Behaviours and Inclusive Facilities
The first of Wiltshire Cricket webinars looks to educate about discriminatory behavious and help make cricket club facilities more welcoming and accessible. Below is a summary of the topics discussed:
- Microaggressions - subtly discriminatory comments often (but not exclusively) dismissed as 'just a joke' or not that serious. Certain comments can be particularly sensitive at different times as peoples tolerance, if any, for prejudice can change.
- Neutral language - removing gender stereotypes for roles in cricket (for example, batsman becomes batter) to make participation in cricket across playing and volunteer roles more accessible to the wider population.
- Welcoming facilities and environments - see features of a great facility slide for most information. Examples include: female sanitary products and bins, accessibility handles, frosted changing room windows, baby changing facility, improved noticeboards.
- Anti-discrimination posters and zero tolerance policy statement, both can be Wiltshire Cricket resourced. This demonstrates the club and its members taking a stand against discrimination and creates consequences for a breach.
- Make considerations to any appropriate and actionable changes to your club facility - is the facility fit for purpose for the diversity of people that use it?
For queries on these subjects, please get in touch with our Isla Thomson, our EDI officer whose details can be found below.
