Orrell RUFC
Mini & Junior Section Equity Policy

Orrell & Winstanley Community Sports Club Rugby Section (known as Orrell RUFC) is committed to ensuring that equity incorporated across all aspects of its development. In doing so it acknowledges and adopts the following Sport England definition of sports equity.

Sports equity is about fairness in Sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society.

The club respects the rights, dignity and worth of every person and will treat everyone equally within the context of their sport, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social/economic status.

The club is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy their sport in an environment free from threat of intimidation, harassment and abuse.

AII club members have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.

The club will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to club disciplinary procedures.

A Place We All Want to Be.- the Orrell & Winstanley Community Club Joint Venture
Orrell RUFC is a founding member of the Orrell & Winstanley Community Sports Club; a joint venture with Winstanley Park Cricket Club to develop a much-needed community sports & wellbeing facility on a 13-acre site on Winstanley Road in Orrell.

Our Vision is to be a hub at the heart of the community used by all ages, offering a range of participation sports, health and wellbeing activities or just for personal social interaction to be used and enjoyed by all the community 7 days a week A Place We All Want to Be.

Our mission is to develop a community health hub that will develop from one that offers participation in the amateur sport of rugby and cricket to one that includes a range of other sporting and wellbeing activities; to engage with the community to improve physical and mental health and provides a place where people can be active and provide facilities where the community members can meet socially, can relax and unwind – an all-inclusive centre for the community.

Our work is on-going on the site and you can find out more on the development and progress to date on our website in the Information Section.
March 2021