From case studies to research reports to strategic recommendations, WSFF produces a variety of written materials which share our insight into the barriers women face in sport and physical activity, and how to tackle them.
Fact sheet
There has been a significant decrease between 2007-08 and 2008-09 in women’s regular sport participation (down 61,000 to 2.727 million) while men have seen a...
Published in March 2010, this factsheet highlights the headline findings for women's sports participation from the 2008-09 Active People Survey. It also...
Case study
Futsal Fever is a project which targets females aged 16+ who attend FE and HE institutes across Bedfordshire.
Case study
"My confidence has grown and I feel like I could fit into a place like a gym"
Sweat in the City (SitC) was an innovation research project to help to find out why 16- 24 year old women are half as active as men of the same age. With the...
Report
The project was designed to gain a better understanding of how to motivate women to become more active. Today, 16 year-old girls leave school half as active as...
This report details the innovative research project Sweat in the City which project provided over 2000 inactive 16 – 24 year old women a three month free and...
Fact sheet
This factsheet explains the reasons why teenagers drop out of sport, and provides solutions for NGBs, clubs and coaches for retaining them.
It was first...
Report
The Energy Project
This handbook documents the journey, research and findings of The Energy Project, a study that aimed to find ways to increase physical...
Fact sheet
In September 2009 WSFF delivered a workshop at the annual BUCS conference. This factsheet captures some of the key elements of the presentation and the...
Fact sheet
Just a quarter of girls meet current recommended levels of physical activity a week
Female drop off in sport starts earlier than males’ and is also more...
This new factsheet summarises the recent key findings on young women and girls' physical activity.
It brings together quantitative data from a number of...
