In accordance with the EPFL Constitution, the Football, Social and Economic Forum (FSEF) has an advisory function. The primary objectives of the FSEF are to enable the Leagues and clubs to directly voice their views and concerns on social and economic matters of relevant common interest, identifying possible problems and making recommendations for the implementation by the EPFL on any issue which falls under its scope. The FSEF is chaired by the RT Hon Richard Caborn MP
Richard Caborn, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, is the Prime Minister’s World Cup Ambassador, President of the Amateur Boxing Association and President of the UK School Games.
Prior to these appointments, Richard was Minister of State for Sport in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, an office he held from June 2001 until June 2007.
He served as Minister for Trade at the Department for Trade and Industry (1999-2001) and was Minister of State for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning at the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-1999). He became a Privy Councillor in 1999. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1983 General Election, and was the Member of the European Parliament for Sheffield (1979-1984). Richard was Chair of the Trade and Industry Select Committee from 1991-1995. He is a Trustee of the Industry and Parliament Trust.
Richard is a keen amateur sportsman, playing golf, football and cricket, and led the tour to South Africa of the House of Commons cricket team in 1995. He was involved in taking the World Student Games to his native Sheffield in 1991, as well as the successful bid to make Sheffield the key site in the UK Sports Institute network.
Richard was a Trade Union official at Firth Brown Sheffield and a founder member of the Parliamentary Anti-Apartheid Movement. He was Vice President of the Sheffield Trades Council and is a member of the Amicus union.
Born in October 1943, Richard was educated at Hurlfield Comprehensive School, Sheffield, Granville College of Education and Sheffield Polytechnic. He is married with two children and lives in Sheffield.
