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We are the Centre for Access to Football in Europe.
'Total Football - Total Access'

CAFE is supported by the UEFA and is working closely with its 53 associations to improve access in European football stadia.

UEFA meets supporters groups in Nyon

A meeting of European supporters representatives and UEFA recently took place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The supporters groups' delegates came from Football Supporters Europe (FSE), Supporters Direct (SD) Europe, and the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE). It is the fourth time that fans and European football's governing body have met to discuss pressing current issues. To read the full article, click here.

Access and Inclusion of Disabled People in Sport in Israel

The first-ever conference and associated events for "Access and Inclusion of Disabled People in Sport," which was held in Israel at the beginning of March, had major public and media impact.

The visit was initiated by New Israel Fund's (NIF), Let's Kick Racism out of Israeli Football campaign,CAFE – Centre for Access to Football in Europe, and organized in partnership with the Israel FA, British Council,disability NGO Access Israel and key stakeholders. The events hugely raised public awareness to the rights of disabled people and their entitlement to enjoy sport like all citizens. To read full article, click here.

David Bernstein, CAFE Chairman met with the UEFA President

The new chairman of The Football Association, David Bernstein, has visited the House of European Football in Nyon. Mr Bernstein met UEFA president Michel Platini and senior UEFA officials for discussions at the European governing body's headquarters in Switzerland. Mr Bernstein was appointed as FA chairman on 25 January 2011. To read more, please click here.

Scotish Disabled Supporters Association and CAFE meet with SFA Chief Executive

Keith Ferguson, Gary Cleland (interim chairman SDSA) and Sandy Riach (interim vice chairman) met with Stewart Regan (SFA Chief Executice) at the S. F. A. offices in the National Stadium in Glasgow. Topics discussed included working together to improve the standard of accessible facilities in Scottish football stadiums. In addition thoughts were shared on disabled ticket allocations for Scotland home matches and the very important issue regarding the changes to the National Stadium for the up and coming Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow. To find out more what was discussed during the meeting, please click here. 

Getting started in France - Western European Development Officer, Keith Ferguson 

As part of Keith's new role, he recently spent a week in France meeting disabled football supporters across the country.

There are currently five Disabled Supporters Associations (DSA) in place at Paris Saint Germaine, Olympic Marseilles, Lyons, Nantes and St Etienne. Keith had a chance to meet with two of them on this occasion and will be back in France again very soon. If you are interested in setting up a disabled supporters group in France please contact us at info@cafefootbal.eu and to find out more about Keith's trip to France, click here.

Euro 2012: Special needs in focus 

Donetsk authorities promised to create the necessary conditions for free movement of disabled people in public places in the city before EURO 2012. This information is provided by the information center “Ukraine-2012”, referring to Mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko. To find out more, please click here.

Reminder: 1st CAFE European Conference 2011

Total Access, Total Football – A Place for Everyone

24-25 September 2011 at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland

Key stakeholders from across the game will come together in Warsaw; including representatives from UEFA, EURO 2012, the Football Associations, Federations and Leagues, football clubs, disabled fans groups, football fans and our football and disability partner NGOs. All are committed to improving access to football stadia facilities and services for disabled people across the UEFA region.Please register now. If you require a travel grant please apply as soon as possible as travel grants are limited!

To read more about the conference, clik here.

To register for the conference, click here.

To apply for a travel grant, click here.

European Football Fans' Congress

IMAGINE FOOTBALL WITHOUT FANS...?! European Football Fans' Congress will take place in Brøndby & Copenhagen between 1-3 July 2011.

You can find out more about this year’s EFFC programme and register online on the FSE website. Please note that the deadline for registrations is 12 June 2011.

Comments on European Stadiums

To view some of the latest comments on European Stadiums please click on the relevant links below. If you are a travelling fan, or want to add a comment about your own club, please visit our Stadia Reports website and leave your comments on that club.

1. Stade Veledrome ( Olympique de Marseille - France)

2. Bursa Ataturk Stadium (Bursaspor Kulübü Dernegi - Turkey)

3. St Mirren Park (St Mirren F.C. - Scotland)
 

NEWS IN BRIEF

 1. Call for Fans' Action 2011 in Poland and Ukraine - The Football Supporters Europe (FSE) network launches the FSE Fans’ Action 2011 in the host countries of EURO 2012 Poland and Ukraine. To read more, please click here. 

2. International Women's Day - 'NEVER AGAIN' and FARE would like to invite you to a women's futsal tournament in Warsaw. The aim of this event is to highlight the issue of anti-discrimination in the context of women's football using the occasion of the International Women's Day. To find out more about this turnament, click here.

3. 100th International Womens day - 8th Match is an International Women's day. People all over the world are celebrating women's day every year and thinking of ways to overcome the inequalities that too many still face. You can see a Youtube clip showing a dedicated song and celebration of disabled women from around the world here.

4. Travel for disabled passengers - Many disabled people including football fans will tell you that they find travel by air to be such a traumatic and unpleasant experience that it stops them from going abroad for matches, holidays or any other reason. We thought that you might be interested to read about a recent ruling in the USA. We certainly recognised some of the issues highlighted. You can read the full story here.

5. EU agrees new rights to benefit disabled and older bus passengers - On 15th February 2011, disabled people, and those with mobility
problems, across the European Union won important new rights to travel
on buses and coaches. To read more, please click here.

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