- Conference
- 2023 National Black Members’ Conference
- Date
- 30 September 2022
- Decision
- Carried
“25th July 2022, Scottish Cricket was found to have caused systemic discrimination and racism over many years, in a report by Plan4Sport called Changing The Boundaries. They found the governance and leadership practices of Cricket Scotland to be institutionally racist. It confirms 448 examples that demonstrated institutional racism. Reoccurring themes were mapped against 31 indicators of institutional racism, with 29 failing to meet the standard required.
“As part of the review 68 individual concerns have been referred for further investigation.
“Other key findings:
1)62% of all survey respondents had experienced, seen, or had reported;
2)A lack of any EDI or anti-racist training at all levels;
3)No consistent process for handling racist incidents;
4)A lack of diversity from board level, Hall of Fame and talent pathways;
5)Lack of transparency in the selection process.
“Findings should serve as a wake-up call for sport right across Scotland. it has highlighted significant weaknesses in the governance of sport, and the commitment of other agencies, including Sport Scotland and Scottish Government to tackling racism in our game. These failings happened for years.
We therefore call on the National Black Members Committee (NBMC) to:
a)Support campaigns to ensure the Plan4Sport framework is immediately adopted into all funding agreements as a conditional part of funding for Sports Governing Bodies in Scotland;
b)Support calls for an independent sports regulator to prevent further issues from being swept under the carpet within governing bodies; and to lobby to allow Sport Scotland, or a new independent body, powers to investigate issues of discrimination or poor governance through whistleblowing of issues by anyone concerned by the conduct of a Sports Governing Body.”