The Level Playing Field Podcast

By Level Playing Field

If you're passionate about sports and believe everyone should have equal access to enjoy it, the Level Playing Field Podcast is for you.

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The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

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May 02, 2023 Women's Football - Fans View
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.

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18min
April 05, 2023Women's Football- FSA's Deborah Dilworth
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/LPFWomensGame

You 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.pdf
Fans for Diversity x Women's Game: https://thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FSA-fans_for_diversity_x_womens_game.pdf
FSA 2022 Women's Game Supporter Survey: https://thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FSA-Womens-Game-Survey-2022.pdf

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33min
March 10, 2023 TWS Podcast - Unite For Access special
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 below
https://www.podpage.com/tws-sports-podcast/

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23min
March 03, 2023 Fulham F.C. Audio Description Commentary - Unite For Access special
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]

Follow the Fulham Audio Description team on Twitter via the link below.
https://twitter.com/ADFulham

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18min
January 25, 2023 The Qatar World Cup - How accessible and disability-inclusive was it?
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].
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19min
December 06, 2022 Ed & I - Disability History Month Special
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.

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22min
November 24, 2022 2022 World Cup Special
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.
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19min
November 15, 2022 Giovanni Cinque & Nav Johal: Colostomy UK
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.
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28min
October 20, 2022 Katie Pennick - Transport For All
Katie Pennick is the Campaigns & Comms Manager for the disability charity 'Transport For All'. She joins the Chief Executive of Level Playing Field, Owain Davies, on this month's podcast to talk about the accessibility of the UK public transport system and how it impacts disabled people daily, including on a match day.
You have until midnight, October 21st, to participate in the 'Transport For All' first national survey. You can take part in the survey via this link

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.
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35min
June 30, 2022 The Fans View - Away Fan Survey Results
In this month's episode, we speak to 3 fans regarding the results of the Level Playing Field 'Away Fan Survey.'

The survey highlighted that the experience for many fans was not fit for purpose.

Bolton Wanderers supporters, mum and son Kayleigh & Jack, Grimsby Town supporter, Dean and Spurs supporter James all give their views on the survey and what needs to change to make sure that attending away match days improvise

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.
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26min

FAQs about The Level Playing Field Podcast:

How many episodes does The Level Playing Field Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.