Through their Keep Her Playing campaign, Always is working to keep girls and young women active in sport, in response to recent research commissioned by the period protection brand that revealed nearly 1 in 3 girls drop out of sports during puberty because they don’t think they’re good enough (28%), or they didn’t feel encouraged to keep playing (25%).
Keeping young women and girls involved in sports and physical activity can have long-term benefits and help them build valuable life skills that go beyond the track such as teamwork, communication and perseverance.
The young people down at the track were there to beat times, throw further and improve their hurdling… but perhaps just as importantly, to bond with friends, build confidence and have fun.
Always’ partnership with Sported, has already helped over 15,000 girls to stay in sports by awarding grants and equipment to over 250 grassroots community groups.