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Deaf Awareness Week: Sporting role model Bethan Lishman
Blog by Bethan Lishman, hammer thrower for UK Deaf Athletics.
Blog by Bethan Lishman, hammer thrower for UK Deaf Athletics.
Our 2018 report ‘Where are all the women?’ highlighted that women made up between 4% and 10% of sports media coverage in the UK.
Launched in October 2016, Get Out Get Active (GOGA) supported disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy being active together.
This report looks at the impact of elite sport stars on girls. The Football Association (FA) runs an established ambassador programme, enabling female football players to share their stories and inspire at a local level, with female players visiting schools and community groups for a number of years.
Women in Sport is a charity, and it is because of the generous support we receive from funders and donors that we are able to carry out our work.
Women in Sport is a charity, and it is because of the generous support we receive from funders and donors that we are able to carry out our work.
Conducted in partnership with Sports Coach UK, this fact sheet forms part of a series on female coaches and coaching women in sport.
Our proposed Checklist for Change lays out the core elements to which sports organisations should aspire, to build upon successes so far, and promote the benefits of having more women on boards and at executive level.