BURNLEY Football Club today revealed its response to the town's task force report in a 10-point action plan.

The Clarets plan comes after the task force report into the underlying causes of the Burnley riots last June.

The disturbances left some parts of the town devastated after violence broke out between warring white and Asian gangs.

The task force, chaired by Lord Clarke, spent four months investigating the disturbances and issued 15 recommendations.

Clarets chairman Barry Kilby said: "Burnley Football Club's strength lies in this town and surrounding areas and in return the club takes its responsibility to this community very seriously."

The report, published in October, concluded that many problems were the responsibility of more than one organisation and established the Burnley Action Partnership which includes representatives from organisations such as Burnley Football Club, Burnley Council, Lancashire County Council and the NHS.

It also includes leading figures from business, community and voluntary organisations, faith organisations and ethnic minority organisations as well as elected councillors and public service managers.

Some of its key aims are to involve young people, reduce bureaucracy and focus on action, not just discussion.

Burnley Football Club has regularly offered its facilities to the task force.

Mr Kilby, a member of BAP, said: "We work hard to give as many people as possible, whatever their background, the chance to play football and to welcome them to watch it at Turf Moor.

"But the club accept its responsibilities go further than football. Where there has been tension in the past, we are proud to have played whatever part we can in trying to re-build bridges and bring communities together.

"Extremism and racism, which have caused so much damage to football in this country in the past, have no place at Turf Moor. Racist chanting is not tolerated by the club.

"We have given our full support to the Kick Racism Out Of Football campaign for the good of the club, for football in general, and for the wider community.

"The club will continue to do what it can to strengthen our community and to oppose those who want, for their own ends, to foster division, suspicion and fear."

Task Force chairman Lord Clarke said: "I am convinced that what was described as a race riot was in fact a series of criminal acts, perpetrated by a relatively small number of people."

Lord Clarke singled out BFC in the report for its Community work and Kick out Racism campaign. BFC would like to play an even greater role in building the Burnley Community.

The club has picked out four areas to concentrate on, highlighted by Lord Clarke. Namely, section 4 Community Relations; section 7 Regeneration and Burnley's Local Strategic Partnership, Section 11 Education and Section 12 Youth and Community.

1. Burnley Football Club will continue to activate its Ethnic Minorities and Kick Racism Out action plan. The action plan is available 24 hours a day on Burnleyfootballclub.com.

2. BFC have committed to make the appointment of Ethnic Minorities Community Officer, Dino Maamria full time, after the initial grant runs out. Dino Maamria will co-ordinate the plan.

3. BFC will continue to offer its facilities to the Task Force.

4. Chairman Barry Kilby is a founder member of the Burnley Action Partnership , which is listed in the report as having a major role to play in Burnley's future. The BAP will be involved in a wide range of strategic initiatives aimed to bring cohesion and prosperity to the Borough. He has also agreed to become head of the Business in the Community project that will link private sector business with generation programmes.

5. Manager Stan Ternent and Graham Branch of the playing staff are both Patrons of the Show Racism The Red Card campaign.

6. Chief Executive Andrew Watson will join the Board of Burnley College. Lord Clarke lists education and aspirations of Burnley's young people as a key part of the way forward when he said "an under skilled worked force combined with under - attainment at school, remain key features of the local economy".

BFC now have a £250k IT Centre at Turf Moor (visited by Prince Andrew in July 2001) and used by 2,000 local people, in conjunction with Burnley College and have now added a full time teacher and assistant at Turf Moor under the Governments Playing for Success scheme, to help children at key stage 2/3 (7/8 year old).

7. BFC would like to explore a vision to extend the clubs Leisure Centre to incorporate Cricket Lanes and employ an Ethnic Cricket Community Officer. The clubs link with Burnley Cricket Club offers further opportunities.

8. BFC will continue to enhance its Leisure Centre and Community programme regarded as the best on site scheme in English football, which employs 25 f/t and p/t staff and was used by 149,000 local people last year, most of which is free of charge.

9. BFC will continue to carry out an equal opportunities employment policy.

10. BFC will strive to be a top 30, and hopefully in time top 20, English football club with the obvious promotional benefit to the town.