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Active Women Project
Active Women Project
The Active Women Project, in partnership with StreetGames and the Active Women Consortium, aims to increase the sports participation of young women aged 16-25 from disadvantaged areas.
What is the project?
Access Sport are working with 10 inner city sports clubs in disadvantaged areas of East London and Bristol to help them attract more young women to their sessions. We support these clubs with intensive development advice and assistance, cash for training new coaches or buying new equipment and put them in touch with relevant community groups. The Active Women project is working with clubs in sports as diverse as cycling, street dance, contemporary dance, volleyball, aerobics, football and netball.
Why are we running this project?
The need for this project was highlighted with the announcement of the Active People data by Sport England, showing a drop off of over 80,000 women last year alone. This fuelled the creation of the Active Women Consortium, a nationwide initiative delivered by 64 partner organisations, which aims to recruit 30,000 more young women into sports clubs over the next three years.
For further information or if you have any questions please contact Becca Owen Active Women Development Manager on 07977036519 or via email at becca.owen@accesssport.co.uk
