From Wales to Wanderers: A Milestone Month for Tackling Antisemitism in Sport

The month of August saw another key milestone hit for the Tackling Antisemitism in Sport project. We were invited to deliver workshops for the academy staff and the U18s academy squad at Newport County. This was an important step for the expansion of the TAS project as it marked the project’s first set of workshops led in Wales – one of the project’s key aims for the 2025/26 season.

This month, we were also hosted over a few days by Bolton Wanderers, who booked us in for club-wide workshops. We delivered 8 workshops to over 120 participants which included club and community staff, academy squads from U11s all the way up to U18s, academy staff, and, in another first for the TAS project, a workshop exclusively for the Bolton Wanderers Hotel and Hospitality staff. Bolton are one of the few clubs to boast a hotel inside their stadium, and on a matchday this turns into the pub where home fans will get together and drink before a game. It was therefore suggested that it would be useful for the staff to receive our training, as pub settings are often hotspots for incidents of casual antisemitism, racism and other forms of discrimination.

We also were delighted to deliver a workshop for the senior stewarding team at Fulham Football Club. The session was well-attended by an engaged group of stewards who were keen to get involved and develop their understanding ahead of the upcoming Premier League season. The session was also observed by Joel, our new Tackling Antisemitism in Sport Project Coordinator, on his first day of the job as part of his training.

Lastly, at the end of August, we are due to deliver a workshop for over 60 stewards at Stevenage Football Club.