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And extending that argument, the FSU said players who advertise their support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) by taking a knee should ‘face similar penalties’ to booing supporters.
The FA insist taking the knee is an apolitical stand against discrimination, yet a list of high-profile footballers among them Les Ferdinand, Wilfried Zaha and Britt Assombalonga have started to rail against the gesture, which they believe has become devalued and is covering up a lack of real change in anti-racism policies.
On Saturday, more players in the top two divisions didn’t kneel before kick-off than the concerted support shown for the gesture when it was first conceived last summer post-lockdown.
Updated 21/02/2021 20:00 GMT
Black Lives Matter UK Grants To Fund Vital Domestic Abuse Study And Police Monitoring Training
Cash has also gone to groups working in housing, mental health and support for LGBTQ+ refugees.
Organisations receiving grants from Black Lives Matter UK say the funding will help them build on their vital work in areas such as domestic violence, mental health and police monitoring.
The first round of grants, totalling £169,500, have now been handed out and the second round will follow later this year.
Sistah Space, one of the few Black women’s organisations in London that provides services specifically for Black survivors of domestic violence, has been awarded £10,000 to fund research into these women’s experiences of abuse and accessing help across Britain.
PLANS to set up a “people’s tribunal” for deaths in custody were given a major boost this week with Black Lives Matter UK donating £40,000 to the project.
The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC), a coalition of family members who have lost loved ones in police custody, said its tribunal will invite international human-rights experts to investigate failures to prosecute those responsible for their relatives’ deaths.
The donation is part of a wider scheme by BLM UK to release more than £100,000 to black-led organisations across the country after it received £1.2 million from a GoFundMe appeal during protests last summer.
UFFC, which is leading the initiative with Migrant Media and 4WardEverUK, welcomed the donation.
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Black Lives Matter UK has announced it is giving £600,000 in funding to grassroots groups across the country, including those that organised last summerâs anti-racism protests.
The campaign group received £1.2m in donations via a GoFundMe appeal, following widespread protests last summer.
BLMUK is awarding the funds in two phases. The first round has seen just over £169,500 given in small grants to 14 organisations that work to âimprove Black peopleâs lives in a racist societyâ and that the campaign group has worked with over the last five years.
The largest recipient of the first round of funding is the United Friends and Families Campaign, which has received £45,000 to set up a âpeopleâs tribunalâ for deaths in custody. Other organisations include the groups behind last summerâs protest, All Black Lives, Justice for Black Lives, and A Tribe Named Athari.