About & Governance
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British Fencing Charity Zone
Welcome to The British Fencing Charitable Fund. The Fund is a separate organisation from BF, registered with the Charity Commission,…
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Equality & Diversity Zone
British Fencing is fully committed to the principles of equality of opportunity and is responsible for ensuring that no job applicant,…
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The Green Piste - Environmental Sustainability
You can find the British Fencing sustainability policy here: BF Environmental Sustainability Policy
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British Fencing Careers
Welcome to careers in British Fencing. All current BF vacancies will be published here.
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Our Partners
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- About British Fencing British Fencing (BF) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the Olympic and Paralympic Sport of Fencing in the British Isles (excluding the Republic of Ireland).
- About Us: Sport England Funding On 11th May 2022 Sport England announced that British Fencing (BF) was successful in securing £2.7m investment over 5 years from Sport England, based on delivery against agreed objectives to support ambitions of Sport England’s 10-year Uniting the Movement strategy.
- About Us Zone
- BF Board Equality Champion - Role Description British Fencing (‘BF’) is fully committed to the principles of equality of opportunity and is responsible for ensuring that no job applicant, BF representative, volunteer or member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment,…
- BF Style Guide In common with most publishers, British Fencing maintains a style guide covering both written and audiovisual content. The purpose of this style guide is to lend clarity and consistency to any piece of content communicated by fencing. It is driven by a set of three key…
- British Fencing Careers Welcome to careers in British Fencing. All current BF vacancies will be published here.
- British Fencing Charitable Fund Overview The British Fencing Charitable Fund (the ‘BF Charity’) has been set up with the objective of providing financial and other assistance to enable participation in fencing at all levels.
- British Fencing Charity Zone Welcome to The British Fencing Charitable Fund. The Fund is a separate organisation from BF, registered with the Charity Commission, Charity number: 1162476.
- British Veterans Fencing British Veterans Fencing (BVF) exists to promote and support fencing for people over 40 years old.
- Call It Attitude British Fencing (BF) has released the first edition of Call It Attitude, an eighty-four page handbook outlining what is involved in becoming a successful GBR Olympic and Paralympic fencing athlete.
- Constitution This section provides downloadable constitutional documents for British Fencing.
- Creating Inclusive Environments for Clubs, Event Organisers The following information is aimed at supporting a number of identified underrepresented groups in fencing. Links to resources and further information on how to engage positively can be found below.
- Diversity Data, Policies and Insight In this section you will find information and links to BF policies relating to Equality and Diversity, as well as insight and research from national partners who specialise in working with under represented groups, in sport and physical activity.
- Diversity Inclusion Action Plan (Diap) “Our aim is to celebrate and increase diversity in our sport, ensuring fencing represents the wider community across the UK. Our Diversity Inclusion Action Plan aims to encourage more people to get involved, from the boardroom to the clubs to the piste, making fencing a sport…
- Entry Fee Support Scheme BF is mindful of the rising costs of attending fencing events and the potential barrier to participation this creates for some members of our community.
- Equality & Diversity Zone British Fencing is fully committed to the principles of equality of opportunity and is responsible for ensuring that no job applicant, BF representative, volunteer or member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage…
- Explore Fencing App Privacy Policy 1. PURPOSE OF DOCUMENT This Privacy Policy describes how personal data we collect from our members and other users of our services will be collected, stored and processed.
- Fencing Development Team BF’s Fencing Development Team supports the growth of fencing in their local areas.
- Fencing Digest Subscribe Form Sign up to receive the Fencing Digest directly to your inbox every Friday. The digest is a summary of all the BF news and key info from the week, with links to results, rankings and more…
- Gender Policies Implementation - FAQs In September 2024 the BF Board approved the new Gender Policies for Licensed Events which come into effect on January 1st 2025.
- Key Dates: Environmental Sustainability Some key environmental sustainability dates for your diary, with ways fencers, clubs and supporters can get involved.
- Leon Paul Leon Paul Equipment suppliers have long been a friend and an official supplier to BF for equipment and event delivery. In recent years they have really extended their already great support to BF’s strategy for participation and programmes, by providing discounted rates that…
- Membership Terms and Conditons For the full BF Membership Terms and Conditions please click here.
- PGL Travel Ltd Note: This page was published in 2018, and is no longer being updated. Click here for the most recent BF project with PGL in 2023.
- Policy Zone
- Sport England Sport England is an arms-length body of government responsible for growing and developing grassroots sport and getting more people active across England.
- Standard BF Privacy Statement for Data Collected Through for When we send out a form to collect information we want to do so in an efficient easy way, that does not overwhelm people with additional compliance information, but at the same time ensuring that responders know what is happening to their data and their rights.
- The Green Piste - Environmental Sustainability You can find the British Fencing sustainability policy here: BF Environmental Sustainability Policy
- The Worshipful Company of Cutlers The Cutlers’ Company is one of the most ancient of the City of London livery companies and received its first Royal Charter from Henry V in 1416. Its origins are to be found among the cutlers working in the medieval City of London in the vicinity of Cheapside. Their business…
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Last updated 29 Sept 2026