A lot of them were refugees. We used to work with Biasan to offer people football. More recently, we have been offering and trying to get more refugees into cricket and into the cricket team. And so I feel that’s a really strong part of the history of the sporting side of the 1 in 12 is the diversity, and in particular, the welcoming of refugees, and long may that continue. Rob Kito One of the things that brought the community together in a way was the football collective, because they had, like a local team. So that gave the 1 in 12 a chance to go out to local areas, get to know other locals you know, that’s that wouldn’t really happen in the 1 in 12 because it’s a members only bar, and it’s kind of niche. Paula Stone When we started the football team, it was originally a group of 1 in 12-ers, so we all had scruffy shorts, weird hair, tattoos or whatever, and we weren’t particularly good … we did recruit people who were not what I’d say are 1 in 12-ers. So people from the local estate next to where we used to park, used to play, train … there were people there that I think I’m quite proud that we exposed those people who would not have been exposed to our ideals, and we showed that there was a different way of behaving. Steve Tandy I actually managed the football team from about 2002 to 2006. I think I’m the longest serving Football Manager in the in the history of the 1 in 12! … But yeah, we were representing the 1 in 12 in football in the local community, and, you know, quite well known as a team, because we were around so long and people were intrigued about what the 1 in 12 was. And some people knew about some people didn’t, but people would always ask about it. Rob Kito
PART TWO: A PLACE OF COMMUNITY
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