1.Suffolk Basketball is committed to ensuring that equity is 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.

2.    Suffolk Basketball respects the rights, dignity and worth of every person and will treat everyone equally within the context of basketball, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social/economic status.

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

4.    All clubs affiliated to Suffolk Basketball have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.

5.    Suffolk Basketball will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to its complaints procedures.

Issue  Status  Date                 Comments      

0.1     Draft    13/09/2007        First draft   

0.2     Draft    14/09/2007       Updates from review at AGM    

1.0     Issue   15/09/2007       First issue