ISSUE 3 July – December 2011
Increasing refugee participation in sports activities – from the Refugee Council and the Football Foundation
The SCORES project team would like to wish all SCORES! readers, partners and volunteers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012. During the last six months, the SCORES project has made tremendous progress in raising the awareness of the role of sports and physical activities within refugee communities in the West Midlands. We have run two successful workshops and one funding seminar in Coventry and Birmingham respectively. Notwithstanding the geography of the region, which requires extensive travel to attend events, SCORES events received unprecedented positive feedback from refugee community leaders who travelled from Coventry, Solihull, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham. We would like to thank all our partners in the region for their continuous support and we are looking forward to continuing working with them during the next six months. Over the next six months, we will continue to provide advice, information, support and training to refugee community organisations (RCOs) in order to strengthen their capacity to develop sports projects. ■■ For any queries about the SCORES project activities and how you can access its services, please contact Ezechias Ngendahayo on ezechias.ngendahayo@refugeecouncil.org.uk
BRITISHTRIATHLON.ORG
SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM THE SCORES PROJECT
Triathlete Chrissie Wellington MBE is a triathlon world record holder and won her fourth world championship in 2011. She broke her own world record in July, recording eight hours, 18 minutes and 13 seconds for the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and marathon run. She said women athletes have performed in such a way that they deserved nomination for the BBC award
FEMALE ATHLETES ‘UNDER REPRESENTED AND UNDER FUNDED’ The BBC is being criticised after no female athletes were nominated for the Sports Personality of the Year award 2011. The ten nominations, all men, were announced in November. A number of female athletes who were successful this year were not happy with the outcome, such as Rebecca Adlington and Keri-Anne Payne. They both won gold medals at the swimming world championships in Shanghai this year. However, Rebecca Adlington, who missed out on the shortlist by one vote, said she believed all ten men nominated deserved to be on the shortlist. Another female athlete, Chrissie Wellington, who received her fourth Ironman world championship title last month also criticised the list. The BBC creates the shortlist from UK papers and magazines which present their top 10 athletes. The Guardian reported that the BBC will review the nomination process for next year’s award. Furthermore, a new report from The Commission on the Future of Women’s Sport claims that UK sponsors and broadcasters favour men in sports though there has been an increased audience ,continued , back page
If you would like more information about how SCORES can support your RCO, call Ezechias Ngensdahayo on 020 7346 1163 or email ezechias.ngendahayo@refugeecouncil.org.uk or penny.mclean@refugeecouncil.org.uk