About Us

Our Aims

To offer guidance, support, mentoring and counselling to existing Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage Referees.

To work with the football authorities, other football diversity and inclusion organisations, professional and national game clubs, players and fans to ensure there is a level playing field for existing and new Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage referees to progress in the national game.

To Increase Representation within all levels of the game from Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage Referees.

Our Goals

Retention

We believe every official who wants to just participate, develop, or move up in the refereeing pyramid should all be afforded the same fair opportunity.

We will continue to work tirelessly to drive initiatives that will encourage all Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage referees, irrespective of their dreams and objectives that they can bring their true selves to refereeing, with confidence of opportunity to dream and stay in the game, through helping them access the support, mentoring and coaching where required.

Representation

Our mission is to drive for change through action, dialogue and challenge for a visible representation of diversity of match officials at all levels of football, particularly in the professional game with more match officials needed from the Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage community that reflects what is seen on the pitch playing the game and in our society.

If you would like to find out more about the work that we do, please get in touch with us.

Collaboration

The BAME Referee support group works with our partners and looks to align our vision and strategy in line with the communities that we serve within Grassroots and the Professional game.

BAMREF is in regular Collaboration meetings in order to Diversify Refereeing throughout all levels.

Our Partners