News / Inclusion
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Academy Staff Visit Mental Health Session
Barnsley Football Club Academy Lead Foundation Phase Coach Rob Watson delivered a session to Reds in the Community’s mental health group this afternoon. Rob led the one-hour weekly session on the Oakwell indoor centre to help join in celebrations across the country for Mental Health Awareness Week. He put the participants through their paces with…
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Barnsley FC Ladies Lift County Cup Trophy
Barnsley FC Ladies re-claimed the County Cup trophy back from Huddersfield Town Ladies after winning on penalties in an enthralling affair. In the fourth consecutive year for this fixture, the Reds were looking to get their first win in it since the 2015/16 season, and it looked like it was going to be a good…
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Reds To Mark Contribution Refugee Players Make To Football In Amnesty’s ‘Football Welcomes’ Weekend
Barnsley Football Club is joining football clubs across the country this weekend (27-28 April) to celebrate the contribution refugee players make to the game, as part of Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes campaign. Football Welcomes, now in its third year, highlights the role of refugee players in UK football. From a group of children fleeing the…
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Reds Celebrate 25-Year Anniversary Of Kick It Out!
This season marks the 25-year anniversary of Kick It Out. To celebrate, Barnsley Football Club and Reds in the Community are dedicating this weekend’s Coventry City fixture to their work. For the last 25 years, the organisation has been at the heart of the drive towards equality, inclusion and cohesion for everyone who plays, watches or…
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Soap Bubble Artist Surprises Every Player Counts Participants!
Soap Bubble Artist Ray Bubbles surprised participants at our Every Player Counts disability session this morning. Ray, who has performed in several countries across the world as well as the UK with his Paris Bubbles business, put on an engaging and educational performance for the group during the hour and a half session. Amongst the…
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12 Days of RITC Christmas | World Mental Health Day
In the lead up to Christmas Day, we will be looking back at some of the highlights of 2018 through the Reds in the Community 12 days of Christmas. Reds in the Community joined a number of other organisations across the country on 10th October in supporting World Mental Health Day 2018! World Mental Health…
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12 Days of RITC Christmas | World Autism Awareness Week
In the lead up to Christmas Day, we will be looking back at some of the highlights of 2018 through the Reds in the Community 12 days of Christmas. From March 26th-April 2nd this year, Reds in the Community were proud to support World Autism Awareness Week. The week, which is celebrated annually, is designed…
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12 Days of RITC Christmas | EASI World Cup
In the lead up to Christmas Day, we will be looking back at some of the highlights of 2018 through the Reds in the Community 12 days of Christmas. The nation was gripped with World Cup fever this year with England’s success in Russia but there was another international tournament going on at Oakwell in…
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EFL Day of Disabilities | Kenny Dougall Surprises Greenacre School
Barnsley Football Club midfielder Kenny Dougall surprised pupils from Greenacre School as part of Reds in the Community’s celebrations for the EFL Day of Disabilities. Today (3rd December), professional Football Clubs and their Community Trusts across the country will be raising awareness of the needs of people with disabilities in the community. Greenacre is a…
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Barnsley FC Duo Partake in Show Racism the Red Card Event
Barnsley Football Club players past and present took part in a Show Racism the Red Card Event at Oakwell today with two local primary schools. Ryan Hedges and Liam Lindsay sat on a panel of current and former footballers including ex-Barnsley defender John Beresford MBE and SRTRC campaigner Richard Offiong. Pupils from All Saints Academy…
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