By Rachel Wagstaff

The following people are on our Advisory Group. Their role in this project is to offer advice and support in the form of feedback on the four synopses that will be submitted and the subsequent development of the chosen piece.

While the Advisory Group’s feedback will inform Y Touring’s decision making process as to which synopsis is chosen for commissioning and contribute to the development of the piece at first and second draft stage, the final decision is ours.

Advisory Group members represent a range of standpoints regarding the use of animals in medical research from the professional to the profoundly personal.

Lucy Faulkner     The Football Association
Lucy Faulkner is The FA’s Equality Manager with responsibility for all the ‘Football For All’ developments in football. Her brief includes tackling all forms of discrimination and harassment as well as promoting equality.

Her role covers a broad portfolio including race, disability, women’s and girls football as well as tackling homophobia and ensuring that football really does address the broad social inclusion agenda.

Lucy works in partnership with all the football authorities as well as external agencies and organisations to ensure there is a co-ordinated approach to Football for All.
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Johan Jensen                  Stonewall
Johan Jensen, Education Officer at Stonewall, works to promote the work of the Education for All coalition to tackle homophobic bullying in UK schools.

He’s working closely with Local Education Authorities and other educational agencies on how better to tackle homophobia in education. Johan has previously worked in corporate policy at Birmingham City Council and at various periods in life been active in a variety of sports, including swimming and football.
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Cassie Smith                  Women’s Sports and Fitness Foundation
Cassie is the National Development Manager responsible for Research, Policy and Communications. Cassie has both journalistic and research experience having worked for five years at BMRB and three years at Which? as Principal Researcher. She has been with WSF for almost six months.
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Leon Mann                  Kick It Out
Leon is the Europe and Media Relations Officer for Kick It Out, football's anti-racism group in England.  Having joined Kick It Out 4 years ago he has worked closely with European campaigning partners from the Football Against Racism in Europe network, while ensuring the campaign maintains a strong presence in the media - regionally, nationally and internationally.  He has lead successful media campaigns in raising awareness of anti- racism initiatives and diversity in football at both Euro2004 and the World Cup last year; alongside helping community groups gain valuable coverage with the local media.
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Redden Court School                  Rainbow Nation
'Rainbow Nation is based at Redden Court School - it is about students and teachers working together to fight racism. We have been inspired by the life and work of Nelson Mandela. We have the support of various celebrities and the South African High Commission. We have just become a charity and plan to launch ourselves nationally very soon.'
Redden Court School

Lorraine Deschamps                  Sporting Equals
Lorraine was raised in Brazil, where she developed her passion for football. In England she started out as Club Secretary for a Youth Football Club in Middlesex, and then moved on to become a fully qualified referee. Now Lorraine is one of only a handful of female FA Licensed Referee Instructors.

An active Level 5 referee, Lorraine operates as an Assistant at Supply League level, and on the Women’s Premier League. She referees in the Amateur Football Combination League in London. 

Lorraine contributes to the work of The FA Refereeing Department as a member of their Sports Equity Advisory Group advising on matters relating to equal opportunities in football, and in particular, refereeing.  Recently she has been invited to become a ‘Football For All’ Ambassador for The FA – a role which requires her to promote key FA messages around equal opportunities for all in football.  Lorraine is a director of Sporting Equals Ltd, a charitable organisation funded by Sport England, which aims to eradicate racial discrimination in all sports. She also represents Sporting Equals on the Sports Equity Alliance, an umbrella organisation set up by Sport England to promote diversity and equality across all sports in England.
Watch Lorraine Deschamps presentation
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Adam Banda/Tony Peacock       Homeless World Cup
The Homeless World Cup exists to be a catalyst for lasting change through the development of street soccer worldwide in a way that that creates a maximum social impact for the players involved – socially excluded, homeless people and people living in poverty.

This is accomplished firstly by creating a top quality, well-recognised annual Homeless World Cup flagship event and secondly, by a continuous Homeless World Cup grass roots development programmes around the world to ensure that many more people benefit.

And it works. 77% of players involved significantly change their lives forever.
Watch Adam and Tony's presentation
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	For further information about this project, email our Tour Producer David Jackson