{"id":9578,"date":"2008-02-11T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/11\/fa-announce-new-race-advisory-group\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:35:15","slug":"fa-announce-new-race-advisory-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/02\/11\/fa-announce-new-race-advisory-group\/","title":{"rendered":"FA announce new Race advisory group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Asians urged to get involved in football<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"215\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"232\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/RobbieEarleBrianBarwickFA232x180.jpg\"\/>TELEVISION football pundit, Robbie Earle, is just one of the names to feature on a brand new FA Advisory Group which will help spearhead Soho Square\u2019s Get into Football campaign for ethnic communities.<\/strong><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe former Wimbledon and Jamaica international will sit on the Race Equality Advisory Group which aims to boost football participation in Asian and other minority areas around the country.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFA Equality Manager, Lucy Faulkner, commented: \u201cThe group was formed following last year\u2019s structural review and, as well as advising the main FA Board, they\u2019ll also have a representative sitting on The FA\u2019s Council.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThe Race Equality Advisory Group will also concentrate on issues such as the handling of discrimination cases and the best practice in recruiting new employees from diverse backgrounds.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Joining Robbie Earle on the Race Equality Advisory Group are Butch Fazal who chairs the National Asians in Football Forum, Lord Herman Ouseley from leading anti-racism charity, Kick It Out and FA Football for All ambassador, Lorraine Deschamps.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLord Herman believes that the REAG can help implement three key changes that will help direct football\u2019s future: \u201cWe want to see a real will and commitment to address the issue of the under representation of Asians within the game from playing and officiating to spectating and administrating. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019d also like to see all clubs show a determined drive and will towards equality of opportunity and the eradication of ignorance throughout football from the grassroots upwards.\u201d<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLorraine Deschamps added: \u201cWe must raise awareness and understanding within the sports delivery system in order to change attitudes and increase participation, volunteering and employment.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cIndividuals and communities can play a part in this change and achieve their full potential through sport.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asians urged to get involved in football TELEVISION football pundit, Robbie Earle, is just one of the names to feature on a brand new FA Advisory Group which will help spearhead Soho Square\u2019s Get into Football campaign for ethnic communities.&#13; The former Wimbledon and Jamaica international will sit on the Race Equality Advisory Group which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}