This year’s Weeks of Action proved to be a great success with a wide variety of events, activities and promotions hosted throughout England and Wales to celebrate the campaign. Read on to discover how the initiative was celebrated…
We were delighted that the Football League & FA showed their support for the campaign: The Football League celebrate Weeks of ActionThe FA supporting Weeks of Action 2016
Here’s a few highlights from around the grounds:
Peterborough United celebrate Weeks of Action in style with guest appearance from Warwick Davis
Manchester United FC donate Weeks of Action banners and celebrate campaign at Old Trafford
Bradford City celebrate Weeks of Action by unveiling ‘Being a Bantam’ exhibition
Manchester City celebrate Weeks of Action in style
Yeovil Town & Newport County celebrate Weeks of Action on World Autism Awareness day
PNE celebrate Weeks of Action with new initiativesWeeks of Action: New shelters for disabled supporters installed at Prenton ParkNewport AFC host inaugural Welsh Regional Forum during Weeks of Action
Sheffield United support Weeks of Action with on pitch activities at Bramall Lane
Blackburn Rovers celebrate Weeks of Action on their annual ‘One Rovers’ day
Watford Football Club Enables Group RelaunchedAFC Bournemouth Celebrate Weeks of Action
Weeks of Action: Richard Hill talks about the role of Luton Town DSA (Video)
And we were delighted to sign up to the Mental Health Charter for Sport & Recreation: Level Playing Field signs up to the Mental Health Charter for Sport & Recreation
We also hosted some great blog posts on our website coinciding with our Weeks of Action awareness days:
World Autism Awareness day: Blog post from the Shippey CampaignJeff Newall – My matchday experience as a partially sighted fanNathan Davies – What difference does a platform make?Mike Hughes – Through the eyes of a fanMichael Le-Surf – Changing Places at Football StadiaLeroy Binns – Why every sports venue should have a Changing Places toilet
And to finish, a lovely poem by Luton Town fan Theresa Gazard:
A Day At The Football – by Theresa Gazard
Level Playing Field wishes to thank everyone who contributed to making this year’s Weeks of Action such a success.
LPF were pleased to align this year’s campaign with the Centre for Access to Football in Europe’s week of action – Total Football Total Access which will see a range of activities and initiatives taking place across Europe.
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