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Club unite with community and local council to support White Ribbon Day campaign

2022-11-25T10:00:00.000Z

CLUB SUPPORT WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN

Club unite with community and local council to support White Ribbon Day campaign

2022-11-25T10:00:00.000Z

Club unite with community and local council to support White Ribbon Day campaign

Burnley Football Club, alongside Burnley FC in the Community and Burnley Council, are proud to continue supporting the White Ribbon campaign.

White Ribbon Day takes place on Friday 25th November, on which the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. From then until Saturday 10th December, White Ribbon encourages everybody to take part in the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

Now in its eighteenth year in the UK, the White Ribbon Campaign was originally started by a group of men in Canada (1991) who were determined to end violence against women. The campaign is part of a global movement to put a stop to male violence against women and girls, with the aim to educate, raise awareness and to engage men and boys in these issues.

Each year the campaign urges as many men and boys as possible to wear a white ribbon. Supporters of the campaign are asked to promise never to commit, condone, or remain silent about men's violence against women and girls in all its forms.

Burnley FC Chairman Alan Pace and Co-Chief Operating Officer Matt Williams joined BFCitC Chief Operating Officer Sara Ward, BFCitC Safeguarding Manager Sharon Swindells and Leader of Burnley Council Cllr. Afrasiab Anwar MBE to show support for the campaign.

Lancashire became the first White Ribbon County in the Country in 2017 and Lancashire County Council is pleased to have received White Ribbon status again. This will help the drive to educate and raise awareness of violence against women, and to engage men in the debate around the issue. Achieving White Ribbon status involves each organisation developing an action plan to raise awareness of the anti-Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) campaign, including nominating at least four male ambassadors to take the campaign forward.

Club unite with community and local council to support White Ribbon Day campaign

Lancashire County Council will be projecting the White Ribbon Day logo onto County Hall in Preston and flying the white ribbon flag on the building.

There will be campaign banners, large White Ribbons for people to sign at the entrances at 24 libraries in Lancashire: Accrington, Great Harwood, Burnley, Burnley Campus, Chorley, Clayton Green, Clitheroe, Whalley, Colne, Nelson, Fleetwood, Garstang, Lancaster, Morecambe, Leyland, Kingsfold, Preston (Harris) Library, Fulwood, Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, St Annes and Freckleton Libraries There will also be displays as well at Lancashire Archives and Clitheroe Castle Museum along with White Ribbon badges for people to take.*

Although the focus of this campaign is ending male violence against women and girls, it is in no way intended to undermine the work that is needed to support all victims of domestic violence and there is a recognition that violence against men and boys is just as important an issue to deal with. Women and girls are also encouraged to show support for the White Ribbon campaign and can do this by wearing a ribbon or becoming champions.