Club Equality Policy Statement Bromsgrove Bears Basketball Club  (here in known as “The Club”) Bromsgrove Bears Basketball Club is fully committed to equality in terms of opportunity and open access.

This includes commitment to protecting and tackling discrimination and ensuring that no volunteer or member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their protected characteristics of age, sex, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins), disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity. 

Club Equality Policy Statement Bromsgrove Bears Basketball Club (here in known as “The Club”) is committed to treat everyone equally within the context of their activity, regardless of sex, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or political persuasion. 

The Club will ensure that equity as stated in the club rules is incorporated in all aspects of its activities and also recognises and adopts 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. 

The Club is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy their sport 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. The Club will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to the club disciplinary procedures. 

Benefits of Sports Equity 

• Opens sport to all sectors of the community 
• Attracts new members’ Positive public image
• More revenue
• More potential administrators, leaders, coaches, participants 
• Supports Funding applications 
• Inclusion: Wherever and whenever possible, all to access the same quality of provision, and if necessary, to use positive action to ensure this: 
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• Promote an open and honest culture that values diversity. 
• Communicate widely, ensuring that our messages can be understood and appreciated by all. 
• Positively encourage the involvement of all people, regardless of their gender, race, disability, age and social background. 
• Work to redress the effects of discrimination. 
• Change attitudes and working practices to ensure that everyone can feel a valued member of the club.  

Coaches In our training and development will strive to ensure that they: 

• Establish and implement professional and ethical values and practice.
• Promote and apply the principals and practices of equal opportunities
• Promote positive images of people with Special needs. 
• Have a commitment to providing entitlement and access to all their professional activities.
• Encourage high expectations and standards of achievement from all they teach 
• Involve everyone in meaningful and appropriate activity to ensure a quality experience. 
• Help everyone to achieve their full potential. 

Officials and Administrators In our involvement of officials and administrators we will expect them to: 

• Adopt, promote, and practice the values of the club.
• Ensure that participation can be enjoyed by all. 
• Provide meaningful and appropriate experiences, which recognise and value the diversity of the participants. 
• Actively encourage the participation and involvement of people from disadvantaged groups of the community.

LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE

• Age
• Disability 
• Gender reassignment 
• Marriage and civil partnership 
• Pregnancy and maternity 
• Race 
• Religion or belief 
• Sex 
• Sexual orientation

Updated July 2025