Forward Hillingdon Squad is committed to treat everyone equally, regardless of sex, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or political persuasion.
We will ensure that equity as stated in the club rules is incorporated in all aspects of our activities and also that we recognise and adopt the Sport England definition of 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 all members of society, whatever their age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality or socio-economic status.
Forward Hillingdon Squad is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy swimming in an environment free from threat of discrimination, intimidation, harassment and abuse.
All Club members have a responsibility to challenge discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.
Forward Hillingdon Squad will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to the club disciplinary procedures.
Equal Opportunity is about celebrating difference and diversity and as such providing a swimming structure that can respond to this in a proactive and positive manner
Forward Hillingdon Squad is totally committed to the principals and practice of equal opportunities across all of it’s aquatic disciplines, both as an employer, provider and as facilitator of such practices by all it’s members. In our work with key partners, such as the athletes, clubs, teachers, coaches, officials and administrators, we will advocate our policies make every effort to ensure that all participation has equity at it’s core.
Swimming is a ‘sport for all’. It can and should be enjoyed and made accessible to everyone and to achieve this:
Addressing Equal Opportunities
In addressing equal opportunities, Forward Hillingdon Squad will respond to issues of equity by:
In doing so Forward Hillingdon Squad supports four key principals as being fundamental to ensuring that everyone can participate in our sport and the achievement of equality of opportunity:
Entitlement: People have a right to participate in and access quality and appropriate experiences within diving, swimming, synchronised swimming and waterpolo.
Accessibility: It is the responsibility of the ASA – our teachers, coaches, officials and administrators – to adapt provision to fit the needs of the many.
Inclusion: Wherever and whenever possible, all to access the same quality of provision, and if necessary to use positive action to ensure this:
Integrity: Whatever we do as a club to change or adopt provision, it must be of equal worth, challenging, relevant and in no way patronising.
Forward Hillingdon Squad will strive to become an organisation that values diversity and in order to achieve this we recognise that there must be clear lines of responsibility between all segments of the club.
Forward Hillingdon Squad as an employer
Forward Hillingdon Squad aspires to provide a diverse workforce, a composition of which reflects that of the broader community in terms of gender, ethnicity and disability. In order to bring about this diversity we undertake to:
Forward Hillingdon Squad as a Membership Organisation.
Forward Hillingdon Squad is committed to encouraging membership from all sectors of the community. To achieve this we undertake to:
Teachers and Coaches.
In our training and development of Teachers and Coaches, we will strive to ensure that they:
Officials and Administrators
In our involvement of officials and administrators we will expect them to
Author | Krystyna Henderson |
Created | 14th May 2009 |
Revision | 2 |
Revised | 12th December 2009 |