Outraged

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Outraged: Football Tackles Discrimination

The OUTRAGED documentary was first launched in December 2020, with the aim of showcasing the experiences of some of the biggest names in football and sharing their thoughts on the best way to help eradicate issues of discrimination from the sport.

Aiming to raise awareness and engage the full football landscape and society in the fight against discrimination, the documentary is now being leveraged as a main tool in UEFA’s efforts towards education in relation to antidiscrimination, equality, and inclusion.

With the documentary showcasing key issues in football, UEFA invested in the further development of the content, to produce a series of shorter videos, as well as tools and material for educational initiatives. This work included splitting the original documentary into four separate episodes, as well as the creation of a new one, focusing on the issues connected to online abuse.

The five episodes of the OUTRAGED series present insights from 38 football players, coaches, referees, leaders and academics, and cover the topics of racism, sexism, refugee discrimination, homophobia, and online abuse.

A 25-minute video, compiling the main outlines of the five modules has also been created.

Outraged Toolkit

The OUTRAGED toolkit has been developed to provide national associations, leagues, clubs, and schools with materials to lead educational sessions on issues relating to discrimination in football. The toolkit provides suggested outlines for the sessions, introductions, discussion points and much more.

To ensure that those leading the sessions can feel comfortable in leading discussions, the toolkit aims to provide a framework which makes the material easy to manage, clear, and replicable.

For each session within the toolkit, a section is available for session managers, presenting:

An introduction to the OUTRAGED toolkit.
Toolkit user instructions.
Suggested session agenda.
Suggested introduction.
Video content.
Discussion points and moderation notes.
Commitment framework.
Participant feedback form.
Suggested closing.
Session manager feedback form.

Educator Training Session

The video below provides an introduction and overview of the UEFA OUTRAGED Toolkit along with guidelines for educators using the Toolkit to deliver an educational training session.