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2015
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15 Dec 2015
Football and Connected Communities: A Sport Community Research Project
FURD is working in partnership with a team of researchers on a new project, Football and Connected Communities, to research the role of football in…
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15 Dec 2015
Social media consultant required
FURD wishes to engage a social media consultant to: - Create a social media strategy - Implement the social media strategy for 3 months - Provide…
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08 Dec 2015
invitation to tender for the redevelopment and redesign of our websites
Football Unites, Racism Divides (FURD) would like to invite tenders for the redevelopment and redesign of two websites: - http://www.furd.org -…
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01 Dec 2015
Belonging Together for refugee and asylum-seeking women
We are now running both women's and men's groups for refugees and asylum-seekers on Wednesdays, 10-1.30pm at the U-Mix Centre. The…
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24 Nov 2015
Headstone unveiled on Rab Howell's grave
On Friday 20th November 2015 a headstone was unveiled on the previously unmarked grave of Rab Howell - 78 years after he died. Howell was the first…
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17 Nov 2015
Headstone for pioneering Romani footballer to be unveiled
The campaign to get a headstone for Rabbi Howell, the first Romani professional footballer and the first Romani international has succeeded. The new…
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17 Nov 2015
FURD girls and refugees in display of unity at Bramall Lane
Following the appalling terrorist attacks in Paris on the night of Friday 13th November, it was particularly poignant that FURD was involved with…
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08 Nov 2015
150th anniversary of Arthur Wharton's birth
28th October 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Wharton, the world`s first black professional footballer. Arthur`s achievements…
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22 Oct 2015
Man Utd Academy chief praises FURD Pioneers series
Manchester United Head of Academy Coaching Tony Whelan, himself a rare black professional in the late 1960s, has paid a glowing tribute to the latest…
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13 Oct 2015
The Three Degrees: The Men Who Changed British Football with author Paul Rees
FURD is hosting a great opportunity on 25th October to hear about the experiences of three legendary black footballers from the 1970s and 1980s. As…