The Impact of Covid-19 from the perspective of teenage girls
Published Our new research looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on teenage girls’ lives and physical activity. Half of the girls (51%) surveyed by Women in Sport were concerned that they were losing their fitness and 45% worried that it would be hard to get back into the habit of sport and exercise […]
“Women going through menopause need to be active. I only learnt front crawl at 45…..and now I’m addicted to open water swimming”
Published Blog by Lorraine Candy, journalist and author Thanks to funding generated by players of People’s Postcode Lottery through the Postcode Sport Trust, we’re continuing our work supporting women going through menopause. Through research and campaigning, we will help women feel empowered to take up exercise at this stage of life. We know everyone’s experience […]
Women in Sport awarded National Lottery Community Fund to digitally transform Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered
Women in Sport has been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund which will digitally transform Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered.
ACAI Outdoorwear turns Black Friday bright supporting the charity Women in Sport
Published This November, leading women’s outdoorwear brand ACAI Outdoorwear is to turn Black Friday bright, calling for women to embrace the outdoors, boosting their confidence, mental health and physical wellbeing. From 27 – 30 November 10% of all sales made will be donated to Women in Sport, enabling the charity to continue their incredible work […]
Vitality further strengthens its commitment to women’s sport by partnering with Women in Sport and This Mum Runs
Published Vitality, the innovative health and life insurance and investment company, has today announced two new partnerships, one with leading gender equality charity, Women in Sport, and the other with the running community, This Mum Runs, further reaffirming the insurer’s commitment to women’s sport. As Official Wellness Partner, Vitality will work with both organisations to […]
Let’s make sure #TimeTogether isn’t just a moment that is forgotten
As many families enjoy this half-term break and the campaign continues, we want to make sure that it isn’t just a moment that is forgotten. We want to ensure that daughters and mums build long-term habits and continue to get active together beyond October. The impact that these experiences will have on their lives is huge and will last a lifetime.
Women in Sport launch #TimeTogether campaign to get teenage girls and mums active
Published Women in Sport, the leading UK charity that researches sport purely from the perspective of women and girls, has today launched #TimeTogether, a new national campaign which will empower daughters and mums/mother-figures to get active. Working in collaboration with creative & content agency Lucky7, and in partnership with Global – the largest commercial radio […]
An interview with Tove Okunniwa, London Sport CEO
Published Over the past few months, we have been working closely with Letesia Gibson from New Ways consulting to explore the experiences of women of colour working in sport. As part of our research into workplace culture, which is supported by Comic Relief, Letesia carried out a series of in-depth interviews with women in our […]
How women of colour are showing the way with authentic, human leadership
Published In her final blog reflecting on her interviews with women of colour working in sport, Letesia Gibson highlights the value of diverse leadership that these women bring when they are able to show up as their full selves in the workplace. We need more authentic leaders in our workplaces. Because these are leaders that […]
How championing our strong women of colour will create more winners
Published In the second of her blogs reflecting on the insight she led for us with Black and Asian women working in sport, Letesia Gibson explores the resilience of the women she spoke to, and what the sector needs to do to support them better… We all love an outsider, the underdog that, against all […]