Strategies

• Advocate for equal representation at all levels including coaching and on club committees.
• Create a safe and welcoming place.
• Promote initiatives for females to the public, i.e. profile female role models, and ensure equal representation in imagery and social content.
• Provide accessible activities and facilities such as equal access to courts/pitches, female-only activities, appropriate changing rooms and toilets.
• Allow participation in flexible uniforms such as hijabs for Muslim females.
• Instigate a zero-tolerance policy towards any type of prejudice or behaviour that puts the wellbeing of women and girls at risk.
• Provide a pathway and opportunities for progression and career development.
• Emphasise and support the social aspects of sport.
• Offer alternative/modified formats.
• Ask women and girls for input and feedback.
• Deliver group activities.
• Providing activities at the right time of the day/week.
• Reduce financial barriers.
• Promote women into decision-making roles in your club.
• Create a pipeline for women contenders for committee  roles and promote gender balance in selection processes.
• Provide training opportunities to increase women’s capabilities for advancement.
• Develop policies that are gender inclusive, and that club culture promotes gender equality.
• Ensure the requirements for committee membership are free from discrimination and bias.
• Create opportunities to educate boys and men about the benefits of gender equality through sport.