CENTRE FOR ACCESS TO FOOTBALL IN EUROPE

CAFE is working with supporters, clubs and governing bodies towards one clear aim – a more accessible and inclusive matchday experience for disabled supporters across Europe.

Click on http://www.cafefootball.eu

Fare is a network of football fans, NGO’s, grassroots clubs, organisations and activists who are committed to tackle all forms of discrimination in football. Fare believes in the social inclusive power of football  and is currently active in 45 countries. 

You can find out more about their membership scheme here: http://www.farenet.org/get-involved/fare-membership/

http://www.supporters-direct.org

In Scotland, Supporters Direct currently has representation at 32 clubs.

We are funded by the Scottish Government and we are committed to being the voice of fans of all clubs, senior and junior, all groups and all individuals and to make those voices heard.

The Supporters Direct organisation was formed in 2000 as an initiative of the UK Government with the goal of ‘promoting sustainable spectator sports clubs based on supporters involvement and community ownership’.

Supporters Direct is a Community Benefit Society registered with the Financial Service Authority and owned by its member Clubs and Supporters Societies. To see how we can help your club or Supporters Trust, please contact us.

THE SCOTTISH DISABLED SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION IS A MEMBER ORGANISATION OF THE SCOTTISH FANS NETWORK

 

The Association provides expert care to families living primarily in their own homes. Just as importantly, support is offered by families for families via a network of local family support groups.

Click on www.hdscotland.org for more information.

The SDSA and SHA have agreed to support each other on access issues of a mutual interest.

Able Magazine, the UK’s flagship disability lifestyle title is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2014. Its relentlessly positive outlook focusing on ‘what disabled people can do, not what they can’t’. With a wealth of specialist-written, information-rich material covering a huge variety of topics including news, travel, leisure, research, sport and the latest products in the disability marketplace, Able is the magazine of the active disability community.

The Scottish Disabled Supporters Association has strong links with our Belgian equivalent INSIDE. There is also a strong personal link between Keith Ferguson and Geert Thomas (President of INSIDE).

See their face book page for more details https://www.facebook.com/InsideBE?fref=ts

 

Euan’s Guide and the Scottish Disabled Supporters Association have agreed to work together. Euan’s Guide is international looking at different types of venues whereas the SDSA is focused on Scottish football stadiums.

The Scottish Disabled Supporters Association wishes to actively encourage its members to use the Euan’s Guide Submit a Review function on their web site to comment both positively and negatively on accessible facilities at Scottish football stadiums. For the time being the SDSA is not operating a blog function on its web site whereas Euan’s Guide has resource and expertise in place on a full time basis to deal with posts on a real time basis. For guidance on how to submit a review on Euans Guide please see http://www.euansguide.com/how-to-review”  

The two groups have also agreed that if Euan’s Guide should come across a review which they believe the SDSA need to be aware of they will contact the sender and ask their permission to pass the information and the sender’s contact details to the SDSA. In cases where there is a complaint or a problem this will allow further action to take place.

Feel free to contact either Keith Ferguson (Scottish Disabled Supporters Association) keith_sdsa@btinternet.com or Kiki McDonald at hello@euansguide.com for further information.