The Football Association (The FA): Minority Report – improving the experiences of reporting of abuse in grassroots football

The FA, a governing body of football, launched a campaign in the UK to identify a model practice to recommend to CFAs and improve The FA's reporting processes.

Summary

Background

In 2018-9, The FA's research into reporting of discrimination within grassroots football delivered three key insights:

  • Claimed experience of discrimination was increasing, especially amongst ethnically diverse players
  • Many more experiences were claimed than incidents reported
  • Levels of reporting were patchy – a minority of County FAs (CFAs) accounted for a majority of reported cases. Numbers of cases reported were disproportionate to the number of teams in a county

This study aimed to understand:

  • The disparity between experiences of discrimination, either personally experienced or witnessed, and reported incidents
  • Awareness of and confidence in reporting processes among those involved in...

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