Barrow Borough Sports Council

Kick it Out aims to remove racism in sport and to increase the participation in sport by the black and minority ethnic community.

Kick it Out will achieve this primarily by focussing on four objectives;

Professional sports clubs
Working with the professional clubs to remove all aspects of racism and improve their links with minority communities including making all sports grounds a safe and welcoming place for the whole community.

Amateur sport
Working at grassroots and amateur levels to tackle racial abuse and harassment in sport.

Ethnic Minorities and Sport
Capacity building ethnic minority communities to engage with professional and amateur clubs and to take part in sport at whatever level they choose.

Young people
To develop and deliver a programme of educational activities to raise awareness of racism in schools and colleges.

Barrow Sports Council is working closely with Barrow AFC, Barrow Raiders and Cumbria Cricket Board to achieve the above objectives.   

We have developed an Equality Action Plan which is monitored by a sub-group of the Sports Council.  This is chaired by Bob Qazi, who is also the Chair of the Furness Multi-cultural Forum. 

We welcome the support of any clubs, schools colleges or other organisations.  If you want to help spread the Kick It Out message, get in touch with us and we'll see if we can help. 

To read our Equality Action Plan, click here.

Publicity materials available for your club

Our banner at the opening of Furness Multi-cultural Forum's Community Centre.

We have a banner, portable display boards and t shirts which we are happy to lend out to any clubs promoting Kick it Out.

We are also prepared to purchase permanent display boards for your club, at no cost to you, exactly the same as the one's at Holker Street and Craven Park (below).  If you can give one a home, get in touch with us on 403710 or by email.

 

Feel free to use our logo!

The logo is available to any local clubs and projects supporting our aims.  If you want to use it on any promotional materials, please feel free to copy it from our site and let us know so we can see if we can help.  Help us spread the message - there is no place in sport for racism or discrimination. 

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