EACRC, as a club wishes, to provide a welcoming environment where rowers are able to enjoy rowing as a sport. Inclusion is central to our ethos as a club which creates a supportive atmosphere which encourages learning, development and opportunity for all to achieve their potential and which promotes integrity on and off the water in a spirit of trust and transparency
We understand that research has proven that more diverse communities perform better, are more engaged and more innovative. The term ‘diversity’ refers to a mix of people from different backgrounds. Inclusion is the culture in which the mix of people can come together, take part in the environment they are in, feel comfortable and confident to be themselves. Inclusion ensures that everyone feels valued and importantly, adds value.
Discrimination can take the following forms:
Direct Discrimination when someone is treated unfairly because of a protected characteristic, or someone thinks you have that protected characteristic (known as discrimination by perception) or you are connected to someone with that protected characteristic (known as discrimination by association).
Indirect Discrimination when there is a provision, criterion or practice that applies in the same way for everybody but disadvantages a group of people or individual with a protected characteristic.
Harassment when an individual receives unwanted conduct related to a protected characteristic and the conduct has the purpose or effect or violating the individual’s dignity, or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. It is also harassment if the unwanted conduct is sexual in nature or is related to gender reassignment or sex. Or the individual is treated less favourable because they did not submit to or rejected the unwanted conduct.
Victimisation when someone is treated badly because they complained about discrimination or helps someone else who has been discriminated against.
All members have a responsibility to ensure that EACRC us a non-discriminatory and inclusive environment where all members can feel comfortable.
We recognise that some members may require adaptation of some kind in order to enable them to continue rowing and/or competing due to a chronic or temporary health condition, family commitments or another reason. Any club member who has such a requirement should make their needs known to a committee member and the club will make every effort to accommodate their request, taking into account overall safety of our crews.
Within the Coastal Rowing Community, there are often ideas, experience and expertise that can be tapped in order to find creative solutions. See for example the SCRA Adaptive Rowing webpage: https://scottishcoastalrowing.org/adaptive-rowing/
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