Women in Sport

Women in Sport Our charity exists to create lasting positive change for women and girls in sport and society✅️

We are the charity that works to transform sport for every woman and girl in the UK

23/09/2026

Meet Emma, one of our supporters from the South West, who recently set up a group at her athletics club to encourage more women and girls into throwing.

Emma is still new to coaching and throwing, but within just a few weeks, she noticed the impact it was having on its female members.

With girls as young as 10 attending, alongside women up into their seventies, it provided a fantastic opportunity to come together and celebrate what it means to be strong, fierce and competitive ❤️‍🔥

Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club

22/09/2026

Meet the team rowing the Atlantic for Women in Sport👋🌊

Friends H**e, Amy, Charlotte and Ruby are competing in the World's Toughest Row this December, rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean completely unassisted.

When asked why they wanted to raise money for our charity, they said: "We want all women to have the opportunity to dream fearlessly and have unwavering confidence in themselves. While achieving our goal we hope to inspire Women and Girls to get into sport."

Their fundraising target is £50,000 and we're encouraging all our supporters to lend a hand to help them reach it. If you've ever considered donating to our charity, this is a perfect opportunity.

Support the team on their mission by donating to their page: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/you-row-girl-atlantic-row

You Row Girl

"We're just beginning" - BJK🎾 Women in Sport is the longest-standing UK charity in its field, set up in 1984, inspired b...
21/09/2026

"We're just beginning" - BJK🎾

Women in Sport is the longest-standing UK charity in its field, set up in 1984, inspired by Billie Jean King’s U.S. charity which was founded ten years earlier.

Since then, we've spent the last four decades championing women and girls in sport, campaigning for equal access and working hard to prevent teenage girls from dropping out of sport.

Women's sport is going from strength to strength, but we can't do what we do without you.

If you care about women's sport and want to make a difference, sign up to our newsletter today.

Join our movement of incredible supporters to help us change the game for women and girls in sport: https://womeninsport.org/explore-the-issues/sign-up-to-our-newsletter/

Girls who play sport become women who lead😮‍💨New research by e.l.f Beauty has found that women who played sport in high ...
18/09/2026

Girls who play sport become women who lead😮‍💨

New research by e.l.f Beauty has found that women who played sport in high school are...

💡 37% more likely to aspire to senior leadership roles
💸 25% more likely to have negotiated their salary
💼 And 85% of female Board members say the lessons they learned through sport have helped them in their role

It's clear – sport can teach lessons far beyond the pitch, court or playground.

Sport can transform lives.

📊 Source: e.l.f Beauty Girls Who Play Change the Game (2026)


📸 Denis Zelenykh

Sport gives girls resilience, courage, self-belief and a sense of belonging, but...😢 1.3m girls who used to love sport d...
17/09/2026

Sport gives girls resilience, courage, self-belief and a sense of belonging, but...

😢 1.3m girls who used to love sport drop out as teenagers
⚽ 24% fewer girls than boys play team sport
🤯 45% of girls agree that 'people think sport is for boys and doesn't matter for girls'

Our charity exists to change this.

We exist so that, in Lucy's words, all girls know it's ace to be determined, competitive and fierce❤️‍🔥

Can you support us on our mission?

Your donation will help us conduct vital research and work with sport, government and education to create a fairer future for girls.

Donate now: https://womeninsport.org/take-action/donate/

📊Sources: Women in Sport Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls (2022), Sport England Active Lives (2024/25), Women in Sport Let Her Dream (2025)

New research shows that the number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014. The study sugge...
16/09/2026

New research shows that the number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014.

The study suggests growing up in a world dominated by austerity, the pandemic and social media is to blame.

The results are bleak, but at Women in Sport we know physical activity has a huge role to play here.

Our Big Sister initiative, which gives girls free or discounted gym memberships and access to girls-only sessions exists to combat loneliness and prevent girls from dropping out of sport in their teenage years.

Of girls who take part, 59% say they are happier and 71% say they have made new friends.

Big Sister is changing lives, but we need your help to continue our important work.

Donate today to help us create a brighter future for the next generation of girls.

You can make a donation here: https://womeninsport.org/take-action/donate/

📊 Source: The Institute for Public Policy Research (2026)

📸 Alliance Football Club

Want to run for Women in Sport at the 2027 London Marathon?🤩 We’re incredibly excited to have secured exclusive spots fo...
15/09/2026

Want to run for Women in Sport at the 2027 London Marathon?🤩

We’re incredibly excited to have secured exclusive spots for next year and now we’re looking for people who care about our mission and want to fundraise to help us...

🏃‍♀️ Dismantle stereotypes
💭 Let women and girls dream big
❌ Tackle misogyny in sport

Want to get first dibs on one of the spots? We’ll be sharing an application form with everyone signed up to our running newsletter.

To apply, sign up now and we’ll be in touch in the coming days.

✍️Sign up and apply: https://womeninsport.org/take-action/fundraise/run-for-women-in-sport/

Dreaming of the day all football federations offer fertility support😌💭 Props to the Spanish FA for this pioneering step ...
14/09/2026

Dreaming of the day all football federations offer fertility support😌💭

Props to the Spanish FA for this pioneering step towards giving sportswomen greater freedom when it comes to family planning.

The move will allow players and referees to access treatments including IVF and egg freezing, challenging the notion that having children means the end of a woman's elite career in sport.

This is a welcome step and we encourage all sports federations at home here in the UK to consider following suit.

Want to stay up-to-date with our work championing equality for women and girls in sport? Sign up to our newsletter here: https://womeninsport.org/explore-the-issues/sign-up-to-our-newsletter/

11/09/2026

YES Geno❤️‍🔥

Love this clip of NCAA women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma reflecting on how his opinion of women's sport changed after he started coaching girls.

You only need to watch girls play to realise they get just as much from sport as boys do...

The joy.

The friendships.

The resilience.

The life lessons.

It's an injustice to gatekeep sport from half the population - share this post if you agree📢

Want to learn more about how our charity is tackling gender inequality in sport? Sign up to our newsletter here: https://womeninsport.org/explore-the-issues/sign-up-to-our-newsletter/

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