{"id":3418,"date":"2024-02-14T13:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/the-foundation\/?page_id=3418"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:13:19","slug":"edi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/edi\/","title":{"rendered":"EDI"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--media-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-center grid--media-right\">\n                                            \t\t\t<picture class=\"col-md-6 image order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC01742-610x340.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t    srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\n\t\t\t\t    data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC01742-610x340.jpg 610w 340h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC01742-1220x680.jpg 1220w 680h\" \n\t\t\t\t    data-sizes=\"auto\"  class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>                            \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"253\"><strong data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"253\">We are committed to increasing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) across cricket in Warwickshire and Birmingham.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"523\">We believe cricket is a game for everyone, whether you play, watch, officiate, volunteer, or get involved in any other way. While we work to embed this belief in everything we do, we will continue to add resources to this site that are particularly relevant to EDI. Our Lead Director for EDI, Amil Khan, and the EDI Sub-Committee guide this work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"523\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Equality-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Policy-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDI Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"523\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WCF-EDI-Progress-Report-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDI Progress Report 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"858\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">If you have experienced discrimination in a cricketing environment, you can report it to the ECB <a href=\"https:\/\/webform.clue.co.uk\/CRAntiDiscriminationReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--grey section--icon-features\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>2026 Action Plan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n                <div class=\"feature\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Social-Media-160x160-1.png\" alt=\"Icon\" class=\"feature__icon\"\/>\n                                                            <h3 class=\"feature__title\">Create a Dashboard<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>To track our progress for better reflection and management<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n                <div class=\"feature\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cricket-160x160-1.png\" alt=\"Icon\" class=\"feature__icon\"\/>\n                                                            <h3 class=\"feature__title\">Accelerate work with Disability Cricket<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Aim to maintain and increase the number of Super 1s hubs, including the SEND Programme in schools. Support the formation of the new D40 team<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n                <div class=\"feature\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coaching-160x160-1.png\" alt=\"Icon\" class=\"feature__icon\"\/>\n                                                            <h3 class=\"feature__title\">Progress Women &amp; Girls\u2019 Cricket<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Aim to strengthen the workforce, increase the number of community cricket sessions, and promote the growth of club cricket among women and girls<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n                <div class=\"feature\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Celebrate-160x160-1.png\" alt=\"Icon\" class=\"feature__icon\"\/>\n                                                            <h3 class=\"feature__title\">Commitment to Initiatives<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Continue to support the LGBTQ+ Festival, Vaisakhi Cup, Ramadan Midnight Cricket League, ACE Programme, and fixtures for the D40 Team<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--media-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-center grid--media-left\">\n                                            \t\t\t<picture class=\"col-md-6 image order-md-1 order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ACE-action-16x9-1-610x340.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t    srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\n\t\t\t\t    data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ACE-action-16x9-1-610x340.jpg 610w 340h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ACE-action-16x9-1-1220x680.jpg 1220w 680h\" \n\t\t\t\t    data-sizes=\"auto\"  class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>                            \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 order-md-2 order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Report Discrimination<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"518\">If you are aware of or witness discrimination at any level of cricket in Warwickshire and Birmingham, please report it <a href=\"https:\/\/webform.clue.co.uk\/CRAntiDiscriminationReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Whatever prejudice you have seen or experienced, your report will be reviewed and addressed by the appropriate cricket organisation. By reporting discrimination, you help us make cricket a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse game for everyone in Warwickshire and Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"754\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">You can view the ECB Anti-Discrimination Code <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecb.co.uk\/about\/policies\/anti-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Any incidents of discrimination within the professional game or in recreational leagues and clubs under the ECB\u2019s jurisdiction may be subject to disciplinary processes and sanctions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EDI - Edgbaston Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/edi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EDI - 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