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Football anti-racism project piloted in Burnley to be rolled out
8:00pm Thursday 4th March 2010
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- By Alex Willmott » Reporter
AN ANTI-racism football project, piloted by Burnley FC, is now being rolled out across the UK.
Derby County FC and Millwall FC are following in the footsteps of the Clarets to promote anti-racism and multi-cultural education thro-ugh football for local school children.
The SCARF project was launched in Burnley in 2003 in a bid to develop and deliver anti-racism education within the citizenship curriculum in schools between five to 16-year-olds.
SCARF, which stands for schools, citizenship, anti-racism and football, has been hailed a great success in Burnley, with youngsters from different ethnic backgrounds remaining friends since being introduced seven years ago.
Prince Charles gave the scheme his backing when he visited the town two years ago.
Louise Spencer MBA, head of the Community Sports Trust in Burnley, said: “The majority of the schools in Burnley and Pendle have at some stage been part of the delivery process and our statistics have demonstrated that through the programme their understanding has drastically improved.”
Burnley is now looking at developing it further with enterprise activities so that community cohesion and business-to-business activities are an integral part of the communities’ development.”
Jane Richmond, teaching advisor for cohesion and diversity, who founded the project, said: “I am absolutely thrilled that the course is being carried out in Derby and Millwall.
“I went down to both clubs and trained the leaders to teach the course.
“And those kids who were on the first course in 2003 still talk to each other on the phone.
"I want it to be carried out in every club in the UK.”
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bankhall, burnley says...
9:32pm Thu 4 Mar 10
another load of buuull set up after the so called riots that did nothing only create a few jobs for the tree huggers and the dykes.soon-also
madari, water village says...
11:24pm Thu 4 Mar 10
And how many asians or blacks for that matter attend matches at Turf Moor on match days.?.....in all my time going to the turf I have at any given time seen no more than 3 or four.....blacks or asians (apart from players)......Anothe
r load of Bullllllll
akon, padiham says...
7:39am Fri 5 Mar 10
When will they ever learn ?
Louise Spencer MBA , how much is she on a year ?
Anything to do with anti-racism gets wads of money thrown at it, whilst our more deserving elderly freeze to death !!
andy1, burnley says...
3:08pm Fri 5 Mar 10
akon wrote:Here we go again the voice of that well facist led by Nick Griffins BNP. Not son long ago that ageing Facists Steve Smith was saying it was ok to chant Racists songs on the terraces at Black Players. You know Steve of course akon the once agent of the BNP who was convicted of forging names for candidates. He got sent down went to what your lot call holiday camps except Steve went to HM Kirkham which by all accounts is a luxury hotel. You was a regualr visitor so the mole in Burnley BNP informs me. Thats right a mole is planted a member pretending to be one of your lot.
Yet again throwing our money at another social engineering, brainwashing project ?
When will they ever learn ?
Louise Spencer MBA , how much is she on a year ?
Anything to do with anti-racism gets wads of money thrown at it, whilst our more deserving elderly freeze to death !!
philipmorris, Accrington says...
4:07pm Fri 5 Mar 10
We didnt have a black player until the late 1980s and there was a mindless element in our support which characterised black players as c***ns to be greeted by monkey chants at evey opportunity. That racism still lives on though its not as explicit now thankfully. Asian faces are still virtually non-existent on the Turf and there has been no attempt to build constuctive relationships with the local Asian community.
Burnley are no worse nor better than the other Lancashire clubs on this. I welcome the initiative as recognition of the club's and supporters deplorable past on this and an attempt to set a good example.
Ossy Claret
akon, padiham says...
7:52pm Fri 5 Mar 10
What a clown you are,Mole ? You are reading too many spy novels mr.devil-worshipper.
You are correct ref Steve as he admitted to his crime.
But at least the crime wasn't to do with paedophilia ,theft,robbery like your allies !!
Ps Still getting a hard time off the missus?
duke bar, burnley says...
7:55pm Fri 5 Mar 10
If Asians want to come to the turf they can come. Lots of black lads support the clarets.Is does not matter what colour you are as long as you bleed claret and blue. What we dont need is to be told that were racist.Some of the best ever Burnley players were black oooo george oghani, johhny Francis Ian Wright, Clarke Carlise (clark was not that good last week (but he is good..
To be honest most of my mates who are from an Asian background like cricket. If they like football its mostly Liverpool and United they like.
akon, padiham says...
8:12pm Fri 5 Mar 10
You failed to mention the elderly freezing to death,but there again you were part of that LIEBOUR party who threw them out of their homes to an early grave weren't you !!
SCUM !!
philipmorris, Accrington says...
1:32pm Sat 6 Mar 10
Yes we have black players NOW but it took until the late 80s for that to happen, and you hardly ever see an Asian or black face at Turf Moor. Even today you still hear racist remarks directed by our own supporters at our own black players and these are not isolated incidents.
We still hardly recruit Asian or black kids via our youth/schoolboy system despite the fact its not exactly overflowing with talent and there are big cities like Leeds and Manchester nearby with large black communities
As a club and body of supporters we need to face up to our past ( and for elements of us the present) and eradicate this scar on the face of the club forever.
Racism is a sickness which needs firm action to root it out. It time for the club and its support to connect with the Asian community and bring them into the fold. A useful start is support this intiative and cease these racist comments at Turf Moor.
Ossy Claret
akon, padiham says...
2:48pm Sat 6 Mar 10
Nothing more than a spineless coward !!
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