Clapton Community Football Club is pleased to be backing the Football v Homophobia (FvH) campaign throughout February.
Our aim is to challenge discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression within football and to promote inclusivity. These are the core values upon which our community club was built.
We want to make our club and the wider footballing family an environment where LGBTQ+ people feel welcome and safe to watch and participate in sport and fitness. Supporting the FvH campaign is one concrete step to achieving this.
Players demonstrate club-wide support
Our players have been at the forefront of organising our activities for FvH month. All seven of our teams have designated a game or training session in February to the campaign. Collectively, we want to demonstrate that football should be for everyone and through football we can break down the artificial barriers that exist in our community.
At our designated games, our captains will wear rainbow armbands and our players will wear rainbow laces to raise awareness. A representative from each of our teams and volunteer groups will also be attending a FvH webinar themed “how to make your grassroots football club inclusive of LGBTQ+ people”.
How you can support Clapton v Homophobia Month
- Attend one of our two FvH designated home games during February – Sun 2 Feb – Clapton v Ashford United – Women’s First Team and Sat 15 Feb – Clapton v Meridian – Men’s First Team
- Pick up one of our first team match programmes featuring articles from our players, coaches and volunteers
- We’ve got some limited edition badges on the way priced at £1 or £2 solidarity price. All money will be donated to Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants and Come As You Are
- Buy some of our guest beer from Queer Brewing in Leyton. It’s a queer and trans-owned brewery whose aim is to increase visibility and representation for LGBTQ+ people through beer. They will donate 10p from every beer to a LGBTQ+ charity. Their tap room usually open Fridays 4-10pm and Saturdays 1-10pm
