Story added: 7th November 2022

Realising Potential Support Rainbow Laces Campaign

The Rainbow Laces Campaign became a symbol of inclusion in sports after its inception in 2013 by an organisation called Stonewall.

Since then, over a million people have laced up their shoes, boots, or other footwear in support of LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport as part of the campaign, which is backed by the FA, EFL and Premier League.

As part of the Foundation’s endorsement and involvement in the campaign, we laced up our programme participants with the symbolic laces during active programmes and engaged them with Rainbow Laces-oriented tasks in relevant sessions and seminars.

One of our programmes who particularly enjoyed the campaign, was our Realising Potential group.

Programme leader, Ellie Dickinson, gave her participants the opportunity to design their own rainbow kits, and all of their designs were incredible!

Ellie said:

“Being able to recognise that football and sport is inclusive to all, no matter their personal characteristics and background, is so important to our participants.

“They really invested themselves into the campaign and were able to learn so much in a way that was fun and engaging – that’s what the Realising Potential programme is all about!”

Click here to check out some more of the incredible work our Realising Potential programme do.