News and Opinion
Today is the shortest day of the year. Keep exercising! Longer days are on their way….
21 DECEMBER 2021
It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s wet and it feels like such an effort to get bundled up in warm gear and…
We need an independent body for safeguarding and duty of care in sport
20 DECEMBER 2021
Women in Sport has been working for over 35 years to give every woman and girl the opportunity to take part…
Time to rethink sport and recreation
14 DECEMBER 2021
Isabelle Michelson, Policy and Public Affairs Officer for Women in Sport reflects on the House of Lords National Plan for Sport…
What does the latest Sport England Active Lives data say about girls?
10 DECEMBER 2021
Women in Sport has analysed the top line data from the 2020-21 Sport England Active Lives data on Children and Young…
£1m funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels
16 NOVEMBER 2021
A consortium of three charities has been awarded £1m from the final Tampon Tax Fund to help improve confidence, wellbeing and…
Women in Sport and the Climate and Ecological Emergencies
12 NOVEMBER 2021
Women in Sport’s purpose is to give every woman and girl the opportunity to take part in sport and inspire her…
Sport England’s latest Active Lives Adult Survey May 2020 – May 2021
22 OCTOBER 2021
Whilst the latest data published by Sport England is not entirely surprising given the indications we already had about the impact…
Women In Sport’s #TimeTogether campaign is back to inspire teenage girls and mums to reconnect by getting active
8 OCTOBER 2021
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 Response to the Publication of the UK Sports Councils’ Guidance for Transgender Inclusion in Sport
30 SEPTEMBER 2021
Women in Sport, as a charity with limited resources, has been working hard to understand how we can add value to…
Share the playground; level the playing field
13 AUGUST 2021
Important to Women in Sport is sharing the voices of women and girls. Our ‘Mum on the Sidelines’ offers a real,…