Our Research and Insights
Tackling the Opportunity Gap in Sport for Girls
2 APRIL 2026
Published When a girl finds her team, everything changes. With the right team around them, girls gain more than a sporting opportunity:…
Let her dream: Tracking girls’ dream rates in sport
7 JANUARY 2026
Published Over the past five years, we have been tracking how increased visibility of elite women’s sport is shaping young girls’ dreams.…
Black Girls and Sport: A Breakup Story
21 MAY 2025
Published Black girls love sport. 60% dream of becoming elite athletes compared to 33% of White British girls. Sport is valued more highly…
Breaking Barriers: Supporting disabled teenage girls to be active
15 MAY 2024
Published Disabled teenage girls’ enjoyment of and positive attitudes towards sport continue to be lower than their non-disabled counterparts, but, in contrast,…
Supporting deaf girls to stay active in their teenage years and beyond: UK Deaf Sport and Women in Sport
12 JULY 2023
Published Deaf teenage girls are at increased risk of dropping out of sport and face additional barriers to participation than hearing girls.…
Big Sister: breaking down barriers to activity for teen girls
21 JUNE 2023
Published 1.3 million teenage girls who once considered themselves as ‘sporty’ fall out of love with sport and drop out after primary school.…
Make Space for Us
14 JULY 2022
Published This research, commissioned by Yorkshire Sport Foundation, is an important first step to understanding how teenage girls feel about being active outdoors…
Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Tackling Teenage Disengagement
7 MARCH 2022
Published This report funded by Sport England summarises our most recent survey findings of over 4,000 adolescent girls and boys to understand…
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Teenage Girls’ Lives and Physical Activity
25 MARCH 2021
Published Funded by Comic Relief & Sweaty Betty Foundation, this research looked to understand how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives of…