News and Opinion

The Impact of Covid-19 from the perspective of teenage girls
24 MARCH 2021
Published Our new research looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on teenage girls’ lives and physical activity. Half of the…

“Women going through menopause need to be active. I only learnt front crawl at 45…..and now I’m addicted to open water swimming”
10 DECEMBER 2020
Published Blog by Lorraine Candy, journalist and author Thanks to funding generated by players of People’s Postcode Lottery through the Postcode Sport…

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,…

Vitality further strengthens its commitment to women’s sport by partnering with Women in Sport and This Mum Runs
29 OCTOBER 2020
Published Vitality, the innovative health and life insurance and investment company, has today announced two new partnerships, one with leading gender equality…

Let’s make sure #TimeTogether isn’t just a moment that is forgotten
28 OCTOBER 2020
As many families enjoy this half-term break and the campaign continues, we want to make sure that it isn’t just a moment…

Women in Sport launch #TimeTogether campaign to get teenage girls and mums active
5 OCTOBER 2020
Published Women in Sport, the leading UK charity that researches sport purely from the perspective of women and girls, has today launched…

An interview with Tove Okunniwa, London Sport CEO
29 SEPTEMBER 2020
Published Over the past few months, we have been working closely with Letesia Gibson from New Ways consulting to explore the experiences…

How women of colour are showing the way with authentic, human leadership
22 SEPTEMBER 2020
Published In her final blog reflecting on her interviews with women of colour working in sport, Letesia Gibson highlights the value of…

How championing our strong women of colour will create more winners
15 SEPTEMBER 2020
Published In the second of her blogs reflecting on the insight she led for us with Black and Asian women working in…