Level Playing Field has launched ‘Unite For Access’ 2025 with an official campaign film.
The celebration of access and inclusion for disabled sports fans will bring together sporting communities across England and Wales, during the March 1-16 window.
Roy Hodgson, the charity’s Patron, is pleased to unveil the campaign film. It focuses on the value of collective matchday experiences and combatting year-on-year rises in disability abuse as a barrier to attending live sport, as revealed in the 2024 Level Playing Field Annual Fan Survey results.
Hodgson said: “Unite For Access presents us with an outstanding opportunity to bring people together.
“The message of this year’s film really gives us all something to unite behind. Everyone has a role to play, in creating an inclusive environment for disabled fans.
“Abuse is nothing new and something I have seen far too much of in sport. We must now take action to end this rise in disability abuse and the accounts in this film help show that.
“We are grateful to all of the fans, disabled supporters’ associations, clubs and our partners that are involved in this year’s campaign and particularly thank the Premier League and EFL for their support.
“The coming weeks will see us put access and inclusion at the top of the agenda. I encourage everyone to join us, as we Unite For Access.”
The Level Playing Field ‘Unite For Access’ campaign launch film is available to view in other accessible formats, at the bottom of this page, via this link, or read a full transcript here
This year’s film spotlights disabled supporters of different Premier League and EFL clubs, alongside a Dedicated Football Officer and Level Playing Field’s Head of Fan Engagement & Supporter Services.
The charity would like to share its gratitude to all the contributors, and a special thanks to the staff at Brentford FC for providing the host venue.
More than 100 teams took part in the 2024 ‘Unite For Access’ campaign. For more information, or to get involved, please email: info@levelplayingfield.org.uk
This video includes a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter throughout all of the interviewees’ speech:
Audio description is included in this video, as well as a BSL interpreter: