http://www.wsff.org.uk Latest news from the Womens Sports Foundation en-uk Mon, 22 Jun 09 09:48:05 GMT Copyright: (C) WSF Giles Clarke, the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, hailed Charlotte Edwards' England team after they beat New Zealand to win the inaugural ICC Women's World Twenty20 in front of a crowd of 15,000 at Lord's Cricket Ground http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/world/icc-world-twenty20-2009/ecb-praises-worl-beaters,306182,EN.html Breast cancer charity Walk the Walk is delighted to announce that The SunWalk Newcastle, a new Power Walking charity challenge for the North East will be returning to Exhibition Park on Sunday 19th July http://www.wsff.org.uk/documents/The_SunWalk_Newcastle_Entry_Form.pdf The England Women's cricket team, led by inspirational captain Charlotte Edwards, today won the ICC Women's World Cup after beating New Zealand by four wickets at the North Sydney Oval http://www.wsff.org.uk/documents/England_ICC.doc England Women retained their RBS 6 Nations crown on Saturday at London Welsh RFC, and in doing so became the first women's team to ever record four back-to-back Six Nations titles http://www.wsff.org.uk/documents/England_Women_crowned_RBS_6_Nations_Championship.doc The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) welcomes Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell's call for gender equality in the Olympics and Paralympics http://www.wsff.org.uk/documents/s_comments_16_Feb.doc The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) has appointed Hugh Chambers as its new Chair of Trustees. His role at WSFF will see him Chair the board, whilst applying his experience in marketing communications and sports sponsorship to help advise the charity's work increasing physical activity among women and girls http://www.wsff.org.uk/documents/Hugh_Chambers_Appointment_release.doc Research announced today by the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF), shows that 78% of women and girls would play more sport if it better reflected the customer-friendly experience of shopping. Currently, eight out of ten women do too little physical activity to benefit their health and just three per cent play organised team sports http://www.wsff.org.uk/documents/WSFF_Retail_story_21.doc The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) welcomes the increased funding for governing bodies announced by Sport England. As part of the next four year funding cycle Sport England will increase its investment to almost half a billion pounds, and WSFF hopes that a higher proportion of the figure will reach women than has traditionally done so. For the full WSFF response please click here http://www.wsff.org.uk../s_documents/NGB_settlements_for_09-13.doc WSFF is the only organisation in the UK soley focussing on helping women and girls in sport and we are committed to helping organisations and individuals maximise the potential that women and girls offer. We are helping the sector to understand that women and girls aren't a and quot;hard to reach group and quot;, they are half the population and are the most under-utilised opportunity that sport has. In order to find out exactly how we can help you, please download our new brochure http://www.wsff.org.uk../documents/How_WSFF_can_help_you.pdf