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Breaking Barriers: Supporting disabled teenage girls to be active
15 MAY 2024
Led by Access Sport, the Sweaty Betty Foundation, Women in Sport and Nuffield Health, the Breaking Barriers project identifies the barriers that…
Finally back in love with sport 30 years later
3 MAY 2024
Written by Varsha Patel, Communications and Campaigns Manager at Women in Sport Growing up in the ‘80s as a young brown…
Leading women’s health advocate Professor Catherine Calderwood joins Women in Sport Board
2 MAY 2024
Women in Sport is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Catherine Calderwood to its Board of Trustees. A prominent figure…
Women in Sport: What did your father say to you when you were young?
8 APRIL 2024
Written by Mandie Cran, a pioneering sailor who was once only one of nine women serving in an army corps of 15,000…
Women in Sport influences Department for Educations’ latest schools guidance
3 APRIL 2024
Last week, the Government published its new guidance for schools in England on PE and school sport. You can read it…
Women in Sport’s response to the McKinney Report into the misogynistic culture of Cricket Scotland
28 MARCH 2024
Women in Sport response to the McKinney Report into the culture of Cricket Scotland Women in Sport has been working for…
Tessa Sanderson CBE joins Women in Sport as Ambassador in its 40th Anniversary Year
27 MARCH 2024
Women in Sport is thrilled to announce the appointment of Olympic champion Tessa Sanderson CBE as an Ambassador, coinciding with the…
Stronger together: Why women’s sport needs male allies
25 MARCH 2024
We’re living in a scary time if you’re a woman in sport, or just a woman in general. Online abuse of…
COPA 71 Review: How an entire chapter of women’s football was erased from history
11 MARCH 2024
Written by Rachel Williams, Policy and Public Affairs Manager Published What year was the first women’s football world cup? A question…
Addressing Health Barriers for Girls & Women in Sport
5 MARCH 2024
The Women and Equalities Select Committee has published its latest report: Health Barriers to Girls and Women in Sport. Women in…