Diversity & Inclusion Policy

Troon Football Club is a member of the West of Scotland Football League. We pride ourselves in Community integration at all levels.

Troon Football Club is committed to ensuring full participation of all, as we recognise racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination, both institutional and personal are widespread in our society. Such discrimination prevents equality of opportunity to participate within our Sport.

This document is designed to describe the Clubs Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

Policy Scope

This Policy is applied to all Club activities and to all individuals who engage with the Club in any way. This includes, but is not restricted to:

  • All Office Bearers, General Committee Members, Volunteers and Employees
  • All Sponsors, Suppliers and Sub-Contractors, including out-sourced resources such as Stewarding and Catering.
  • All Spectators, Guests, Visiting Teams and Match Officials
  • All representatives of our Football Governing Bodies – WoSFL, Scottish Communities FA and SFA.
  • All other individuals who engage with the Club either in person or via other forms of communication.

Club Structure to Support the Policy

The commitments within this Policy are endorsed by the elected Office Bearers of the Club who ensure that the Policy is always implemented to full effectiveness. The Office Bearers are supported by the General Committee Members who are able to operate on behalf of the Club.

Policy Summary

  1. Troon Football Club (The Club) policy is not to discriminate or in any way treat anyone less favourably, on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic, origin, colour, religion or disability as part of the Equality Act (2010). The Club will not tolerate any such discrimination in any of the Club’s activities.
  2. The Club will apply this policy when (a) advertising for and selecting applicants for employment (b) seeking volunteers (c) running courses (d) running external coaching, educational activities, and award schemes (e) promoting football development activities (f) selecting teams and (g) considering appointments.
  3. The Club will not tolerate racist, sectarian, sexual or bigoted harassment or other discriminatory behaviour, whether physical or verbal, and will work to ensure that such behaviour is met with action as outlined in our Unacceptable Conduct Policy.
  4. The Club is committed to the development of the programme of ongoing training and awareness raising events and activities, to promote eradication of discrimination within its own organisation, within football.
  5. To ensure full participation of all, we will not accept discriminatory practice by any Beith Juniors Football Club Employee, Committee Member, Volunteers or Supporters whether physical and / or verbal. This will be reflected in our Club as normal practice, whether in recruitment of Staff or Volunteers, our promotional materials or general behaviour.

DOCUMENT CONTROL

All of our safety documents and club policies are subject to mandatory annual reviews.

Last reviewed on: 19th June 2025
Next review Date: 19th June 2026