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To make it easier for groups to organise anti-racism events and activities
in and outside stadiums groups can apply on www.FAREnet.
org (English, German, Italian, French) for financial assistance (max.
400 €, deadline 7 September 2009).
Even if you do not apply for financial help we count on your commitment
and ability develop activities on your own, since you
know the situation best. FARE partners in the various countries
can be contacted to offer assist and support your planning and
implementation.
We look forward to learning about your ideas, initiatives and
activities.
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What could you do?
For practical ideas and hints how you can become active, refer to
the suggestions below.
Fan Groups and Fan Initiatives
➤ Invite groups who are targeted by racism and discrimination
such as refugees and migrant communities to your stadium
or organise a joint-event
➤ Display your own anti-racism banner or flags at a match in
the action week or join other fan clubs for a special choreography
➤ Produce an anti-racism fanzine or leaflet and distribute them at
your home ground, use internet to get your message across
➤ Contact your club and help them to prepare an anti-racist
action before the match (red carding racism, display of a banner
on the field, statement by the captain before kick-off…)
➤ Twin with befriended fan groups in other countries and
become active at the same time (use the same slogan or
symbols, produce joint leaflet …)
➤ Organise an anti-racism tournament or exhibition on the
problem in your region and initiate the exchange of fans and
invite minority groups to the match
Football Clubs
➤ Make your regular league match an anti-racism game and
work together with ethnic minority groups or local antiracism
organisations to prepare the game
➤ Players wear anti-racist message T-shirts while warming up
and present a banner or cards showing racism the red card
during line-up
➤ Include a special feature on racism and discrimination in
your match programme, use the PA system and banners
inside the stadium to get the message across and communicate
the action to your members and the media (press
conference, press release with statements of players etc. )
➤ Present a club-based anti-racism pledge and get members
and fans to sign up or adopt the UEFA/FARE 10 Point Plan
of Action
➤ Kids with different ethnic background carry an anti-racism
message on the pitch before kick-off or set-up your own
permanent anti-racism signboard at your stadium
➤ Produce an anti-racism team poster and distribute them to
fans, schools and refugee camps
➤ Give out free tickets to refugees, asylum seekers and other
deprived groups migrant communities and invite them to
your ground or raise funds to support refugees in your community
Schools and Youth Teams
➤ Invite players from your local club and discuss the issue
with them the issue or go and interview the players about
on their experience with discrimination
➤ Start a “racism and football” project or watch and discuss
an anti-racist football video
➤ Kids design their own anti-racism banners and T-shirts and
play friendlies against kids from refugee centres and integration
schools
Migrant and Ethnic and Minority Groups
➤ Approach your local football club or the regional football association
and propose anti-racism activities
➤ Organise football tournaments and prize giving ceremonies
for ethnic minority footballing groups to highlight the
achievements in the community
➤ Invite local players to community events and organise panel
discussions and film events
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Financial Support
To encourage a variety of grass-roots events, FARE is able to
offer small grants for a range of local or regional activities that
will take place during the FARE Action Week.
The wide range of activities we are able to support include the
production of campaigning materials (banners, flyers, fanzines,
posters, stickers), the production of fan choreographies and
flags, as well as the organisation of stadium action and community
days, furthermore football related intercultural events
such as special matches, debates or tournaments with an
explicit anti-racism programme.
The financial contribution groups can ask for should
not exceed
400 €.
Criteria
From previous years we know that we are able to lend support
to the majority of applications. Nevertheless, the Action Week is
expanding rapidly in scale and resources are – as always – limited.
We therefore introduced the following criteria which should
help you to design your action and help us to select applications.
➤ Action is related to anti-discrimination and football and
takes place between 15 – 27 October 2009.
➤ The activity aims at involving migrants, ethnic minorities or
other targeted groups (refugees, asylum seekers, religious
minorities, …)
➤ Quality of partnerships and involvement of grass-root organisations
(fan groups, NGOs, schools, amateur teams, ..)
Application for Grants
Access the online
application form in 4 languages on www.FAREnet.org and
describe briefly your planned activity or event during the FARE
Action Week.
Please send us by e-mail, fax or post the filled application form
as soon as possible, but not later than 7 September 2009 to the
contact for your country listed below. We will then get in touch
with all applicants by mid of September with the information if
they are successful.
Please note that we aim to support action in as many European
countries as possible. This may result in a situation where we
cannot
support all activities in a single country, in order to fund
action where it might be most needed, such as in Eastern and
Southern Europe.Publicity and Visibility
To have an impact on a wider level you should make it clear and
visible that your activity is part of the FARE Action Week Against
Racism and Discrimination. This can be done by using the FARE
logo and mentioning FARE in your products (magazines, websites
etc.) For news on the Action Week go to www.FAREnet.
org (information in English, German, French and Italian).
Campaign Resources
FARE will produce a FARE Action Week poster which will be
send to all FARE contacts and upon request. FARE will offer
a limited amount of FARE brochures, stickers and anti-racism
t-shirts to initiatives.
Transfer of Grants
Bank transfers will only be made after we have received the
original receipts of the expenditures.
Resources
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