Whitley Bay Cricket Club – Player Handbook 2014
Inclusion and diversity policy
Whitley Bay Cricket Club, in all its activities, is fully committed to the principles of equality of
opportunity in cricket, and to ensuring that its employees, members and all other individuals working
or volunteering for the club, and participating in or watching club activities are treated fairly and are
able to conduct their activities free from discrimination, harassment or intimidation.
• The club, in all its activities will not discriminate, or in any way treat anyone less favourably against
on the grounds of age, gender, disability, race, parental or marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief
or sexual orientation.
• The club will not tolerate harassment, bullying, abuse or victimisation of individuals.
• The club will endeavour to create access and opportunities for all those individuals who wish to
participate, and are lawfully eligible to participate, in its activities.
• The club will ensure that it complies with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and shall take all
reasonable steps to ensure that its employees, members and volunteers adhere to these
requirements and this policy.
• This policy is fully supported by the club’s committee and officers who are responsible for the
implementation of this policy.
Whitley Bay Cricket Club is committed to the investigation of any claims when brought to its attention,
of discrimination, harassment, bullying, abuse or victimisation of an individual, and reserves the right
to impose such sanction as it considers appropriate and proportionate, where such is found to be the
case.
• In the event that any employee, member, volunteer, participant or spectator feels that he has
suffered discrimination, harassment, bullying, abuse or vic timisation, they should report the matter in
writing to the club's committee, unless they are under 18 in which they should report the matter to the
club's Welfare Officer.
• Any such report should include: details of what occurred; when and where the occ urrence took
place; any witness details and copies of any witness statements.
• If the accused individual is an employee, the committee will regard the issue as a disciplinary issue
and will follow Whitley Bay Cricket Club's employment disciplinary procedure.
• If the accused individual is a non-employee, the committee:
- may decide (at its sole discretion) to uphold or dismiss the complaint without holding a hearing;
- may (at its sole discretion) hold a hearing at which both parties will be entitled t o attend and present
their case;
- will have the power to impose any one or more of the following sanctions on any person found to be
in breach of any policy: (a) warn as to future conduct; (b) suspend from membership; (c) remove from
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