She Got Game is an Erasmus+ project which aims to increase girls’ engagement in physical activity.
She Got Game is a follow-up to a previous Erasmus+ project, ‘Changing the Game by Changing its Players’. The previous project showed that the number one issue that many European youth work and community sport organisations struggle with is girls’ participation.
The objective of the She Got Game programme is to encourage community sport organisations and coaches to think and act differently on how to design, implement and evaluate interventions for teenage girls in order to increase their engagement.
Key to the approach of this project is to see the girls as assets to be supported rather than problems to be solved. The project starts from the viewpoint that to meet the needs of girls, sport and physical activity organisations require support to change their thinking and practices. Sport needs to become more diverse and inclusive and girls should be involved in designing and implementing activities.
She Got Game is a partnership of three sports NGOs, a governmental sports organisation and a university, spanning four European countries: Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK.
Organisational Change resources
These resources have been designed to help you unpick the issues around girls’ engagement in sport and provide your organisation with a training process that will be informative, enlightening but also potentially ‘disruptive’: disrupting the cycle of young women’s dis-engagement from sport and physical activity.
Girls Engagement Guidebook resources
This easy-to-use guide takes learnings from a wide range of organisations, along with ideas and inputs from coaches and girls, and translates them into actionable tools and tips on how to involve and engage girls in sport and get them moving!
Useful links and further reading
Factors that impact upon the participation of girls and young women in sport and physical activity: A Review of Evidence: This review explores previous bodies of knowledge relating to the participation of girls in sport and physical activity, and combines this information with the empirical research undertaken by StreetGames, ISA, GAME and Stad Antwerpen on selected community sport organisations.
A knowledge and inspiration catalogue: Making sports facilities more attractive to girls: Designing sports facilities and environments that are attractive to girls is an important step in strengthening girls’ participation in sports and physical activity. Find learnings and insights on how to develop and design physical frameworks for sports that meet the needs of girls.
Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication: Women play an active role in society, yet – all too often – we use language that ignores or minimises their contribution. This toolkit is a guide for policymakers, legislators, media and anyone else with an interest in making their communication more inclusive on how to use more gender-sensitive language.
Gender Sensitive Programming Action Kit: The guide to mainstreaming gender in your organisation: This Gender Action Kit will take you through the basics of incorporating gender equity into organisations and programmes.
European Us Girls: Resources designed to help organisations to better understand the development process for female peer leaders, to help drive participation.