Leadership Diversity Code

We commit that Walthamstow FC’s leadership should reflect the diversity of our local community. We will achieve this by:

Ensuring that our leadership reflects the local population in terms of gender, ethnicity, disability and all other historically underrepresented communities
Ensuring equality of opportunity for all
Carrying out selection based on merit, whilst seeking to source volunteers from a diverse pool of talent
Monitoring all protected characteristics, cultural and social backgrounds within our leadership

Walthamstow FC commits to ensuring diversity within all of our coaching workforce. We will achieve this by:

Supporting individuals from all historically underrepresented groups and across age groups to become the next generation of coaches
Selecting coaches openly and encouraging people from a diverse range of backgrounds to coach within the club
Monitoring the diversity of our coaches and working towards them reflecting our player base.

Walthamstow FC commits to continuing to strive for the most inclusive club culture. We will achieve this by:

Having a ‘Club Equality Policy’ which promotes equality, diversity and inclusion, adopted by all club members / players / officials as a condition of membership annually
Ensuring all club officials attend The FA’s equality, diversity and inclusion online offerings, refreshing this at appropriate intervals
Signposting all members to The FA’s equality, diversity and inclusion online training each season
Ensuring that young people are involved meaningfully in our club (through a youth committee or other suitable mechanism).
Monitoring our cultural progress through an annual club culture survey with a template provided by The FA.

Walthamstow FC commits to encouraging the reporting of discrimination. We will achieve this by:

Distributing information on how to report discrimination to all club members, every season. This will include information on the importance of immediately notifying a match official of any incident that occurs on a match day.
Acknowledging that in some instances, discriminatory abuse or behaviour may be a criminal offence. In these instances, we will be proactive and report this to the Police by calling 101.
Reporting all incidences of discrimination immediately to Essex County FA, Kick It Out or The FA.

Walthamstow FC commits to raising awareness on the topic of equality, diversity and inclusion. We will achieve this by:

Using The FA’s Diversity Code resources to promote our support and raise awareness with others
Making efforts to engage with local media and other local bodies to publicise our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Supporting The FA and other anti-discrimination body campaigns