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Sport England funding announcement
10 MAY 2022
Published Women in Sport is delighted to be working in partnership with Sport England to level up access to sport and physical…
Girls offered free gym memberships to encourage active lives as part of new ‘Big Sister’ project
11 APRIL 2022
Published Girls aged between 9-15 years old in some parts of South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Norfolk are to be offered exclusive free…
More than 1 million teenage girls fall ‘out of love’ with sport
7 MARCH 2022
Published Women in Sport has found that more than one million teenage girls (43%) who once considered themselves ‘sporty’, disengage from sport…
Sportswomen, broadcasters, coaches and leaders recognised in New Year Honours
1 JANUARY 2022
Published Women in Sport is delighted to see so many women recognised in the New Year Honours list. We would like to…
£1m funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels
16 NOVEMBER 2021
Published A consortium of three charities has been awarded £1m from the final Tampon Tax Fund to help improve confidence, wellbeing and…
Women In Sport’s #TimeTogether campaign is back to inspire teenage girls and mums to reconnect by getting active
8 OCTOBER 2021
Published The covid pandemic has seen a reduction in activity levels for both teenage girls and their mum’s while time spent online…
Women in Sport calls for action so midlife women can get active
17 MAY 2021
Published Today, Women in Sport has launched new research into the menopause and sport and activity alongside a new curation of images…
Women in Sport reveals the impact of the pandemic on teenage girls’ lives and exercise
25 MARCH 2021
Published The charity Women in Sport today launches new research, funded by Comic Relief, into how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the…
Women in Sport awarded National Lottery Community Fund to digitally transform Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered
2 DECEMBER 2020
Women in Sport has been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund which will digitally transform Daughters and Dads Active…
ACAI Outdoorwear turns Black Friday bright supporting the charity Women in Sport
16 NOVEMBER 2020
Published This November, leading women’s outdoorwear brand ACAI Outdoorwear is to turn Black Friday bright, calling for women to embrace the outdoors,…