Equity in Your Coaching

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sports coach UK Develop Your Coaching Workshop
Equity in Your Coaching Welcome
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Workshop Outcomes By the end of this
workshop, you should be able to

• explain what sports equity means, the legal
  framework and why it is important for your
  coaching
• identify factors that deny access to
  disadvantaged groups
• use appropriate language and terminology
• identify and challenge inequitable behaviour and
  identify how you can become more equitable
• establish where to go for further information

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Ground Rules

• Anonymity
• Confidentiality
• Respect others contributions
• Listen carefully to others contributions
• Respect the right to be heard
• Challenge comments in a positive way
• Move around the subject
• Dont put other coaches down
• Tutor not the equity police

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What do Sports Equity, Equal Opportunities and
Equality mean?

• Equity
• Equality
• Equal opportunities

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Sports Equity Sports equity is about fairness
in sport, equality of access, recognising
inequalities and taking steps to address them. It
is about changing the culture and structure of
sport to ensure that it becomes equally
accessible to everyone in society Definition
from Making English Sport Inclusive Equity
Guidelines for Governing Bodies, Sport England
2000
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What is Equity?

• Equity is about
• fairness
• equality of access
• recognising inequalities and taking steps to
  address them
• Sports equity is about
• changing the culture and structure of sport to
  ensure that it is accessible to everyone,
  whatever their ability, age, ethnicity, gender,
  nationality, race, sexuality or social status

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What is Equal Opportunities?
What is Equality?

• Equality
• The state of being equal treating individuals
  equally, which is not necessarily the same as
  treating them the same. In some cases, the need
  for equality may require unequal effort to ensure
  that the principle of equality is achieved.

• Equal Opportunities
• Ensuring that employment practices are fair and
  that the workplace is an environment free from
  discrimination and harassment
• Employers are required to comply with UK and EU
  discrimination legislation

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Legislation

• Equal Pay Act 1970
• Equal Value (Amendment) Regulations 1983
• Employment Rights Act 1996
• Rehabilitation of OffendersAct 1974
• Sex Discrimination Act 1975, 1986, 1999 and 2008
• Race Relations Act 1976, Amendment Act 2000
• Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
• Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
• Children Act 1989 and 2004
• Civil Partnership Act 2004
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment
  Regulations 2003) and 2005
• Northern Ireland Act 1998
• Scotland Act 1998
• Human Rights Act 1998
• Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation)
  Regulations 2003
• Employment Equality (Religion and Belief)
  Regulations 2003
• Equality Act 2006

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Equality Act 2010

• Consolidate and streamline existing legislation
• Equal Pay Acts
• Sexual Discrimination Acts
• Race Relations Acts
• Disability Discrimination Acts
• New definitions

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Equality Act 2010 Definitions

• Discrimination
• Direct
• Indirect
• By Association
• By Perception
• Combined
• Harassment
• Victimisation

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Framework for the Equality and Human Rights
Commission

• Gender
• Disability
• Ethnicity
• Age
• Sexual orientation
• Religion

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• Population Statistics
• Population for England and Wales included
• 51.4 women
• 520 disabled people (depending on definition)
• 10 people from ethnic minorities
• NB These figures are from the 2001 Census

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Why is Sports Equity Important?

• It enables us to
• recognise inequalities in sport
• make sport fair and accessible to all
• take action to address inequalities in sport
• Sporting organisations have a moral, and
• sometimes legal, obligation to be equitable

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The Equality Standard

• was launched in 2004 across the UK
• provides a guide to ensure continuous improvement
  in striving for equality in sports organisations
• has four levels of achievement
• It is expected to take years, rather than months,
  to ensure real cultural change is achieved
• Most governing bodies of sport are actively
  working towards achievement of the Standard

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Barriers to Participation

• What are the barriers that people coming to your
  coaching sessions may encounter?
• Are any barriers common to more than one group?

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Barriers

• Coach
• Assumptions
• Lack of knowledge
• Poor communication
• Facilities
• Transport
• Convenience
• Safety
• Inadequacy
• Cost
• Fee
• Kit
• Equipment

• Time
• Convenience
• Other commitments
• Personal issues
• Self-esteem
• Fear of discrimination and unwelcoming
  environment
• Cultural/religious influences
• Lack of role models

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Sports Participation

• Ethnic minority participation 40
  National average 46
• Men from ethnic minority communities 49
  National average 54
• Women from ethnic minority communities 32
  National average 39
• People in the professional social class are
  more
• likely to participate in sport than those in the
• unskilled manual group

Source Office of National Statistics
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Positive Action or Positive Discrimination?
Positive Action
Positive Discrimination
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• Language and Terminology
• Language used should be
• appropriate
• sensitive
• relevant
• consistent
• Is it derogatory, or is the receiver or anyone
  else in the group offended?

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Unacceptable v Acceptable Terms

• Disabled people
• Mixed-heritage
• Downs syndrome
• Has a disability
• Older people
• Black British
• Lesbian
• Transgender

AcceptableUnsureUnacceptable
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Coaching Questions

• Come on, you lot. Cant you see youre playing
  like?
• Could all thestand over here and the rest over
  there?
• Do you need to change in another room as youre
  a?

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Types of Inequitable Behaviour

• Verbal
• Written
• Physical

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• Inequitable Behaviour Verbal
• Racist language
• Sexist language
• Homophobic language
• Ridicule or bullying because of a personal
  characteristic

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• Inequitable Behaviour Written
• Racist, sexist or homophobic language written in
  some way
• Graffiti
• Letter
• Mobile-phone text message

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• Inequitable Behaviour Physical
• Action taken against somebody because of their
  race, gender, a personal characteristic or
  sexuality
• Pushing
• Biting
• Tripping
• Touching inappropriately
• Stealing
• Excluding from an activity

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• Dealing with Inequitable Behaviour
• Establish a code of conduct
• Avoid confrontation
• Time your actions appropriately
• Be a good role model
• Use appropriate, sensitive and relevant language
• Challenge inequitable behaviour
• Support equitable behaviour
• Be fair and consistent

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Sources of Liability for Coaches

• Discrimination
• The action people take on the basis of their
  prejudices. Discrimination occurs when a
  prejudiced person has the power to put their
  prejudices into action, which results in unfair
  and unjust treatment
• Negligence
• There exists a duty of care towards the
  participant
• This duty of care imposes a standard and
  negligence means this standard has not been met
• The participant has suffered loss, harm, damage
  or injury
• The breach of duty contributes to the loss, harm,
  damage or injury
• Defamation
• There are two types of defamation
• slander the spoken word
• libel the written word

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Duty of Care

• Safe
• Qualified
• Competent
• Insured

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Where Next?

• sports coach UK
• Sporting Equals
• Pride Sports
• StreetGames
• EFDS/Home Nation Disability
  Sports Organisations
• Womens Sport and Fitness Foundation
• Home nation sports councils
• Governing body of sport
• County sports partnership
• Local authority

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• Workshop Outcomes
• By the end of this workshop, you should be
  able to
• explain what sports equity means, the legal
  framework and why it is important for your
  coaching
• identify factors that deny access to
  disadvantaged groups
• use appropriate language and terminology
• identify and challenge inequitable behaviour and
  identify how you can become more equitable
• establish where to go for further information

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Thank you Have a safe journey home
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