and create a sense of unity from the
grassroots through to the professional
levels.
Peter Lawwell, Chief
Executive, Celtic Football Club
“Our Club wholly endorses the
principles of Show Racism the
Red Card and the great
commitment shown by the
organisation. There is simply
no place in football for
prejudice of any kind. As a
Club we are committed to
eradicating any anti-social
behaviour at football matches
and we will continue to offer
Show Racism the Red Card our
full support.”
An increased number of schools were
involved in actions. These actions took
the form of anti-racist workshops, fun
runs and football tournaments. The Dar
Al-Falaah Community Education
Association, the Sudanese Community
and others celebrated the religious
festivals of Ramadam and Eid Ul Fitr.
Govanhill Community Development Trust
and the Active Life Club both organised
anti-racist and multicultural days for the
whole family at the Larkfield Centre in
Govanhill, Glasgow. These days were
attended by over 1,000 local people. The
celebrations tackled racism and sought
to bring people of different faith beliefs
and cultural backgrounds together.
Anecdotal evidence indicates that there
are many more organisations taking
action during this period out-with our
grant scheme. Many groups, schools
and others have SRtRC resources that
are utilised to educate young people
about the dangers of racism during the
Fortnight. As October is Black History
Month, non-SRtRC initiatives are also
very evident throughout this time.
Martin Bain, Chief Executive,
Rangers Football Club
Dundee United participating in the Fortnight of Action
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Redpath
Albion/Pilmeny
Sports Club at
the Edinburgh
Mela after
winning
The Mela Cup
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THE FORTNIGHT OF ACTION AS A CATALYST
A major aim of the Fortnight of Action is to encourage anti-racist actions, events
and initiatives to take place throughout the year. Many organisations begin their
actions during October and run follow-up events during the year. There are other
organisations including schools and community groups that look to the Fortnight of
Action for ideas and inspirations.
Days of action were undertaken by the Scottish Hockey Union and the Scottish
Junior Football Association following the model developed by the SPL and SFL
events.
The 2007 Fortnight of Action built on the success of the three previous years with
an unprecedented estimated 500 actions taking place across Scotland. The grant
scheme strongly encourages community groups to get involved. The Weekend of
Action generates positive media publicity and reaches people of many different
ages and socio-economic groupings; it is the highest profile event of the SRtRC
calendar.
THE CELEBRATIONS TACKLED RACISM AND SOUGHT TO
BRING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITH BELIEFS AND
CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS TOGETHER.
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Events 2007-2008
MUSIC
CONFERENCES
In the past year we aimed to enhance
our involvement in the field of music.
As a result of this drive we now have
an established presence at T in the Park
and the Belladrum Tartan Heart
Festival. These festivals provide us with
an opportunity to engage with large
amounts of music fans, we have found
that our presence is welcomed and
important. In October Love Music Hate
Racism collaborated with the NME to
release a free anti-racist double album.
We took stock of these albums and
distributed 700 copies across Scotland.
In April 2007 we once again joined
Billy Bragg for the Scottish leg of his
tour.
We have run stalls at the EIS, Unsion and Love Music Hate Racism
conferences. These stalls proved popular with us distributing over 500
SRtRC films and Education Packs for use in developing workshops
across Scotland.
SUPPORTERS GROUPS
GET INVOLVED
A vital component of the Scottish game
is the fans. Through our work with
Supporters Direct, we have established
a positive relationship with a number
of fans’ trusts. The Arab Trust ,The
Bairns Trust, the Honest Men Trust,
United Clydebank Supporters, the Killie
Trust and Livi for Life all organised
educational events at their stadiums
involving players from their clubs and
local young people. The Red Ultras and
the Jungle Bhoys developed and
unveiled banners condemning racism
and welcoming Refugees and Asylum
Seekers. Fans groups and Trade Union
activists supported the campaign by
organising SRtRC stadium hoardings at
St Johnstone FC’s McDiarmid Park,
Stirling Albion FC’s Forthbank Stadium
and Falkirk FC’s Falkirk Stadium.
ZOOBIA ASLAM
EDUCATION WORKER, SCOTLAND
SCHOOL ART COMPETITION 07/08
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCOTLAND
This year’s competition was focused around a central theme; “Welcoming New Scots:
challenging racism, celebrating diversity.” Over 8000 pupils took part from 135 schools.
The judging panel this year was made up of Yvonne Strachan (Scottish Government,
Head of Equality), Mark Fernandes (The Educational Institute of Scotland), Jim Duffy
(Red Card coach, former footballer/manager, media pundit) and Dan Gerrard
(Spartans FC). All entries were of a very high standard and the judges had a
difficult task picking the winners.
Over 280 school children, from as far afield as the Isle of Harris and Wick, attended the
gala prize giving ceremony held at Hampden Park. Prizes included signed footballs,
signed football shirts, match day tickets, VIP days and prize money up to £1000 for
their school. The football prizes were kindly donated once again by clubs throughout
Scotland. Players in attendance included Gary Caldwell (Celtic), Mark Hately (Rangers),
Robbie Neilson (Hearts FC) and Rob Jones (Hibernian FC) and they were joined by new
Scotland manager George Burley and Scottish FA Chief Executive Gordon Smith.
The overall winner was Sylvie Clarke from Banchory Academy in Kincardineshire.
All winners had the opportunity to win again with the mystery star prize draw,
which this year was 2 tickets to the UEFA cup final in Manchester! The tickets went
to Hannah Worthington from St Cyrus School in Montrose.
ANTI RACIST CLUB EVENTS
Events were held with 17 clubs including Aberdeen, Dundee FC, Dundee United,
Dunfermline, Falkirk, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston,
Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers and St Johnstone.
The clubs host these workshops at their stadiums and invite local schools to
participate in the event. The workshops involve the screening of a SRtRC film
followed by a Q&A session with a panel of guests including players from the club
and representatives from the PFA Scotland, SRtRC and the local council.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Each year we hold a stall at the
Glasgow and Edinburgh Melas. These
stalls prove popular with the large
crowds and our presence has been
enhanced through the inclusion of 5-aside football tournaments with an antiracist message.
We have delivered many bespoke
educational workshops with schools
and community groups and regularly
provide resources for community
groups to run SRtRC stalls at their
events.
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Report:
GAVIN SUTHERLAND CAMPAIGN WORKER (ENGLAND)
SINCE THE 2006 ANNUAL REVIEW WAS PUBLISHED, THE ROLE OF CAMPAIGN WORKER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ROLE ARE THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF
EDUCATION EVENTS AT FOOTBALL CLUBS, THE ORGANISATION OF THE ANTI-RACIST SCHOOL COMPETITION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILS TO WORK WITH SRtRC ON THE COMPETITION.
JANUARY 2007 –
MAY 2008
I am pleased to report that since January
2007 great progress has been made in
these areas of the Show Racism the Red
Card campaign. SRtRC is now working
with an increasing number of football
clubs around England and is reaching
many more young people directly with
the anti-racism message at our
educational events. The School
Competition has also been greatly
improved and since the last Annual
Review two fantastic Prize-Giving
Ceremonies have been organised for the
2007 and 2008 competitions respectively.
In this report I aim to outline the work
undertaken during the period January
2007 – May 2008.
ABOVE: 2008 Competition overall
winners, students from Rosslyn Park
Primary School, Nottingham
Students with Kilmarnock FC players at Rugby Park
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EDUCATION EVENTS AT FOOTBALL CLUBS
A major part of the Campaign Worker’s
role in England is to increase the
number of education events at football
clubs. The target for events at football
clubs during 2007 was 40, which we
managed to attain, an increase of 15
events on the highest total taking place
in any previous year. The events are
one of the pivotal parts of the
campaign combining education of
young people on the subject of racism,
football club and player involvement in
the campaign, press interest in the
campaign and in many instances,
partnership work with Local Authorities.
As you can see from the map on pages
14-15, from Jan 07 – May 08, we have
covered the length and breadth of
England, staff teams clocking up
approximately 21,345 miles to work
with more football clubs than ever
before in the history of the campaign.
There are more statistics on the map
on pages 14-15. SRtRC have aimed to
run quality educational events at
football clubs and in doing so, afford
young people the opportunity to view
SRtRC resources and question players
on their experiences in society and
football. We also try to further develop
relationships with footballers, football
clubs, other sports stars, other potential
role models, Local Authorities and other
organisations, to encourage them to
become active with Show Racism the
Red Card.
It is important for us to continue to try
and develop relationships with football
clubs who have not hosted events
before and when we have worked with
a club, maintain that relationship. In
the first half of 2008 SRtRC have been
fortunate enough to hold events at all
of the football clubs who hosted events
during the period Jan – May 2007. We
have also been able to work with four
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THROUGH THE CONTINUED PROMOTION OF THE
COMPETITION AND OUR RESOURCES WE AIM TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH COUNCILS IN THIS WAY AS
IT PRODUCES SOME BRILLIANT WORK AND ENSURES A
STRONG ANTI-RACIST MESSAGE IS DELIVERED TO
YOUNG PEOPLE IN EACH OF THE PARTNERSHIP AREAS.
Sunderland AFC club event
clubs who have not hosted events
before in the first four months of 2008
and we will continue to strive to ensure
the events are of a high educational
standard and expand the range of clubs
we work with throughout the
remainder of the year.
SRtRC have managed to work with
more Local Authorities at the education
events, which is helping us to forge
more partnerships for other areas of
our work, such as the competition and
introducing resources to new regions.
In the period Jan 07 – May 08, 45
Councillors and council representatives
have taken part in the panels at the
education events as well as 3 Members
of Parliament.
An increasing amount of football clubs
are also now hosting full day events
with Show Racism the Red Card which
presents the young people who attend
with a range of workshops on antiracism themes. This also allows us to
work with other organisations that are
invited to host a workshop. A typical
full-day event at a football club will see
four rotating workshops and typically
one will be run by SRtRC, one by the
football club (such as a ground tour or
workshop run by the study support
centre) and two workshops run by
external organisations. In the afternoon
all groups re-convene for a SRtRC event
with players from the club. SRtRC aim
to introduce the idea of full-day events
to more football clubs around England.
This type of event adds real educational
value for the young people who attend
and makes the experience of attending
a SRtRC event all the more memorable
for them.
Space is limited in this Annual Review
to detail reports of all of the events
undertaken, but these reports are
available on our website. I would like
to thank all of the staff and volunteers
who have worked on these events, all
of the football clubs who have hosted
them for their time, support and
efforts, the schools who have attended
and Local Authorities and other
organisations who have taken part and
helped support the events.
England Women’s Captain, Faye White
and England player, Theo Walcott at
the 2008 Prize Giving Ceremony
ANTI-RACIST SCHOOL
COMPETITION
One of the most valuable projects the
campaign undertakes each year is the
School Competition, which has been
greatly improved in 2007 and 2008 to
ensure a more effectively organised
competition. As well as being rewarding
the competition also produces one of
the highest profile events SRtRC
organise, in the Prize Giving Ceremony.
Justin Hoyte
speaking at Arsenal
FC educational
event
The aims of the competition are to
engage young people in thinking about
the issues of racism and producing their
own work, increase the number of
schools working with our campaigns
resources and make use of the winning
entries as part of our campaign resources.
I think that over the last two years we
have been able to meet these aims.
It has been possible for Show Racism
the Red Card to give more staff time to
the organisation of the competition in
2007 and 2008 competitions through
the Campaign Worker role, which has
allowed us to effectively promote the
competition nationally. In England, SRtRC
was able to produce 40,000 flyers
advertising the competition each year
and one of the competition’s sponsors
the National Union of Teachers were
able to circulate 30,000 copies of the
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flyer for us to every school in England.
The competition was also promoted
through the campaign's magazine and
website. A calendar was produced
utilising winning pieces of artwork from
the 2007-08 competitions in England,
Scotland and Wales. The calendar was
distributed free of charge and was a
new way to promote the competition.
All of the 2007 entries were used as a
touring exhibition, which visited public
buildings and venues around England
such as Trade Union Conferences,
Libraries and Town Halls.
All of this promotion has meant that in
2007, 610 schools registered to participate
in the competition, both independently
and through partnership with councils
running competitions in their localities,
which then send on their entries to the
National SRtRC Competition. In 2008, 569
schools registered to participate in the
same ways. Both registration figures are a
huge improvement on the registrations of
2006, which were 181 schools.
The competition has allowed the
campaign to establish new partnerships
with councils. In 2008, 7 councils ran
competitions in their areas, an increase
of 2 councils on 2007’s total. Through
the continued promotion of the
competition and our resources we aim
to continue to engage with councils in
this way as it produces some brilliant
work and ensures a strong anti-racist
message is delivered to young people
in each of the partnership areas.
I have produced a full report on each of
the last two competitions, which is
available by contacting me at the
office. Full reports on the Prize-Giving
Ceremonies are also available from the
office or on our website. We could not
have wished for two more prestigious
venues in Wembley Stadium (07) and
The Emirates Stadium (08). Over the
two years 21 Players, former players
and SRtRC Honorary Patrons attended
the Prize Giving Ceremonies to present
prizes to 67 winning pupils of all ages,
from all over England.
I would like to extend a huge thanks to
all of the young people, teachers and
schools who have taken part in the
competitions, the football clubs for
donating prizes, the sponsors of the
competition for their support, all the
players, celebrities and patrons who have
attended the Prize Giving Ceremonies,
the judges, partnership councils for all of
their great work and SRtRC staff and
volunteers for their hard work at the
Prize Giving Ceremonies. I look forward
to another great competition in 2009.
GAVIN SUTHERLAND
CAMPAIGN WORKER (ENGLAND)
gav@theredcard.org
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Report:
PAUL KEARNS
UK OFFICE MANAGER
IN TERMS OF SPONSORSHIP IT
HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC 12
MONTHS FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
WE MANAGED TO SECURE
IMPROVED FUNDING FROM
UNISON, A NEW THREE-YEAR
AGREEMENT WITH THE PFA,
FUNDING FOR OUR NEW DVD
FROM THE HILTON IN THE
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND
FUNDING FOR THE FIRST TIME
FROM THE TRADE UNION
PROSPECT.
SPONSORSHIP
We received an excellent response to our
request for poster sponsorship this
season and of the Councils that had
sponsored posters for season 2006-2007
all but two Councils renewed their
sponsorship. We also secured poster
sponsorship from ten new Councils and
this meant we were able to print a
record number of posters. 650,000
posters of 61 different teams in England,
approximately 180,000 posters of 22
teams in Scotland and 56,000 posters of
7 teams in Wales, approximately
880,000 posters in total. This was a
considerable achievement taking into
account the number of managers sacked
prior to Christmas. We produced posters
with clubs from all four divisions, Arsenal
Ladies and even Forest Green Rovers
from the Blue Square Premier League.
In addition we retained sponsorship of
£2,000 from the Communication
Workers Union and also agreed funding
with the Metropolitan Police to cover
posters for the 2007-08, 2008-09 and
2009-10 seasons.
The organisation moved into new offices
this year and we now have a much
more suitable working environment. The
office move has been a big step forward
for us and has vastly improved storage,
technology and working conditions in
line with the growth of the organisation.
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MP Phil Wilson joins
SRtRC coaches Gary
Bennett, John
Anderson and Dean
Gordon, volunteer
Honorat and prize
winners after the
Racism Q&A session at
Ferryhill United 2007
Young people meeting players at Newcastle United FC club event
HALL OF FAME
CEREMONY
We held our Hall of Fame Ceremony in
May at Downing St hosted by the
Prime Minister. The event was an
unparalleled success and attracted a
fantastic turn out of players and
managers including Sol Campbell,
George Burley, Anton Ferdinand, Nicky
Shorey, Justin Hoyte, Chris Powell, Peter
Risdale, John Madejski, Alan Pardew,
Liam Rosenior, Roy Hodgson, Moritz
Volz, Jason Roberts, Avram Grant and
many others. We managed to secure
funding for the event from Reed Smith,
PFA, Unite and Unison. The ceremony
was also supported by senior
government ministers and was a
fantastic showcase of the work our
campaign has undertaken since our
inception 12 years ago.
RESOURCES
We intend to review and refresh our
resources and explore the possibility of
producing new T-shirt designs and
mugs. We already have some designs in
mind from this year’s school competition
and hope to produce some new T-shirt
samples over the summer. The calendar
we produced last year of children’s
artwork from the competition was a
fantastic resource and we intend to
reproduce the calendar again this year.
NEW WEBSITE
SRtRC intend to revamp our website
and launch a brand new fully
interactive website in 2008. The
website tender has now been shortlisted to two companies to redevelop
the site. The new website will
dramatically improve our web presence
and will incorporate:
• Streaming media of current and ex
professionals detailing their
experiences of racism, advice for
young people and support for the
campaign.
• A password protected area for
Management Committee members.
• A section for teachers with
downloadable resources available.
• Online educational games.
• An online shop.
Once the new site is up and running,
I hope to build up the number of
external links and ask all professional
football clubs to add an SRtRC link to
their websites.
Report:
SARAH SOYEI COMMUNITY EDUCATION MANAGER
THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION TEAM IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY OVER
THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION HAS REMAINED OUR KEY SPONSOR FOR THE PROJECT AND
WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT GATESHEAD COUNCIL, DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL, NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION ARE NOW SPONSORING OUR WORK, ALONGSIDE OUR EXISTING
SPONSORS OF SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL, SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL AND NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL.
This sponsorship together with in kind
support through partnerships has
allowed us to greatly increase the
amount and variety of activities that
we are able to deliver throughout the
region. In the first six months of the
project in 2004 we worked with 1439
young people. In the last year we have
delivered workshops to 11564 young
people and engaged with far more
through community festivals and other
high profile events. Our workshops in
primary schools have gone from one
hour to three and where possible our
events at football clubs are also much
more in depth, from two hours to
whole day events. Our workshops in
school include:
•
RIGHT: Anton Ferdinand is
interviewed in Downing Street for
SRtRC DVD
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Introductory workshops, which
explore issues of race, identity and
stereotypes to Year 5 pupils and
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Year 6 pupils who we have not
worked with before. We ensure that
the young people are left with an
understanding of what racism is,
the danger of stereotypes and what
they can do to challenge racism.
•
Extension workshops which look
specifically at the racism faced by
Asylum Seekers and Refugees to
Year 6 pupils who received the
SRtRC workshop in Y5. We ensure
that the young people are left with
an understanding of the terms
‘Asylum Seeker’ and ‘Refugee’, why
people are forced to leave their
countries, and some understanding
of what it might feel like to be in
that position, the myths
perpetuated by the media and why
the media produces these stories
and what young people can do to
support young Asylum Seekers who
may come to their school.
•
Citizenship Days in Secondary
Schools to Year 8/9/10 pupils; we
work in partnership with other
organisations to allow the entire
year group to experience a carousel
of workshops throughout the day.
Partners include: Positive Images,
CSV Community Connections,
Durham and Gateshead EMTAS
(Ethnic Minority Traveller
Achievement Service) and
Newcastle Islamic Diversity Centre.
•
Workshops for Adults; we have
worked with teachers, trainee
teachers, council staff and parents
to educate against racism and
inform on issues such as the race
equality duty in schools and Asylum
Seekers and Refugees.
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As well as our workshop delivery in
schools we have organised 3 large antiracist festivals in Newcastle, North
Tyneside and Ferryhill. We have also
received fantastic support from local
sporting clubs. Newcastle United FC and
Sunderland AFC have regularly given
match tickets for home games as prizes
to give to young people who engage
with our work and many other clubs
have provided prizes, rooms, players
and other support. We have held 17
events at sporting clubs throughout the
region in the last 12 months.
BREAKDOWN OF WORKSHOP DELIVERY BY AREA
FEEDBACK
TEACHERS’ FEEDBACK:
“Overall opinion of the day?”
“How did you find the SRtRC/A Safe Place DVD?”
Young people meeting players at Middlesbrough FC club event
YOUNG PEOPLE’S FEEDBACK
Workshop feedback
“Do you think that the day has improved young people’s
understanding about racism?”
“We’ve learnt how other people feel when they are bullied
and we’ve learnt to treat people with respect no matter how
people look.”
Dylan
“Do you feel that the day encouraged discussion about
racism between pupils?”
“I have learnt that racism should never happen anywhere
there is no exception.”
Anon
Feedback from 483 young people, collated Jan 2008
SAMPLE COMMENTS FROM YOUNG PEOPLE 2008
“Today I’ve learnt that if you are different in any way it does
not matter you should see the person for what’s inside
nothing else. No discrimination.”
Heidi A
SAMPLE COMMENTS FROM TEACHERS
Sensitive Issues covered in a way appropriate and accessible
to age group. Excellent rapport with children….Well
organised, well resourced and well delivered. Enjoyed by all
children and educational too!
St Bedes RC Primary
“The subject matter was very motivational and everyone
enjoyed it… well organised and paced lessons”
children and put across a strong message. This is the first time
that we have had a visit. We would definitely like another.
Albert Elliott Primary School
“I particularly liked the fact that the children are made to
think and challenge their own and society’s stereotypes and
prejudices and that they have to make their own minds up”
Valley View Primary
Greenside Primary
“Fantastic Day, delivered brilliantly. Children loved it and
learned a great deal from the experience.”
The lesson was extremely well thought out, engaged ALL the
Biddick Hall Juniors
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“I have learnt that racism is a very serious thing and no-one
should have to put up with it. You should not judge a person
by what they look like, you should judge them by who they
are and not make fun of them.”
Matthew
At secondary school events we ask the young people to
complete a questionnaire before and after the workshops to
see the impact that the work has had on their views. The
feedback below has been compiled from several schools
across the North East.
“I have learnt today that Asylum Seekers and Refugees are
not bad people. They are just people who have gone through
extraordinary experiences and that they only want a better
home.”
Olivia
“I have had loads of fun and I’ve learnt so much. I would
love it if you came again. I’ve enjoyed every moment. Thank
you for coming.”
Michelle Hahn
RIGHT: SRtRC’s Laura Fleck and Sarah Soyei with
Sol Campbell at No 10 Downing Street
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Asylum Seekers get lots of free things
The North East has too many Asylum Seekers
Other cultures have positively influenced my life
Asylum Seekers should be allowed to come to the UK
SRtRC Head Coach
Gary Bennett and
Unison President
Norma Stephenson
at Walker is United
community event
people experienced anti-racism and
football training workshops from Show
Racism the Red Card, Workshops about
Traveller Issues from Marie Simpson,
Asylum Seekers who volunteer with
CSV Community Connection told their
story, and Andrew Tinkler from Positive
Images delivered a music based
workshop. Alongside these workshops
the young people produced their own
work aimed at fighting racism in the
form of posters, poems, short stories
and PowerPoint presentations. Some of
this work was displayed at the
community event ‘Ferryhill United’. The
young people were asked to complete
questionnaires before and after the
workshops. The graphs below
demonstrate the impact of the work in
Ferryhill Business and Enterprise
College.
Newcastle United FC club event
One of the highlights of the year was
an intensive programme of work we
were able to deliver in Sedgefield
thanks to funding from UNISON and
support from our partnership with the
EMTAS team from Durham County
Council. During the recent elections
there were high levels of support for
racist organisations, which has
highlighted a need for anti-racist
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education in the area. Working very
closely with Fiona Ranson and Marie
Simpson from Durham EMTAS we
organised citizenship days for Year 9
pupils at three of the local secondary
schools: Ferryhill Business and
Enterprise College, Sunnydale
Community College and Spennymoor
School.
During the Citizenship Days the young
We also organised a whole day of
activities for 100 primary children from
3 local primary schools at Ferryhill
leisure centre. The culmination of the
work was a community festival called
“Ferryhill United”. We were able to
organise this event thanks to funding
from UNISON, the Football Foundation
and Sedgefield Community Safety
Partnership. The event was held at
Ferryhill Leisure Centre on the 20th
October from 10am – 3pm and was a
great success.
Show Racism the RED Card
The day kicked off with a football
tournament for under 8s organised by
Ferryhill Town Youth FC. The football
tournament took a break at 10am and
local MP Phil Wilson then officially
opened the day.
This was followed by a Q&A session
with Phil Wilson; Honorat, an Asylum
Seeker from the Ivory Coast;
Ex-Sunderland AFC players Gary
Bennett and Kieron Brady;
Ex-Newcastle United FC player John
Anderson; and Ex-Middlesbrough FC
player Dean Gordon. There were a
huge number of interesting questions
and the young person who asked the
best question won a Barcelona shirt
Walker is United community event
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signed by Samuel Eto. After the Q&A
the football tournament resumed
alongside a variety of other activities
including Hip Hop workshops, Martial
Arts Workshops, Arts and Crafts,
Football Skills, Balloon Modelling, Face
Painting, Henna Painting and
Bollywood Workshops. There were also
community stalls, which provided
information about Hate Crime,
Community Safety and Volunteering.
The feedback was overwhelmingly
positive and has led to the
organisation of an even bigger
community festival to be held in
Ferryhill on the 6th July 2008.
EVENTS
We have organised 20 high profile
events across the region in the last year,
including large community festivals in
Walker and Wallsend, a 5-a-side football
tournament in Middlesbrough and a
week long anti-racist soccer school in
conjunction with Walker Central FC.
We have organised events with:
Carlisle United FC; Durham County
Council; Hartlepool FC; Sunderland AFC,
South Tyneside Council; Newcastle
Eagles Basketball Team; Newcastle
Falcons RFC; Newcastle United FC;
Darlington FC; and Durham County
Cricket Club.
Our event with Durham Cricket Club was
the first time that we have done with a
cricket club and it was an extremely
successful day. Young people from four
County Durham schools attended a
whole day of activities organised by
Playing for Success at DCCC, Durham
EMTAS and ourselves. It was a beautiful
day and the young people were able to
eat their packed lunches in the stands,
before watching our DVD and taking
part in a question and answer session
with Neil Killeen and Mitch Claydon
from the Cricket Club, Gary Bennett,
John Anderson and Margaret Hockey.
The young people finished the day
meeting the Cricket Club mascots and
taking part in a bowl off before taking
home their signed posters and Show
Racism the Red Card goodie bags.
Space is too limited here to provide in
depth reports of every event, but
many have been covered in the
newsletters which are still available to
download from our website.
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WE HAVE ORGANISED EVENTS WITH: CARLISLE UNITED
FC, DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL, HARTLEPOOL FC,
SUNDERLAND AFC, SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL,
NEWCASTLE EAGLES BASKETBALL TEAM, NEWCASTLE
FALCONS RFC, NEWCASTLE UNITED FC, DARLINGTON FC
AND DURHAM COUNTY CRICKET CLUB.
FUTURE WORK
We are holding four Community Festivals over the Summer of 2008
Sunday 6th July - "Ferryhill Is United"
Dean Bank Recreation Ground, Ferryhill,
County Durham, DL17 8PP. 11am-5pm
Saturday 19th July - "Walker is United"
The Lightfoot Centre, Wharrier Street,
Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 3BR.
10am-3pm
We have invited young people who
have attended our workshops from
across the region to a monitoring event
at the JJB Soccerdome on the 10th July.
They will have the opportunity to
feedback on their experience, and how
it has impacted on them, preview
some of our new resources and help us
to improve our work, before taking part
in a fun football tournament to finish
the day.
The Northern Rock Foundation and
Newcastle City Council are funding our
new community education work which
is aimed at combating Islamophobia.
We will be launching the project and
our new DVD on the subject in October
and will be initially targeting the
workshops at Year 10 students.
Durham EMTAS has supported us in the
production of an education pack on
travellers, this is now being edited and
we hope to launch the pack and
workshops on Traveller issues towards
the end of the Autumn Term.
If you require any more information
please contact Sarah Soyei at
sarah@theredcard.org
Sunday 27th July - "Wallsend is United"
Burnside Business and Enterprise
College, St Peters Road, Wallsend,
NE28 7LQ. 10am-4pm
Sunday 10th August "Sunderland
Together against Racism (STAR)
Festival" Raich Carter Centre,
Commercial Road, Sunderland, SR2 8PD.
11am-4pm
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POSTERS PRODUCED WITH THE FOLLOWING CLUBS:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to the Football
Foundation, Les Platt,
(Sunderland City Council) Irene
Lucas, Dave Owen John
Braithwaite (South Tyneside
Council), Simon Underwood, Mark
Ellis, Cllr David Faulkner, Simon
Wood, Ann Wood, Councillor
David Woods, Rob Atkin, Lisa Bell,
Debra Lagun, (Newcastle City
Council), Maureen Clare, Fiona
Ranson, Margaret Hockey, Sue
Green, Marie Simpson (Durham
County Council) Cllr John Harrison,
Paul Gowans, Felicity Shoesmith,
Tony Rice, Barry Wilkinson, Ann
Taylor, Roxanna Roknabedi,
Yannis Xamonakis (North
Tyneside Council), Nitin Shukla,
Mark Cheetham (Gateshead
Council) Alan Gate (Walker Boys
Club), Garry Marshall, Florence
McGregor (Wallsend Boys Club),
Dave and Rita Foster (Ferryhill
Town Youth FC) Alan Blakemore,
Sean Barry, Ian Davey, John
Thurlbeck, Katie Banner and
James Bake (Sedgefield District
Council) Kenny Bell, Clare
Williams (UNISON) Robin Fry,
Anita Sarkar (VODA) Richard
Braithwaite (Mr Silky Skills),
Jimmy Nelson, Mark Hannen,
Gary Oliver (Newcastle United
FC), Louise Wanless (Sunderland
FC) Kevin Stonehouse (Darlington
FC), Melanie Magee (Newcastle
Falcons RFC), Zoe Vickers
(Newcastle Eagles), David Ross,
Karen Hall, Yvette Thompson
(Durham County Cricket Club) Ian
Solomon (KMT), Amer Sheikh
(The Word), Ciara Van Vogt (CSV
Community Connections), Andrew
Tinkler (Postive Images), Abu
Tayeb (IDC) Martin Lightfoot,
David Foster, Sue Abbott, Simone
Doyle, Kev Miles, David Kendrick,
Derek Gardner (SRtRC
Management Committee),
Iftikhar Hussain, Clare Troman,
Azeem Ahmed, Richard Hopper
(Volunteers) Paul Burgess
(design), and all the players who
have attended events and helped
to make them special for the
young people involved.
ENGLAND
Arsenal FC; Arsenal Ladies; Aston Villa FC; Barnet FC; Barnsley FC;
Birmingham City FC; Blackburn Rovers FC; Blackpool FC; Bolton Wanderers FC;
AFC Bournemouth; Bradford City FC; Brighton and Hove Albion FC; Burnley FC;
Bury FC; Charlton Athletic FC; Chelsea FC; Cheltenham Town FC; Colchester United FC;
Coventry City FC; Dagenham and Redbridge FC; Darlington FC; Derby County FC;
Doncaster Rovers FC; Durham County Cricket Club; Everton FC;
Forest Green Rovers FC; Fulham FC; Halifax Town FC;
Hartlepool United FC; Hereford United FC; Hull City FC;
Ipswich Town FC; Leeds United FC; Leicester City FC; Liverpool FC;
Luton Town FC; Macclesfield Town FC; Manchester City FC;
Manchester United FC; Middlesbrough FC; Milton Keynes Dons FC;
Newcastle United FC; Newcastle Eagles; Newcastle Falcons;
Northampton Town FC; Norwich City FC; Nottingham Forest FC;
Oldham Athletic FC; Peterborough United FC; Portsmouth FC;
Reading FC; Rotherham United FC; Sheffield United FC;
Sheffield Wednesday FC; Southampton FC; Stockport County FC;
Sunderland AFC; Tottenham Hotspur FC; Tranmere Rovers FC; Walsall FC;
Watford FC; West Bromwich Albion FC; West Ham United FC;
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; Wycombe Wanderers FC;
Yeovil Town FC; York City FC.
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen; Celtic; Dundee; Dundee United; Dunfermline;
Falkirk; Gretna; Heart of Midlothian; Hamilton Academicals;
Hibernian; Inverness Caledonian Thistle; Kilmarnock;
Livingston; Motherwell; Partick Thistle; Rangers; Raith Rovers;
Ross County; St Johnstone; St Mirren; Stranraer.
WALES
Glamorgan Cricket Club; Cardiff City; Wrexham FC.
Walker is United community event
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STAFF TEAM
KEVIN MILES, CHAIR.
SIMONE DOYLE, VICE CHAIR.
DEREK GARDNER, TREASURER.
SUE ABBOTT, NADEEM AHMAD, SUMATI BALA, DAVID FOSTER,
MARTIN LIGHTFOOT, DAVID KENDRICK, PETE WIDLINSKI.
GED GREBBY, UK PROJECT COORDINATOR.
SARAH SOYEI, NORTH EAST COMMUNITY EDUCATION MANAGER.
PAUL KEARNS, UK OFFICE MANAGER.
GAVIN SUTHERLAND, CAMPAIGN WORKER.
LAURA FLECK, INFORMATION & SUPPORT WORKER.
CONRAD FRANKS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPPORT WORKER.
WALES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
BILLY SINGH, SCOTTISH COORDINATOR.
TOMMY BRESLIN, CAMPAIGN WORKER.
ZOOBIA ASLAM, CAMPAIGN WORKER.
RUTH McGEOGH, INFORMATION & SUPPORT WORKER.
DAWN HAYES (UNISON). NEIL WARD (WFT).
TOM OVERTON (SCW). JON BEYNON (WAG). SANJIV VEDI (WAG).
JOHN DEAKIN (FAW). ANDREW HOWARD (FAW).
JOHN GRIFFITH (NAW). SHIREEN WILLIAMS (CEMVO).
SCOTTISH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
VERONICA RANKIN (EIS). EILEEN DINNING (UNISON).
KEVIN O’NEIL (UNISON). DEREK KIRKWOOD (SFA).
FRASER WISHART (PFA SCOTLAND). TONY HIGGINS (FIFPRO).
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SUNIL PATEL, WELSH COORDINATOR.
JASON WEBBER, INFORMATION & SUPPORT WORKER.
COACHES: GARY BENNETT, HEAD COACH;
LEROY ROSENIOR; DEAN GORDON; JOHN ANDERSON;
DEREK FERGUSON; JIM DUFFY; BRIAN IRVINE; MICHAEL WEIR;
GARY McKAY.
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