This Father’s Day, we’re sharing stories from our DADs programme and highlighting just how impactful a father-figure’s relationship with their daughter can be when it comes to sport and activity. Names: Roshan and Amaya* Location: Middlesbrough Club: Middlesbrough FC Foundation Roshan and his wife are Sri Lankan...
Blog by CEO, Stephanie Hilborne “Those people close to sport know that it can transform lives. Beyond its physical and mental health benefits, sport is joyful and fulfilling and builds foundational life skills.” However, historically women and girls have been systematically and deliberately excluded from sport and...
Our new research looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on teenage girls’ lives and physical activity. Half of the girls (51%) surveyed by Women in Sport were concerned that they were losing their fitness and 45% worried that it would be hard to get back...
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day encourages us all to #ChoosetoChallenge gender inequality. This feels quite every day for us, given that Women in Sport was set up in 1984 to challenge the way women and girls are excluded from sport. Today I read that the...
Thanks to funding generated by players of People’s Postcode Lottery through the Postcode Sport Trust, we’re continuing our work supporting women going through menopause. Through research and campaigning, we will help women feel empowered to take up exercise at this stage of life. We know everyone’s experience...
As many families enjoy this half-term break and the campaign continues, we want to make sure that it isn’t just a moment that is forgotten. We want to ensure that daughters and mums build long-term habits and continue to get active together beyond October. The impact that...
