WELCOME to Enables (Disabled Supporters Association), the supporter group for people with disabilities at Watford Football Club.
WFC Enables was established in March 2007 by a group of enthusiastic Watford supporters and Watford FC staff to provide a voice for disabled supporters.
The group provides a platform for regular dialogue with the Club relating to the stadium development and the improvements to facilities for the disabled and also creates a social forum for supporters to enjoy meeting and talking about what drives them on - Watford FC!
Membership of WFC Enables is free. Click on the two below links for more information and an application form.
Please then send the completed form to Watford FC Ticket Office, care of Watford FC Vicarage Road, Watford, WD18 0ER.
Enables 2011 form 1
Enables 2011 form 2
Mission Statement
Watford Football Club aims to foster a strong relationship between the club and its supporters with disabilities. Under the stadium redevelopment programme, we will endeavour to enhance the opportunities and facilities that we offer to spectators with disabilities. These improved facilities are not only for our own supporters, but will include those who visit Vicarage Road from other football clubs and other visitors from around the world.
Wheelchair Accessibility
We currently have 48 wheelchair places at the stadium, which consist of 21 spaces in the Rookery End, 11 in Lower Rous and 10 Spaces in the Vicarage Road End for home supporters. Should there be a requirement for a personal assistant to be present, this can be accommodated in the seating in proximity to the wheelchair space. To find out find out availability for cup matches please contact the Ticket Office.
We have six spaces that are allocated for visiting supporters in the Vicarage Road End and these are available through the ticket office at the relevant visiting club.
Spectators with visual impairments
The club operates Soccer Sight and issues audio equipment which allows visually impaired supporters to sit in any part of the ground and listen to the commentary which is provided by volunteers from the Hospital Radio team.
Should you wish to bring along your guide dog to this facility, please contact the Ticket Office directly so arrangements can be made.
Watford Football Club Ticket Office
Vicarage Road Stadium
Watford
Herts
WD18 0ER
Telephone number: 01923 496250
e-mail joanne.simonds@watfordfc.com
Equality and Diversity Policy
This is WFC Enables group's statement of intent:
a) WFC Enables recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or social exclusion for reasons that cannot be considered proper. These include: race, religion, creed, colour, national and ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, social class, income level, criminal record or any type of disability sensory / physical / mental.
b) WFC Enables will challenge discrimination and lack of opportunity in its own policy and practise.
c) WFC Enables aims to create a culture that respects and values each other's differences. Enables sees these differences as an asset to our work.
d) We are opposed to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination. All members and volunteers will be treated fairly. Selection for membership, training, development or any other benefit will be on the basis of aptitude, ability and need.
e) WFC Enables is committed to preventing any form of direct or indirect discrimination.
f) All volunteers, employees and committee members must support the objectives of this Equality and Diversity policy. Failure to do so may result in ineligibility for membership.
1. Implementation
The group's Chairman has specific responsibility for the effective implementation of this policy. Each committee member and volunteer also has responsibilities and we expect all of our members to abide by the policy and help create the equality environment, which is its objective.
The policy is communicated or available to all members, through distributing copies of the policy to every member at committee meetings, via the WFC website and our forums. New members joining WFC Enables will also be given copies of the policy.
Adequate resources will be made available to fulfil the aims of this policy.
2. Monitoring
Monitoring of the Equality and Diversity policy and its implementation is the responsibility of the Committee.
3. Complaints
Members who believe that they have suffered any form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation are entitled to raise the matter with a member of the Committee. All complaints will be dealt with seriously, promptly and confidentially.
These internal procedures do not replace or detract from the rights of members to pursue complaints under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Race Relations Act 1976 and other relevant legislation.
Every effort will be made to ensure that members making complaints will not be victimised. Any complaint of victimisation will be dealt with seriously, promptly and confidentially. Victimisation will result in disciplinary action and may warrant exclusion from the Enables group.
