Before looking at the 2022 women’s euros it is important to look back on how the women’s game has evolved and got to where it is today. There was no ‘official’ England women’s football team until the 1970s and by 1925 the one remaining high profile team...
Do you remember the feeling of riding a bike as a child? The sense of freedom and adventure, of feeling the wind in your hair as you raced down a hill. The independence and self-reliance it brought, meaning you no longer had to depend on an adult...
2022 feels like a turning point for women’s sport as more people tune in to the value it brings. Last year’s Women’s FA Cup final attracted 1.3m viewers on BBC television and an additional 200,000 fans watched the game live in the stands or on streaming platforms. With...
Martin Gill – The Gill Foundation The bicycle is an amazing invention. It has been a key part in the cultural and social change of many countries over the last 100 years or so, providing cheap transport, a broadening of horizons, the freedom to explore and pure...
Over the following 10 days two courageous women are getting on their bikes and riding almost 1000 miles to inspire women in midlife to overcome the fear of cycling and experience the joy and freedom it brings. A recent Twitter poll by Women in Sport found the...
Lee Warren, Project Manager at Women in Sport reflects on his time delivering the Daughters and Dads programme, its impact, and how it could help to build a generation of male allies. The formative years of your life, and the experiences you have, help to build attitudes, perceptions and behaviours that will...
