
Football Queensland have been consistently hitting their Strategic Plan targets over the past few months.
A week ago, they made a great commitment to enhancing and promoting the junior and women’s game on the Sunshine Coast.
Last Friday, they announced they would begin a number of processes leading towards the formation of a Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Council.
The full media release can be found below:
Football Queensland (FQ) has today announced it will commence a search for participants to establish an FQ Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Council.
The announcement follows the release of the 2020-2022 Strategic Plan for football in Queensland, which outlines a focus on delivering high-quality, accessible football experiences to provide opportunities for more Queenslanders to be part of the game.
The FQ Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Council will support the delivery of the Q-League competition and other new initiatives focused on growing and supporting multicultural football across Queensland.
FQ was proud to be recognised as a finalist at the 2019 Queensland Multicultural Awards for the Minister’s Choice Award for outstanding engagement as part of the Multicultural Queensland Ambassador Program.
The nomination followed FQ’s 2018 award in the Multicultural Queensland Ambassador category for the Welcome to the Game program.
FQ has since appointed a full-time Game Participation Officer – Inclusion to focus on the planning, development and implementation of inclusive programs state-wide.
FQ CEO Robert Cavallucci said the FQ Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Council would support the implementation of new initiatives to engage culturally diverse communities in Queensland.
“We want to celebrate Queensland’s cultural diversity and continue growing the game by providing opportunities for all Queenslanders to participate in football, regardless of their cultural background, gender or ability,” Cavallucci said.
“The establishment of the FQ Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Council will allow us to better engage with culturally diverse communities to ensure we are improving the experience for all involved in the game in Queensland.”
*ENDS*
Once again, Robert Cavallucci and Football Queensland have analysed the current market perfectly and the introduction of such a council would do wonders.
Australia is becoming an increasingly more culturally diverse country by the minute. The introduction of this council would allow many aspiring footballers greater access to the sport they love.
Australia is becoming an increasingly more culturally diverse country by the minute. The introduction of this council would allow many aspiring footballers greater access to the sport they love.
Queensland has especially excelled in this area in recent times.
As stated in their media release, they were a finalist at the 2019 Queensland Multicultural Awards for the Minister’s Choice Award for outstanding engagement as part of the Multicultural Queensland Ambassador Program.
As of right now, they are leading the way for everyone else when it comes to making waves and changing the landscape for soccer off the field.
Australia’s national soccer teams are a great example of just how culturally diverse we are becoming as a sporting nation.
Thomas Deng and Awer Mabil are both capped Socceroos and both are of South Sudanese descent. Most recently, Al Hassan Toure of the Olyroos, born on Guinea, helped the Australian under 23 side qualify for the Olympics later this year.
FULL TIME | The U-23's are going to #Tokyo2020! #AFCU23 #TokyoTogether pic.twitter.com/zt152tLQEu
— Socceroos (@Socceroos) January 25, 2020
We can’t wait to see what Graham Arnold and our next generation of Socceroos can do against the best in the world in Tokyo, later this year.