At the event, which celebrates the very best of London football, the campaign which was launched in January 2018 won the Community Project of the Year prize.

The long-term initiative forms part of our on-going inclusion work, through the Chelsea Foundation’s Building Bridges campaign. The initiative is supported by the club’s owner Roman Abramovich.

The judging panel thought that the campaign was very powerful, unique and clearly demonstrated the club’s commitment to tackling discrimination, in particular antisemitism.

‘It is a project that is not just a week long or a month long,’ said Chelsea Chairman Bruce Buck at the Awards. ‘We have been doing this for a year and there is no end in sight because this is the kind of thing where moving the needle is very difficult.



‘We have not viewed this as a Chelsea-specific issue, we have tried to encourage other organisations to get involved and we all know the power of football is enormous and we have to try to find ways to use that, not just against antisemitism but against racism in general.’

