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Research Report: Good Sports – Engaging Female Volunteers
This research focuses on gender discrimination within sports volunteering and sets out best practice solutions to counter this disparity.
This research focuses on gender discrimination within sports volunteering and sets out best practice solutions to counter this disparity.
Released under our former name, Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation, this research was conducted by Verve to identify factors that create the ideal sports club environment for women.
Women in Sport is delighted to be working in partnership with Sport England to level up access to sport and physical activity across the country.
Carney's review will examine issues affecting the game at elite and grassroots level
Fewer than a third of girls aspire to reach the top in sport, compared to half of boys.
This report highlights the practical, personal, social and cultural reasons why participation rates for women and girls are lower than men’s. The list of barriers also provides ideas for sports deliverers to implement to encourage behaviour change.
Following the allegations of abusive behaviour made by elite gymnasts, the much-anticipated Whyte Review into British Gymnastics has been published.
The Big Sister project was created to help girls discover the joy of sport, with a helping hand from teenage girls.