Southampton finally sign up to diversity code as FA announces new targets
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All Premier League clubs now committed to FA scheme
FA commits to people with disabilities forming 10% of workforce
Southampton have ended their status as the only Premier League club not signed up to the Football Association’s football leadership diversity code (FLDC), with a call for authorities to do more on inclusion.
The south-coast side became the 52nd of 92 league clubs to sign up to the voluntary charter, a year after it was launched and hours before the FA was set to publish statistics on the number of clubs involved. It came as the FA launched a diversity strategy, with targets for recruitment at all levels of the organisation including, for the first time, the recruitment of people with disabilities.