The Essex County Football Association recognises that individuals and communities may experience unlawful discrimination on the grounds of their race or ethnicity, disability, gender (including transgender and transsexual people), relationship or marital status, sexual orientation (because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or heterosexual), age, HIV status, language, background, physical or mental impairment, faith or religious belief or physical appearance.
We believe equality for all is a basic human right and actively oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination. We celebrate the diversity of society and are striving to promote and reflect that diversity within the County FA’s own structure. With this in mind, we have recently achieved the Foundation Level and are working towards the Preliminary Level of the National Standards for Equality which will demonstrate and measure our commitment to this.
We have also developed a County 'Four-Year Plan' setting out how we will promote the wide ranging equality agenda across the FA’s four strategic goals of Growth and Retention, Better Players, Running the Game and Raising Standards. It outlines the action that the County will be taking to ensure equality of opportunity for those administering and playing the game.
If you have any queries or questions relating to this statement, would like copies of the ECFA’s equality literature or if you have any issues relating to equality generally, please contact John Manning on (01245) 393095 or E-Mail john.manning@essexfa.com.
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