Recently it was neurodiversity celebration week, and we couldn’t let it go by without celebrating neurodiverse athletes. Our aim is for any and every girl to be able to find a sporting role model – we really believe in ‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it.’
Read MoreThis week is Mental Health Awareness in the UK and the theme is Connect with Nature. When we think of nature, we might go to forests and green open spaces but the sea counts too!
Yvette Curtis must have the sea in her genes; half Mauritian, half British, in this week’s blog she explains how surfing and the sea helps her and her community be active, look after their mental health and be at one with nature.
Read MoreIn our aim to showcase as many sports as possible, we’re starting at the beginning of our alphabet with A and bringing you archery! Read on to learn more about this sport which has its roots in days of old when bows and arrows were used in combat! Luckily, these days we’re talking more Olympic and Paralympic Games than The Hunger Games …
Read MoreIf you’re on Tik Tok or Instagram you’ll have seen the huge rise in jump rope which in some cases is a positive outcome of the recent lockdown. This is a very simple, affordable and effective way to keep fit and has been used by elite athletes for years! We asked Wajeeda Yusuf about her jump rope story.
Read MoreWomen's rugby is one of sport's great success stories. Every weekend across the United Kingdom, women lace up their boots, pop in their gum shields and run, ruck, tackle, maul and scrum – all in the name of their favourite sport - rugby. We are Girls in Sport had the pleasure of interviewing Georgie Lilly Perris-Redding on her career in rugby and how she’s working hard to help others.
Read MoreIn this week’s blog, we turned our attention to Cheerleading. Cheerleading in the UK has evolved from small individual teams, predominantly linked to dance schools, to large competitive squads and curriculum-based learning in many schools. To find out more, we had the pleasure of interviewing sixteen-year-old, Taea Gilder.
Read MoreDancing makes me feel whole, it completes me. It is one of those things you don’t even realise you love so much, it’s just there forever - Ella Dorward
Read MoreThis month we are highlighting different types of physical activity and exercise which might not be considered sport but still keep you fit and healthy.
This week’s blog is an interview with Rebecca Ryan, California based roller skater extraordinaire who has amassed a great following on social media with her tips, tricks and moves!
Read MoreWhen Caroline was a little girl, she wanted to be a journalist and she really wanted to be a sports journalist. She did PE GCSE (exams we take in England at 16 years of age) at school and for the non-practical element, she created a school newsletter focussing on the Winter Olympics. (I’m pretty sure it was the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics but in researching this, I’ve realised that the dates don’t really add up so it may well have been Albertville ‘92! CK)
Read MoreI’m a national level tennis player and playing tennis has always been my passion. Ever since I picked up the racket at the age of four I knew that tennis was the sport for me, mentally and physically. I am 14 now so I have been playing for about nine years and those years have been full of experiences, achievements, challenges and learning.
Read MoreWomen are making their mark in the world of professional sports like never before. Here are five women who are leading the charge and setting the path for a generation of girls behind them. We have always said at We are Girls in Sport, “if you cannot see them, you cannot be them” and it has been so inspiring to see female athletes making history in their sport. In this blog, we celebrate the progress which has been made for women in sport and although there is still so much more work to be done, we recognise these trailblazing women and girls who are breaking barriers in their sport including Sarah Thomas, Mayar Sherif, Pip Hare, Joy Neville and Sky Brown.
Read MoreI’m Sarah Jackson and I got into sport for the same reason as almost everyone – for the love of it! I tried pretty much every sport under the sun growing up, and I’m still finding new sports to try, but windsurfing was my one true love and the harder I trained, the better I got. However, I didn’t start out trying to be the best in the world, or even wanting to be a professional windsurfer, I just wanted to be on the water as much as possible doing what I love!
Read MoreWe are Girls in Sport is proud to be supporting Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week and to round up the week, we are delighted to share our exclusive interview World Thai-Boxing champion, Rachael Mackenzie. Over her life, Rachael has built her own resilience and used boxing as a way to improve her life and her mental health after suffering from an eating disorder in her youth. Rachael spoke to us about how the power of movement is so vital for a child’s mental health.
Read MoreThis week we have a guest blog , perfect for girls ,on body image from Anupa Roper also known as ‘Miss Sparrowlegs’. Anupa lives in Leicestershire, UK with her husband and two children (Maya 11 and Ayden 10). She allowed the label of ‘skinny’ to affect her feelings, self esteem and worth for a long time. Now she wants to empower the young by helping them to feel happy in their own skin. She would love for the generations that follow to know that their bodies are amazing and they are beautiful just the way they are.
Read MoreGiven everything that’s going on in the world, it’s no wonder there has been a reported increase in teens experiencing depression and anxiety. But it doesn’t have to take a pandemic to cause high stress levels in our brain: school, exams, family, and even friendship drama, can cause the brain to respond with anxiety that prohibits us from feeling and doing our best.
Read MorePolly and Jo from The How People joined us at the beginning of January to discuss confidence in girls and how we can build it. Check out the video here. They are passionate about helping girls fulfil their potential and want to open up conversations around a number of subjects. They created a week long event which focussed on periods with some great speakers which they have kindly shared with us. If you missed our webinar on periods and sport with Dr Emma Ross, then you can view it here.
Read MoreDonna Fraser is one of the UK’s most successful 400m runners who competed at four consecutive Olympic Games. An amazing achievement in itself and a testament to her incredible fitness levels. Fraser herself was a youthful prodigy. Despite being shy, she was a super-fast runner. She won a record six English Schools titles plus the European junior 400m crown in 1991 before making the British team for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and reaching the quarter-finals of the 400m
Read MoreDo you ever feel as though you’re not sure what’s going on with your tween or teen girl? Has your daughter suddenly lost interest in exercise and you’re not sure why? Maybe she wants to participate more which is unusual.
Are you a teenager who wants to understand more about what’s going on with your body and mind?
We are Girls in Sport is here to help!
Read MoreKatie Malkinson, founder of Little Big Sports, is passionate about sport and cricket in particular. She is heavily involved in her local cricket club where her son plays and she’s keen for more girls to play the game too, so much so that she is setting up junior girls’ training at the same club.
Read MoreWe first came across Jo when she tagged us in her Instagram stories. She was about to do her first night open water swim and her story was funny and authentic. We contacted Jo and heard tales of her sporting pursuits :we loved how she had found exercise and how it was and is such a big part of her life. We wanted to share her story to inspire others and to demonstrate how sport can help us all. Thanks Jo for sharing your story.
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