News and Opinion
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…
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,…
An honest reflection of why the Euros made me feel defeated as a black woman
21 JULY 2021
Last week at a Women in Sport team meeting we discussed the abhorrent racism that had followed in the wake of…
Women in Sport statement on new Code for Sports Governance
7 JULY 2021
Women in Sport responds below to the release today of a new Code for Sports Governance by Sport England and UK…
Daughters and Dads Stories: Aaliyah and Amir
17 JUNE 2021
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…