Tag Archives: the Big Step

Independent football regulator to be established out of fan-led review

SBC News Independent football regulator to be established out of fan-led review

DCMS’ year-long review into football has concluded announcing the headline directive  that an ‘independent regulator’ will be established to oversee and improve football’s  relationship with fans, business and local communities. Tracey Crouch served as the Minister spearheading the review – with support from an expert panel – which began last May. The review formed part of the Conservative Party’s  2019 …

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Big Step clubs call for the government to end football’s relationship with betting   

SBC News Big Step clubs call for the government to end football’s relationship with betting   

UK Gambling reform campaign The Big Step has submitted a joint-letter signed by the directors and executives of twenty English football clubs to DCMS, demanding that gambling advertising and sponsorship have no presence in football. Comprising English Football League (EFL) and non-league clubs, the group underlined its support for The Big Step’s campaign to “kick gambling out of football” citing …

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Big Step makes Scottish football debut with Edinburgh City partnership

SBC News Big Step makes Scottish football debut with Edinburgh City partnership

Edinburgh City FC has become the latest football club, and the first in Scotland, to partner with Gambling with Lives’ Big Step initiative. A grassroots project, the Big Step’s primary aim is to ‘kick gambling ads out of football’, and has the backing of several MPs including the Labour Party’s Carolyn Harris, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on …

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Big Step campaign calls for Euro 2020 gambling ad suspension

SBC News Big Step campaign calls for Euro 2020 gambling ad suspension

A group of 60 gambling law reform advocates have joined the Big Step campaign in calling for a suspension of gambling advertising during this summer’s UEFA European Football Championship. An initiative of the Gambling with Lives charity, the Big Step has detailed its suggestions in a letter to several broadcasters and media outlets covering television, radio and online verticals, including …

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Forest Green Rovers joins campaign against gambling sponsorship

SBC News Forest Green Rovers joins campaign against gambling sponsorship

Forest Green Rovers FC has become the first professional English football club to call for a ban on gambling sponsorships, joining national campaign The Big Step. Part of the Gambling with Lives charity, the Big Step calls for an end to sponsorship promotion and advertising of gambling in football, and was founded to raise awareness of the ‘growing dependence’ of …

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