Football for Equality

Grass Roots activities during FARE-Action Weeks 2012 | 16.-31. October 2012

Grass Roots activities during FARE-Action Weeks 2012 | 16.-31. October 2012

we are football people! As in the last 2 years FairPlay supports small activities against racism, discrimination and homophobia in football in Austria and other Central- and Eastern European countries.

Within the Football for Equqlity project 5 initiatives will take part in the Action Weeks. Other activities are supported by pur project partners in Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Germany and through the European network of EGLSF.

A grass roots project from Czech rebublic gains support: the group External link in new windowBarflies United, fans of Bohemians Praha 1905, organizes an anti-racism tournament in the Center of Praha. Two Polish initiatives will be supported as well: the factory for equality (External link in new windowfabryka rownosci) is going to organize an evening with Suzie Andreis, former football player, about Tolerance in Football and the interconnection of homosexuality and women’s football. The Campaign Against Homophobia (External link in new windowKampania przeciw Homofobii) initiated the project "Fighting Homophobia in Sports” that tends to bring together LGBT activists and organizations with journalists. Within the FfE-projekt local trainings will be supported.

Two Austrian activities will be supported as well, the External link in new windowFreund_innen der Friedhofstribüne and External link in new windowMFFV ASKÖ 23. Find more information about the Austrian Activities during Actrion Weeks in the following document:

PDF DownloadList of Activities in Austria


In Austria FARE partner organisation FairPlay-VIDC is co-ordinating a wide range of events.
The FARE Action Week in Austria is supported by the Austrian Ministry for Sports, the Austrian Football Association, the Austrian Bundesliga, the City of Vienna and UEFA and is co-funded by the European Commission (DG Justice + DG Education and Culture) in the framework of the EU-projects 'Football for Equality' and ‘Pro Supporters'.

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