Understanding Equality, Diversity & Inclusion – For Sports Clubs & Organisations

In this workshop, you will learn about Equality, diversity and inclusion for your sports club including:

• Introduction to key EDI principles and how they apply to your sports organisations
• ​Identifying and addressing bias in sports
• ​Promoting accessibility and participation for underrepresented groups
• ​Building an EDI Action Plan
  

Benefits of the workshop

• Completely free
• Refreshments and food provided
• Examples of best practice for sports organisations
• Practical advice to fit your needs and capacity
• From experienced professionals who get results

Who should attend

Anyone involved in running or managing a sports club or community organisation in Wakefield that is:

• Involved in delivering any type of community sport / physical activity (can be affiliated or not affiliated to a National Governing Body)
• Supporting your local community as an un/constituted group, charity, social enterprise or community benefit society
• Generating an income of up to £500k

We are particularly interested in supporting volunteers, managers, staff and trustees from sports clubs running in the Wakefield area.

About the session

This workshop, led by Community Action Bradford and District will be delivered by Kaneez Khan, from Primrose Consultancy. Kaneez has over 20 years of experience in the EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) stratosphere, trying to achieve equality in areas such as education, health, government departments and the voluntary & community sector.

What else is on?

There are other workshops available on hot topics – from funding to finding new volunteers. Book on to as many workshops as you’d find useful. More launching in June!

All the workshops for clubs in Wakefield can be found on this collection.

About Sport For Good

Sport for Good is a programme for people who run sports clubs and organisations in the most deprived areas of West Yorkshire to increase the resilience, engagement, sustainability and diversity of their organisation.