Show Racism the Red Card Annual Review 2016

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20TH ANNUAL REVIEW WELCOME

FOREWORD SHAKA HISLOP SRTRC HONORARY PRESIDENT

2016 really was the year that was. There was so much reason for us at Show Racism The Red Card to celebrate, and then again the year offered so much for us to take pause. As nice as it is to think that the New Year will bring a new dawn, if history has taught us anything 2017 won’t be much different. In the face of the wake-up call that 2016 provided the response globally provides further evidence of our core principles, and an impossible to ignore call to action.

I have long said that the fight against discrimination is not a compartmental issue.

Discrimination comes in many forms; their eradication is not a step by step, one at a time process. It’s nonsensical to suggest that racial discrimination will come to an end tomorrow, then the world will recognise gender equality the day after, it’ll be of gay rights and marriage equality a couple days after that. A stand for racial equality is a stand for all equality. A stand for compassion to immigrants and asylum seekers is a stand

for all who feel oppressed. A stand for marriage equality is a stand for across-theboard equality.

The Women’s March on the 21st of January was testament to this. Some 5 million people marched the world over in a show of enough is enough: people of every creed, every sexual orientation, women and men, all wearing pink. The signs, like the reasons, were diverse and painted a larger picture of discontent, empathy and solidarity. The question on the 22nd of January was then “what now?” A question that we here at SRtRC have answered every day for the last 20 years - we get up, go to work, firm in our belief that every day, every step, every child matters. The work is not easy, nor is it cheap.

But it is invaluable.

I cannot credit enough the staff for their work for the last 20 years, or the last 12 months, or for last week, or for the work they’ll be boldly undertaking today. Despite the continued challenges of such work we are in as strong a position as we’ve ever been. Welcome to our new Vice Presidents Christine Blower and Leroy Rosenior. Both have been integral parts of the SRtRC team for some time now, “new” is reference to their title and does not describe the roles they’ve played over the years as pillars of this organisation. It’s great to see their service rewarded much the same way it has been rewarding to see their commitment over the years.

2017 we are ready for you! And know this: just as the challenges may remain the same, our resolve remains steadfast.

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INTRODUCTION GED GREBBY - SRTRC CHIEF EXECUTIVE We celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) throughout 2016 in a series of events, culminating in a Hall of Fame at the Speakers Residence in December. However, from the point of view of anti-racism, 2016 was not a year to celebrate with the rise of racism here in the UK, both before and after the European Referendum.

The rise in hate crime after the EU Referendum vote resulted in the Home Office producing a report entitled 'Action Against Hate'. We publicly welcomed this document, as for the first time under the current Government, it outlined a strategy for tackling race hate crime through education.

We look forward to seeing more action from the UK Government on hate crime in the next few years.

2016 also proved to be a very difficult year for the organisation due to a series of UK Government cuts impacting both directly and indirectly upon our charity. The tackling HBT bullying project that we delivered with the support of the Department for Education (DfE) and the Government Equalities Office

(GEO) completed in March 2016. Our follow up application for further funding was unsuccessful, consequently we have been without Government funding since the end of March . For a number of years now we have had to spend our reserves in order to keep staff in post and this has meant that our reserves have been depleted. Consequently, the Senior Management Team have had to spend more and more time on fundraising, to the detriment of other areas of their job descriptions.

I know that SRtRC are not alone in this situation, as many other charities face similar if not worse scenarios. It is to the great credit of the staff team, Management Committee and volunteers that we have managed to maintain and develop the work during this difficult period.

Despite having large cuts to the UK budget we have managed to work with 48,596 young people. In addition to this, over 14,000 young people took part in the anti-racism school competitions in England, Scotland and Wales.

We also delivered a full day of anti-racism

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training with 2,920 adults and over 750 adults attended trade union conference fringe meetings.

For the second year running we made a public appeal for support for the work. Last year Wear Red Day brought in £11,000, but this year it was a magnificent £27,000. This came from £1 donations by school students and others, who also wore red for the day in support of the SRtRC campaign. It was incredibly humbling to see the response UK wide.

One of the highlights of 2016 was appointing Leroy Rosenior and Christine Blower as Vice Presidents of the organisation. I look forward to working closely with them both throughout 2017.

Finance We have had to use the charity’s reserves to fund the core work to the tune of £106,059.

Our income was £892,949 whilst expenditure was £999,008. This is a reduction in expenditure compared to 2014/15 year of over £100,000 but it was achieved at considerable cost to the organisation in terms of having less resources to allocate to young people.

It is a tribute to the quality of work that we

deliver, that many Local Authorities maintained or even increased funding in incredibly difficult times for themselves. In addition, Police and Crime Commissioners in the North East of England and Essex have funded us to provide education services to many of their local schools.

Priorities In the Business Plan 2016-19, we stated that our two key priorities were maintaining the staff team and developing our educational resources. Thanks to increased sponsorship from several trade unions we have managed to maintain staff teams in Wales, Scotland and England. We have however lost key members of staff who have moved on to new jobs and not been replaced.

The year ahead As an organisation, we have a proud record of staff and resource development. We now have an excellent catalogue of anti-racism educational resources and a staff team who have developed their own knowledge and skills over many years.

The key aim for 2017 is to look at updating the Islamophobia film and to increase the staff team.

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PAUL KEARNS - DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE 2016 has been another tumultuous year for Show Racism the Red Card with the challenges and successes coming in equal measure.

It was a testing period for the campaign, taking in SRtRC’s 20th Anniversary. The funding from the Department for Education (DfE) and Government Equalities Office (GEO) to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying, alongside our anti-racism work ended in March.

The project had four strands and was very successful helping to educate young people at educational events at football clubs, working with teachers at training conferences, a film competition for young people of all ages and abilities and distributing copies of the Homophobia ‘Let’s Tackle It’ DVD and practical educational resources to teaching schools across England.

The feedback and showcase film produced

during the project are testament to the professionalism, skills and knowledge of our experienced campaign staff Gavin Sutherland and James Kingett who worked tirelessly to deliver a hugely challenging and ambitious programme of work.

A brand-new member of staff, Ben Holman joined us and helped to organise a number of events at football clubs during the course of the season. Ben also helped to support the HBT project, made a significant contribution to the website and social media, and the School Competition.

The School Competition and educational events at football clubs remain the cornerstones of our success thanks to the support of our funders UNISON, the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), Unite the Union, FIFPro and USDAW. We were indebted again to Potts Print UK Ltd for their support for the Competition and also offer our thanks to The FA and Durham County Council.

CAMPAIGN 2016 The School Competition Awards Ceremony was held at the iconic Boleyn ground, home of West Ham United FC before the club’s historic move to the Olympic Stadium.

Supported by Chairman David Gold and first team players Reece Oxford and Sam Byram, this year’s Awards Ceremony was an unforgettable day out and a fitting reward for all the hard work the young people had put into their competition entries. The overall winning entry was from Hexthorpe Primary School in Doncaster and was an imaginative and inspiring short film about the life of pioneering black footballer Arthur Wharton.

The educational events that we hold at football clubs have gone from strength to strength and it has been a stellar 12 months in terms of player appearances at our events with Sunderland AFC Ladies’ Victoria Williams, Stoke City LFC’s Natalie Hall, and Plymouth Argyle LFC’s Armanie Jean among many players from the women’s game supporting SRtRC. Young stars like Brendan Galloway at Everton, Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles, Sunderland’s Jack Rodwell, Bournemouth AFC’s Tyrone Mings, Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez and Manchester United full back Luke Shaw all attended events to talk to young people about their personal experiences of racism.

In addition, established international players like Liverpool FC striker Daniel Sturridge, England international Jermain Defoe, Wales and Leicester City’s Premier League winner Andy King and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Rob Elliot all supported events at their clubs.

The events remain a central tenet of our work looking forward to next season and we hope to build on our relationships with the PFA and football clubs throughout the country to deliver many more events across the UK throughout the season.

In addition to supporting our educational events, football clubs have always given their backing to our anti-racism posters, featuring players holding up our red cards to demonstrate their support and zero tolerance approach to racism. We

managed to distribute over half a million team posters thanks to the invaluable support from Local Authorities across the UK. In an increasingly difficult climate for the charity sector, funding is always at the top of the SRtRC agenda and we are indebted to new agreements this year with the GMB, Garfield Weston Foundation and Freshwater.

Without Government funding since March, this year has been a struggle and the support of these three new funders has been absolutely crucial in sustaining our important educational work during this difficult period.

Another huge contributor to the sustainability and viability of our work has been the wonderful support received from right across the UK for Wear Red Day. The simple premise of wearing red and paying £1 to demonstrate support for Show Racism the Red Card has caught the imagination of the public. Trade Unions, businesses, schools, Local Authorities and individuals all got behind the campaign, publicising their efforts via social media and raising much needed funds for educational work.

Once again, the next twelve months will undoubtedly bring challenges but will also be an exciting time, with our highly skilled and dedicated staff team working on new workshops and projects. We will be looking to further develop our educational resources and produce new educational films, a magazine and a brand-new website!

NORTH EAST EDUCATION TEAM

NORTH EAST EDUCATION TEAM LAURA PIDCOCK - EDUCATION MANAGER

and political system, understanding Islam and much more. The programme uses a skills based approach which encourages critical thinking.

We continue to have a diverse funding stream ensuring we are sustainable and still able to deliver this much needed work.

"The children had a super educational experience which really helped to develop their understanding. Fantastic delivery, it's lovely to have people in school who really understand the children's needs and can work so well with them. The workshop is definitely memorable for the children."

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Now more than ever schools need to engage in anti-racism education. Thanks to funding in the region, schools' work continues to be the backbone of our team's delivery. The education workers have delivered sessions to 10,113 young people, having challenging and at times difficult conversations. They have noted an increase in anti-Muslim prejudice and antiImmigrant sentiment on top of the older, more established racisms. This is in line with national trends. We have worked hard this year to respond to the changing nature of racism and have produced new and exciting workshops for both Primary and Secondary Schools.

With an increasingly hostile environment toward minority communities, a continuation of austerity and a mainstream media awash with misinformation, we are seeing young people who need longer term support from our organisation. The team have therefore devised a 12 week programme which looks intensively at anger, identity, the immigration

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"I have learned that some people think just because one person did something bad that other people will do something bad as well which is not true." (conversation in relation to terrorism) Primary School pupil, Durham

“This session in particular challenged pupils' views and preconceived ideas and encouraged them to look at the issues from others' point of view.”

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Advocacy The Police, Crime and Victims' Commissioner (PCVC) for County Durham, and Darlington, Ron Hogg has asked the Education Team to pilot a new and exciting initiative to offer Hate Crime Advocacy to people who have been targeted because of their perceived or actual Religion, Belief, Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Disability. Although this project is in its infancy it is a progressive alliance between Gay Advice Darlington (GAD), Darlington Association on Disability (DAD) and Show Racism the Red Card (North East) who have formed a consortium to provide this much needed service.

Cleveland PCC Case Study Barry Coppinger, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, has invested in anti-racism education for the last 2 years across the 4 Local Authorities in his Police Force Area. The programme has meant that we have worked extensively with both adults and young people. We have delivered anti-racism education sessions to 4,637 young people and to adults from 130 schools. We have also held an anti-racism event for young people at Hartlepool United FC and have piloted Police Force Training. Having funders who are interested and committed to the work that we do has allowed our team to innovate, creating new services and workshops and to deliver education which speaks to the need. We are very grateful for the continued support and guidance from Cleveland PCC.

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Adult Training This year has seen an unprecedented number of adult workshop sessions delivered to a variety of different workplaces and environments, with 845 adults receiving training. These have ranged from equality reps in prisons, children’s home staff in Northumberland, trade union activists and reps and private businesses. Many approached us explaining that their staff were struggling to challenge an increasing amount of anti-immigrant sentiment in the workplace. We therefore created a new workshop which addresses this issue called ‘How to Talk about Immigration’ to go alongside training looking at recognising and responding to racist incidents and hate crimes, promoting equality in an organisation and understanding terminology relating to ethnicity.

Anti-Racism Ambassadors' Programme with UNISON Northern Region Not only have we developed longer term interventions with young people, we have developed an anti-racism ambassadors' programme with UNISON members. UNISON Northern Region recognised the difficulties that people were facing in the workplace, hearing and then having to challenge racism. An 8 week programme took place which looked intensively at antiracism themes and strategies. The Education Team were supported by some fantastic external facilitators, like Professor Thom Brookes (expert in Immigration), the Islamic Diversity Centre and Clara Shields (Little Big Butterfly, Mindful Assertiveness).

The evaluation of the course showed that all participants increased confidence in their ability to challenge racism in the workplace, their knowledge of the political system, their understanding of Islam, the Immigration system, how and why racism is constructed in societies and also increased their propensity to be part of anti-racism activism. In these tumultuous times it is crucial we build the capacity of activists nationally to challenge the normalisation of racism. A big thanks to UNISON Northern Region for having faith in this programme and the ambassadors who gave their time and commitment.

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Education Worker Reflections “It is difficult to maintain pace with the increasing levels of misinformation and resentment. With many people being plummeted into very difficult economic and social situations it is so much easier to accept and believe the mainstream rhetoric that blames immigrants and Muslim people for all the world's ills. Genuine fear and anger alongside perceived injustices are contributing to the perfect storm for scapegoating and racist attitudes. Meeting people where they are at, listening in a bid to understand, empathising with their challenges and providing alternative views has gone some way in relieving some of the burden of prejudice. We will continue to do this with determination and compassion.” - Lizz Bennett “Sometimes it is overwhelming to consider the growing storm of racism and its consequences that we see every day. There is no doubt that this is an increasingly challenging time to be contemplating your own identity as a young person. What we can offer is the constant reminder of the power these young people hold, to start putting in place changes that can have a hugely positive impact on society now and in years to come. Although it can seem so bleak at times, the beauty of this work is seeing the penny drop and watching as young people begin the journey of questioning” - Cat Hutchinson Our Funders A massive thanks to Northumberland County Council, North Tyneside Council, South Tyneside Council, Sunderland City Council, Gateshead Council, Cleveland PCC, Durham and Darlington PCVC, Northumbria PCC, The Big Lottery, Hadrian Trust, UNISON Northern Region and all of those who have booked our services individually.

WEAR RED DAY 2016

WEAR RED DAY FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2016

On Friday 21st October 2016, Show Racism the Red Card held its second annual Wear Red Day event. Individuals, schools and organisations across the UK were encouraged to take part and show their support by raising funds for the campaign.

As always, trade unions stepped up to pledge their support, with members of USDAW, the NUT, Unite the Union, UNISON, PFA, GMB, Nautilus, Equity, Musicians' Union, Prospect, BECTU, NUJ, TUC and PCS all wearing red and making donations to our charity.

"With a rise in hate crime post referendum, the work of Show Racism the Red Card is so incredibly important. GMB never has and never will let racism go unchallenged, that's why we're proud to wear red today to support the organisation and the message."

- Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary There was a very visible show of support from two North East councils. Stockton Council turned the lights red around some of the borough’s most prominent landmarks. And on Tyneside the famous Millennium Bridge was illuminated red, to mark the support of Gateshead Council.

Current and former professional footballers throughout the UK got involved in Wear Red Day. Thierry Henry, Rachel Yankey OBE, Yoan Gouffran, Callum Chambers, Izzy Christiensen and Lucy Bronze were joined by SRtRC patrons John Barnes, Chris Kamara, Bryan Robson and Chris Hughton in backing the campaign and encouraged others to get involved and raise funds to support the delivery of anti-racism education.

Former Liverpool FC and England winger John Barnes, now a patron of SRtRC, said: “I believe that education is the key to tackling racism. Show Racism the Red Card has worked tirelessly for 20 years to help educate young people about the dangers of racism. Please show your support on Friday 21st October, give just £1 and wear red to help make a difference” Wear Red Day 2016 also received support from the following football clubs: Manchester United FC, Manchester City Women FC, Middlesbrough FC, Middlesbrough Ladies FC, Newcastle United FC, Sunderland AFC, Everton FC, Doncaster Belles FC, Plymouth Argyle FC, Plymouth Argyle Ladies FC, Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Huddersfield Town FC, Reading FC and Derby County FC.

WEAR RED DAY 2016 Gordon Taylor OBE, Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, said: "The PFA are committed to targeting racism, discrimination and intolerance in our society and the support of our members including current and former players is key to this message. Education continues to be at the heart of the union’s work as we look to influence and effect positive change in our communities and the heightened significance to Show Racism the Red Card."

Once again, Wear Red Day was a great success which showed the brilliant support we have from people and organisations nationwide.

Show Racism the Red Card would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in 2016.

WEAR RED DAY: SCOTLAND - FRIDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2017 ENGLAND & WALES - FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER 2017 Wear Red Day 2017 will take place on Friday 6th October in Scotland and Friday 20th October in England and Wales. To request a fundraising pack, please contact SRtRC via email info@theredcard.org or call 0191 257 8519 Remember, for every £5 raised, SRtRC can educate a young person for a whole school day.

Show your support, wear red and stand against racism this October.

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UK SCHOOL COMPETITIONS 2016

> 45 winners > 8 categories > 136 schools Awards Ceremony at the Boleyn Gound, West Ham United FC

> 50 winners > 6 categories > 38 schools Awards Ceremony at Hampden Park, Glasgow

> 54 winners > 11 categories > 93 schools Awards Ceremony at the Marriott Hotel, Cardiff

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS UK WIDE

= 14,441

SOUTHERN REGION

SOUTHERN REGION STEVE GOODSELL - REGIONAL MANAGER The Office in Southend on Sea in Essex for the Southern Region has established itself strongly in the communities in which we work over the past 3 years. Our main contracts during 2016 have been with the Essex Police and Crime Commissioner's Office, the Ministry of Defence, Hertfordshire County Council, Buckinghamshire County Council, Southend on Sea Council Borough Council and Barking and Dagenham Council.

In addition we have worked with schools across the South of England and in the Midlands, sometimes as a result of us presenting to head teachers at conferences, but more often than not because of a phone call from a school asking if we can help deal with issues or incidents that may be taking place. Children of all ages are affected by the things that they see and hear in the media or at home, with Brexit and the American Presidential Elections causing worry and confusion in many young people's minds. Our skilled educators listen to young people’s

concerns and help them make sense of things, reassure them and support the work of teachers in keeping children of all backgrounds safe and able to achieve their potential in life.

During the past 12 months over 11,340 school children in the region have gained a greater understanding of the issues surrounding racism and discrimination thanks to the inspirational workshops delivered by Francis Duku, Clint Easton, Manisha Tailor, Lionel Morgan, Michaela Hoyle, Luther Blissett, Osei Sankofa, Leroy Rosenior and Shona Chitate.

Shona has now moved into the role of full time Educator and we have been joined by part time Administrator Martina Barton as we seek to sustain past work, whilst at the same time forge new partnerships with the aim of reaching more children and young people than ever before, helping them understand the key issues around racism and other forms of discrimination.

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Educational Workshops The number of requests for school workshops continues to rise with demand, sometimes close to exceeding our capacity to deliver. Schools from all over the South of England are contacting us to help them educate and inform the young people in their care, all of which is in addition to our regular work with Local Authorities in London and the Home Counties.

The renewal of existing contracts is never a foregone conclusion at all as there have been so many funding cuts right across the board, which has impacted greatly on all councils. We are pleased to have re-negotiated with Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Southend and Barking and Dagenham, with several others soon to be confirmed. We are grateful for the ongoing support of these and other councils and funders in the South and across the UK. Much of my time is dedicated to promoting the work of SRtRC to organisations we have yet to work with: Local Authorities, the Police, Schools, Football Clubs and Businesses across the South of England have been visited, with many new partnerships formed including those with the West Ham United Foundation, QPR Community Trust, Hammersmith and Fulham Council and the Hammersmith and Fulham branch of the National Union of Teachers.

SOUTHERN REGION Football Club Events A large part of our delivery involves organising showcase events at football clubs and supporting the national team, particularly the professional and hardworking duo of Gav Sutherland and James Kingett. With Gav and James we have held successful events at several clubs including those at Leyton Orient, Dagenham and Redbridge, Southend Utd, MK Dons, Arsenal, Millwall, Watford, Charlton and Reading. I would like to thank each of the clubs involved for their great support, especially to the players and managers for contributing to the ever popular Question and Answer sessions, which form the perfect conclusion to what is always an informative and memorable day for the children and teachers who attend.

One person who gave so much to our club events at Watford was Graham Taylor, a true legend of the game, a gentleman and a man who will be missed by us all. Our heartfelt condolences go to Graham’s family, friends and Watford FC where he will be forever remembered as the most successful manager in their history.

This current season we continue to work closely with football club community schemes, utilising the services of their coaching teams to assist us at schools. West Ham, Colchester Utd, Southend Utd and QPR are amongst those who have provided staff recently and we thank each club for their support.

The PFA continue to be one of our key partners, which in our region brings us into regular contact with Dave Palmer and Terry Angus, both of whom help enormously when it comes to identifying potential new educators and coaches from the many players who are approaching the end of their careers and are looking for new opportunities. The Football League Trust and The FA, particularly County FAs, have also supported our work in the South and we thank all of them in addition to the clubs mentioned earlier.

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Showcase Events and Conferences In addition to our own Showcase events we have had a busy time attending numerous conferences in support of partner organisations and sponsors, which have included the TUC Construction Committee, British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association, Tackling Hidden Harms Essex Police Conference, National Union of Teachers Conference in Brighton, Essex Education Equalities Conference in Chelmsford, Unite National Equality Conference in Eastbourne, Buckinghamshire Anti-Bullying Conference, Rights of the Child Conference at the University of East Anglia, Hertfordshire County Conference for Primary Schools, UNISON Annual Conference in Brighton, PREVENT Conference in Chelmsford, GMB Conference in Bournemouth, Brent Council Hate Crime Conference, Home Office and DCLG Hate Crime Conference, and the Union Learn Conference in London.

All charities and business have to adapt and continue to improve their service if they are to survive and thrive, something which we are constantly doing, asking what our clients want from us and addressing any particular needs they may have. A good example of our ability

to diversify is the project being delivered for Essex Police, which is now in its second year of funding.

In 9 key areas of the County a combination of SRtRC workshops in schools and victim support sessions will be aimed at increasing awareness of what constitutes a Hate Crime. Our staff have been trained to be Hate Crime Ambassadors and will work with partner groups to create a safe place for young people to come forward, reporting any concerns they may have, with the appropriate action being taken.

Honours for Manisha Tailor One of our experienced sessional educational workers was awarded an MBE for 'Services to Football and Diversity in Sport' in the New Year's Honours list.

Oh behalf of SRtRC I congratulate Manisha on her fantastic achievement!

Contact us For more information on the work of the campaign in London and the South please contact me at steve@theredcard.org or call 07982 476 454

WALES

SUNIL PATEL - CAMPAIGN MANAGER

I think it’s fair to say that it’s been a challenging year for our charity, but due to the undoubted commitment from all our staff in Wales, we have managed to ride the storm and work with thousands of young people and support hundreds of teachers throughout the country.

Alongside this, we have also produced a short film about Immigration entitled ‘Wales is my home’. I would like to thank Break Every Chain Productions who helped produce the film, which will be used in the classrooms to complement our other resources. A pupil from a school in Wrexham won the overall Creative Arts Competition for the 2nd year consecutively and, along with other prize winners, attended our lavish ceremony at the Marriott Hotel, Cardiff.

The competition remains very popular and is now a regular fixture in our calendar. It is a great way for schools to be involved with our programme and can be used as a tool to embed anti-racism in their classrooms.

Another highlight was the success of our annual fundraising gala event, held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff. This was attended by over 200 guests and raised a considerable amount of funds that we invested in our schools' project work.

At a time when the country needed cheering up, Wales did the nation proud at the Euros getting to the semi-finals and showed everyone how we can all unite and be ‘Stronger Together’. I think this is more significant now than ever as we enter a period that will no doubt challenge how far we have, or have not, come in terms of race relations - both here and across Europe. It is therefore pleasing that we ended the year with news of our Big Lottery application being successful, enabling us to continue working with schools across Wales.

JASON WEBBER - CAMPAIGN WORKER Club Events During the 2015/16 season, we held 21 club events which included the four regional rugby clubs and Glamorgan County CC. These events were attended by 1,100 pupils from 33 schools across Wales.

Our reporter’s notebook task and ‘Press Conference’ has continued to be a popular addition to our events. This is a role play activity which gives young people the opportunity to act as journalists and report their findings in their own newspaper, post-event.

In the lead up the event, pupils are asked to research the history of racism in sport and society and prepare some questions to ask the panel of players on the day.

During the event, the pupils take part in an educational workshop exploring the topic of racism through interactive games and discussions with our Education Workers and former professional players. They also receive a Show Racism the Red Card educational magazine and an anti-racism team poster.

After the event, when back at school, the pupils are tasked with designing and creating their own newspaper articles. These have featured reports on racism in sport, the SRtRC event and stories about key historical figures such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King.

The ‘Press Conference’ activity has given young people across Wales the opportunity to speak to current professional and former professional players about racism. The task ensures that the workshops have a lasting effect and learning continues post event. Selected newspaper reports are also entered into our National Creative Arts Competition in its own category.

Fortnight of Action (FOA) The Fortnight of Action in 2016 took place from the 8th – 22nd October and formed part of the FARE Football People action weeks.

All 60 UEFA Champions League, Europa League and, for the first time, the UEFA Women’s Champions League matches endorsed the message of the FARE action weeks.

These activities are a statement of UEFA’s focus on challenging intolerance and xenophobia in football, and were witnessed by millions of fans live and on television.

The FOA in Wales was once again supported by the Football Association of Wales and this year’s Fortnight of Action again saw clubs, along with their players and fans, unite to challenge discrimination in society using the power of football.

During the first week of action, all the Welsh Premier League clubs showed their support for the campaign prior to kick off.

The New Saints Manager Craig Harrison has attended several educational events.

He highlighted The Saints' stance against racism and said, "As Manager of The New Saints, we are aware of the (SRtRC) campaign and fully embrace it. The campaign is excellent and creates a lot of awareness which can only be positive."

The second week saw support in Wales from Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday, Swansea City, Watford, Wrexham, Bromley, Newport County and Plymouth Argyle, who all held match actions during their warm ups to highlight their stance against racism.

Black History Month (BHM) As part of highlighting BHM, we delivered a pilot Anti-Apartheid workshop funded

by Hub Cymru Africa with support from Lord Peter Hain (Anti-Apartheid Campaigner in the 1970's) who spoke of his experiences growing up in Pretoria during the Apartheid ruling.

The workshop looked at drawing parallels with these historical events and issues we are faced with today.

Initial Teacher Training Our team worked with 513 future teachers, as they delivered anti-racism training at five universities across Wales. We educated participants to ensure they have clear knowledge and understanding of how to teach and talk confidently about racism. The team moved on to create more participant led sessions and used practical activities and scenarios to develop real classroom practice. For example within a resources workshop in Aberystwyth students designed and delivered their own antiracism based lesson starter activity within their secondary specialist subject.

We also delivered new sessions on 'How to recognise, respond to and report a suspected racist incident in school'. Feedback from this specific workshop has been excellent, for example every single University of South Wales trainee teacher found the session extremely useful and had learnt something new.

“What a fantastic workshop. It was the In fact we have had excellent responses to all of perfect mix of information, our workshops and are excited to continue this discussion and activities, which work following a renewal of funding from the engaged all children in a way which had them all mesmerised!

National Union of Teachers, Wales.

The delivery was fantastic and interactions brilliant. The best “Tackling racism is the responsibility of everyone part of the day was the way all in our communities, both within the school gates children were engaged in both and outside. As the largest union for teachers in discussions and games to Wales we are extremely proud of the work we do challenge them to reconsider alongside SRtRC in raising awareness of these their perceptions. issues and to help educate children. What is Thank you!” clear from this survey, and recent statistics, is Primary Teacher, Vale that this work is as important now as it has ever of Glamorgan been. NUT members have always believed “They passionately that education is about developing create the socially responsible individuals as well as opportunity for academic attainment. Ensuring there is a sense some open dialogue of tolerance and respect is integral to that about society and life focus.” experiences which are - Stuart Williams, NUT Principal Officer not directly linked to the curriculum or School Workshops teaching.”

Primary Teacher, This year Show Racism the Red Card Wales has delivered 302 workshops Cardiff across Wales. We have worked across 16 local authorities and educated 9,083 young people. Our workshops have delivered sessions in both English and Welsh utilising bi-lingual materials that we have produced.

We have been collecting fantastic feedback and thank-you messages from the pupils and their teachers, including hand written letters, tweets and e-mails. The feedback showed the positive effect of our workshops and, that the work has a lasting impact on learners in Wales.

Education workers have been developing new workshops and are really excited to impact thousands more students in the New Year.

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Research SRtRC Wales worked very hard to investigate the experiences and opinions students and teachers have about racism in the Welsh education system. We surveyed 495 teachers, 125 trainee teachers and consulted with 535 young people and 52 upper Key Stage Two pupils spread across all local authorities in Wales. We discovered: 1. Racism exists in schools across Wales 2. Islamophobia is prevalent 3. Anti-racism is mostly taught discreetly through PSE or reactively after an incident 4. Teachers feel unequipped to deal with racist attitudes and incidents 5. Students and teachers think more needs to be done in school to tackle racism Our findings were shared at the National Assembly in Cardiff. The team and guest speakers presented their research report findings to Council Leaders, Assembly Members and Union Officers and the Cabinet Secretary for Education in Wales.

We are looking forward to working more closely with the Welsh Government after Cabinet Secretary Kirsty Williams said “I will not tolerate racism and bullying in the Welsh education system, and I expect schools and education services to also make it clear that it is

entirely unacceptable - and to adopt a zero tolerance approach”.

We recommended that anti-racism should be embedded and directly taught in the new primary and secondary curriculum and it should be mandatory for all school staff to undertake anti-racism training as part of their on-going continual professional development.

Following the event we received a lot of media support, including television and radio coverage as well as a front page in the national newspaper of Wales, The Western Mail.

“The event has had a very positive impact, a lot learnt.” – Delegate “I was shocked at the content of the main report and it emphasised how much work we need to do.” – Delegate “The research we conducted is just the tip of the iceberg about what is happening in schools across Wales and we really hope this issue is now taken more seriously and becomes a priority for those in policy and decision makers with the power to influence change.” - Sunil Patel

SCOTLAND

NICOLA HAY - CAMPAIGN MANAGER

Sadly, over the course of the last year, we have seen a sharp increase in racism, particularly with regard to prejudice and discrimination exhibited toward Muslims, Asylum Seekers and migrants.

Official figures from the Scottish Government indicate that racial hate crime remains the most commonly reported hate crime with 371 charges reported in 2015 - 2016. Moreover, SRtRC collected data from over 1,200 young people in Scottish schools and over 20% of young people indicated that they were being abused due to their skin colour, nationality, culture or religion in school.

Highlights • The Fortnight of Action was extremely successful and was further enhanced by funding from the Scottish Government in order to administer the Community Grants Scheme which saw a number of community groups and schools design their own projects and events to tackle racism

• We worked with four Local Authorities to deliver anti-racism and anti-sectarian education to students in the classroom and their teachers • The Scottish team designed, developed and delivered Refugee Inclusion education for Perth and Kinross Council, in order to ensure that resettled families were welcomed to an inclusive and holistic space • The Creative Competition was a success, with young people using their talents to tackle racism and sectarianism through posters, films and music from the Shetland Isles, to the Borders, to the Isle of Skye Thanks to Members of our Scottish Advisory Committee for their advice, support and encouragement and our supporters within Local Authorities, the Scottish Government, the Voluntary Action Fund, Football Clubs, the S.F.A, Unite the Union, UNISON, the Educational Institute of Scotland and ASLEF.

Fortnight of Action (FOA) SRtRC Scotland held its 12th FOA from the 8th – 22nd October 2016. This time of concerted action across Scotland encourages community groups, schools and professional clubs to positively engage with SRtRC in order to tackle racism and racist hate crime.

42 Scottish Junior Football Association teams participated 62 Scottish Women’s Premier League & Scottish Women’s Football League teams participated 42 Scottish Professional Football League teams participated Overall 95,500 football fans were exposed to the message of standing in solidarity against racism at SPFL matches.

Club Events The Scottish Government funded 20 anti-racism educational club events at SPFL clubs; at which 1,240 Primary 6, 7 and Secondary 1 young people participated.

Young people participated in a carousel of workshops exploring racism, and the experiences of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. In attendance were first team players and management of the host clubs, detailing their own experiences of racism and about being a migrant and resettled refugee.

Show Bigotry the Red Card The Scottish Government funded SRtRC to deliver a programme of anti-sectarian education to 245 young people and 7 adults.

• Total number of workshops = 39 • Total number of beneficiaries = 252

Schools and Local Authorities Between August 2015 - June 2016 the Scottish team worked in partnership with four Local Authorities delivering anti-racism and anti-sectarian education workshops and ‘Highlighting Inequality’ fun and fitness sessions with Primary and Secondary age children and young people. Our warmest thanks go to Perth and Kinross, South Lanarkshire, Inverclyde and South Ayrshire Councils.

"Police Scotland, Glasgow Division and Show Racism the Red Card make a great team. This year we really pushed forward with our Anti Sectarian workshop tackling prejudice, to raise awareness of all types of hate crime. With our other partners, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service we held our annual Community Cup, a football tournament which fields Glasgow teams from different ethnic backgrounds, challenging all forms of discrimination through sport and showing them that there is no substitute for respect and inclusion. I look forward to the next season with SRtRC and growing this already successful team."

- PC Stephen Canale, Glasgow Division's Safer Communities Department, Police Scotland "In engaging with young people in particular on the wider issues of racism, including Islamophobia and all forms of hate crime, the team in Scotland do fantastic but usually unseen work. The raising of awareness and education sessions are invaluable in the fight against racism and, post-Brexit, the work undertaken by Show Racism the Red Card will become even more essential. Football helps provide a public profile for all this good work and PFA Scotland is proud to have been a supporter of Show Racism the Red Card from its inception."

- Fraser Wishart, Scottish Professional Footballers Association "As a teacher who teaches children about racism and how to tackle it, I think that this day promoted and developed understanding for children. Children enjoy discussing the everyday aspects of racism.

It is good for them to see the effects of their words from another point of view – the victim."

- Teacher, Kings Park Primary

STAFF TEAM Head Office Ged Grebby Chief Executive Paul Kearns Deputy Chief Executive Laura Pidcock Education Manager Gavin Sutherland Campaign Coordinator James Kingett Campaign Worker Ben Holman Campaign Worker Lizz Bennett Education Worker Justine King Education Worker Cat Hutchinson Education Worker Gill Brereton Finance Officer Wendy Watts Administration & Support Worker Dominic Healy Administration & Support Worker Rose Greenfield Administration & Support Worker Southern Region Steve Goodsell Regional Manager Martina Barton Administration & Support Worker

Shona ChitateSamuriwo Education Worker Manisha Taylor Sessional Education Worker Michaela Hoyle Sessional Education Worker Wales Sunil Patel Campaign Manager Jason Webber Campaign Worker Clare Skidmore Campaign Support Worker Ceri Nicolle Education Worker Noam Devey Education Worker Scotland Nicola Hay Campaign Manager Ruth McGeoch Campaign Support Worker Dee Matthew Education Coordinator Gillian Eunson Education Worker Ryan Cullen Administration Assistant Ex-professional Footballers Gary Bennett Olivier Bernard

Trevor Benjamin John Anderson Richard Offiong Dean Gordon Andre Bennett Leroy Rosenior Luther Blissett Clint Easton Howard Gayle Brian Irvine Michael Weir Derek Ferguson Gary McSwegan Steven Bell Steve Jenkins Francis Duku Lionel Morgan Osei Sankofa

Lynne Hackett UNISON Hazifur Rahman Welsh Football Trust Shereen Williams Newport Council Tom Overton Sport Wales Mel Whitter Unite the Union Ashok Ahir Mela Media

Scotland Advisory Committee Tony Higgins Chair - FIFPro Fraser Wishart PFA Scotland Eileen Dinning UNISON Atta Yaqub The Prince’s Trust Bill Ramsey EIS Elaine Dougall Unite the Union Tommy Breslin Andrea Bradley Welsh Advisory EIS Committee Stuart Williams Alan Reid Chair - NUT Wales ASLEF Roberto De Benedictis Hala Ousta NUT Wales S.F.A Steve Jones Paul Fitzpatrick Football Association S.F.A of Wales Hakim Din Jon Beynon Welsh Government Management Committee David Foster Chair Laura Fleck Vice Chair Derek Gardner Treasurer Karen Puddephatt Secretary Azeem Ahmad Martin Lightfoot Nadeem Ahmad Sumati Bala Omar Yaseen Khalid Malik

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