In this captivating episode of the Level Playing Field Podcast, your host, Level Playing Field, Fans Liaison Officer, Liam, turns the spotlight onto an often misunderstood disability – Tourette's syndrome. Guiding us through this exploration is Ione, a person with firsthand experience of Tourette's. But Ione's contribution goes beyond her personal journey; as the Advocacy Lead for Tourettes Action, she's at the forefront of advancing support and research for people with Tourette's in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.Joining Ione is also Neve, who shares her experiences of navigating life with Tourette's. Joining Neve is her mother, Vicky, who also holds a post at Staffordshire FA. Lastly, we also have Ed join the conversation, shedding light on his experience living with Tourette's and communicating through British Sign Language (BSL). Ed's mother, Liz, is on hand to ensure that Ed's thoughts and feelings are accurately conveyed to our audience.If you would like to know more about the work of Touretters Action, please click this link or the link below. https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/61-about-ta.htmlYou can read a full transcript of this interview on the Level Playing Field website or click the link belowhttps://www.levelplayingfield.org.uk/news-item/tourettes-focus-for-the-level-playing-field-podcast/If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this exciting episode, Level Playing Field Fan Liaison Officer Liam Bird speaks to Sandra Bentley.Sandra is the Ambassador & Business Liaison Consultant for the highly anticipated new 'Disability Expo', scheduled for July 6th and 7th at Londons ExCeL Center. We discuss initiatives, technologies, and passionate individuals coming together to be part of the Disability Expo to make live sports and day-to-day life more accessible for all. If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Level Playing Field Podcast continues its look at the women's game alongside 30,000 fans, to watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United women's teams at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. While there, we spoke to several disabled supporters and personal assistants and got their views of the women's game from a disability perspective.If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the coming weeks, the Level Playing Field Podcast will focus on the state of women's football when attending as a disabled football fan.In this episode, we speak to Deborah Dilworth, the Head of Women's Football at the Football Supporters Association, also known as the FSA.If you are listening to this episode before 11.59 pm on April 7th, you can participate in the Level Playing Field women's game survey via the link below.Level Playing Field Womens Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LPFWomensGameYou can learn more about Debs and the FSA work in the women's game via the link below.Womes Game Strategy: https://thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FSA-Womens-Game-Strategy-2022-24.pdfFans for Diversity x Women's Game: https://thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FSA-fans_for_diversity_x_womens_game.pdfFSA 2022 Women's Game Supporter Survey: https://thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FSA-Womens-Game-Survey-2022.pdfIf you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this special 'Unite For Access' podcast, we are in Wolverhampton, speaking to the award-winning TWS Podcast. The TWS Podcast is hosted by autistic students from the Tettenhall Wood School, and we speak to two of the presenters, Alyssa and Tom, as well as their teacher Adam.You can listen to the TWS Podcast via the link belowhttps://www.podpage.com/tws-sports-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are at Fulham vs Wolves, speaking to one-half of the new  Audio Description team at Fulham as well as Mark, a blind supporter who uses the service. This interview took place on Fulham's dedicated Unite For Access match day.If you would like to know more about attending a match day at Fulham as a disabled supporter, please visit Fulham Level Playing Field club page via the below link https://www.levelplayingfield.org.uk/club/fulham/If you would like to know more about Fulham Disabled Supporters Association, you can email [email protected] the Fulham  Audio Description team on Twitter via the link below.https://twitter.com/ADFulham Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World Cup seems like a lifetime ago... But it was only a few weeks ago, and in this episode, we speak to two supporters who made their way over to the Qatar desert.In November, Level Playing Field spoke to Walea fan Ian Thomas who was attending his first major tournament. You can listen back to Ian via this link. Ian is back to talk about his experience alongside Jo McNicol, an experienced traveller watching England and Spurs who attended the World Cup Final.  If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link. If you would like to provide feedback regarding your time in  Qatar, please visit our friends at CAFE and drop them an email at [email protected].   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the past few weeks, Level Playing Field has been celebrating disability as part of Disability History Month. We continue our celebration down at Brighton Hove Albion. Fans Liason Officer Liam Bird takes a trip down to the south coast to meet up with Brighton super fan Ed Osborne for the first time after striking up a friendship born out of the COVID pandemic. If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wales fan Ian Thomas is going to Qatar. England fan Anthony Joy is not. We all know about the controversy regarding human rights issues at this World Cup. But are the issues that face disabled supporters being spoken about enough?Is there enough accessible information out there? What about accommodation? Are the stadiums fully accessible? Fans Liaison Officer Liam Bird asks both sets of fans all the above, plus how they decided to attend this World Cup in the desert or not. If you are in Qatar and would like to give feedback, please visit our friends at CAFE and drop them an email at [email protected].  If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nav Johal, a Brentford season ticket holder and Giovanni Cinque, the Campaigns Manager at Colostomy UK, join Fan Liason Officer Liam Bird on this month's podcast to talk about attending football with a Colostomy and the difficulties of having a hidden disability. You can find out more about Colostomy UK's work, including Stoma Friendly Toilets and their work with our sporting colleagues at CAFE, by clicking the relevant links.If you want to keep up to date with all the work Level Playing Field is doing, why not sign up as a free member via this link. You can also follow the charity on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.       Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.