Joyce Cook

June 2, 2016

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Premier League silent on whether clubs can break promises on access

The Premier League has refused to say whether its clubs will be allowed to break a public pledge to reach basic access standards for disabled fans by August 2017. The promise was made by the Premier League last August, and was widely welcomed at the time by disabled fans and politicians, with Justin Tomlinson,

Arts, Culture and Sport

May 26, 2016

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Eight Premier League clubs set to break promises on access, MPs hear

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At least eight Premier League football clubs are set to break their promises to meet decent standards on access for disabled supporters in time for next August’s deadline, MPs have been told. Joyce Cook, chair of the user-led charity Level Playing Field, told the Commons culture, media and sport committee’s inquiry into the accessibility

Arts, Culture and Sport

November 20, 2015

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Football ‘has failed disabled people’, campaigners tell FIFA

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Football has “failed disabled people”, and its troubled world governing body must now place disability at the heart of its reform process, according to a leading UK campaigner. The Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFÉ) has written to the committee appointed to reform FIFA – which has been hit by repeated allegations

Arts, Culture and Sport

September 18, 2015

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Disabled fans ‘delighted’ as Premier League finally acts on access

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Football’s Premier League clubs have agreed to transform access at their grounds, following a 14-year campaign by disabled supporters. The Premier League announced this week that every one of its 20 clubs would have to meet standards laid out in guidance 12 years ago by the beginning of the 2017-18 season. The Accessible Stadia

Arts, Culture and Sport

May 29, 2015

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Equality watchdog contradicts football’s Premier League over access

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Football’s Premier League has been criticised by disabled fans and the equality watchdog after defending clubs that have failed to provide enough wheelchair-accessible spaces in their grounds. Surveys have found that most Premier League grounds are falling far short of the recommended level of wheelchair-accessible spaces, with some of the richest clubs – including

Arts, Culture and Sport

May 15, 2015

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Anger after equality campaign rewards Premier League club that fails access test

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Disabled campaigners are furious that an organisation that fights discrimination in football has given a prestigious equality award to one of the world’s richest football clubs, Chelsea, despite its continuing refusal to provide enough seats for wheelchair-users. It is the second time the organisation Kick It Out has awarded its Advanced Equality Standard to

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Premier League silent on whether clubs can break promises on access

Eight Premier League clubs set to break promises on access, MPs hear

Football ‘has failed disabled people’, campaigners tell FIFA

Disabled fans ‘delighted’ as Premier League finally acts on access

Equality watchdog contradicts football’s Premier League over access

Anger after equality campaign rewards Premier League club that fails access test