http://www.wsf.org.uk Latest news from the Womens Sports Foundation en-uk Thu, 15 May 08 08:55:18 GMT Copyright: (C) WSF The WSFF and the Fitness Industry Association are looking for an excellent candidate to take on the role of project coordinator for a new programme to get more young women active. Please click here for more information about the post and the programme http://www.wsf.org.ukhttp://www.wsff.org.uk/about/jobs.php The National Women's Boxing Development Manager is organising a course next month to encourage more females into the sport as coaches and tutors. The Boxing Tutor Course is open to women over the age of 16 and is ideal for sports leaders, sports coaches, university students, health / physical activity instructors, SSCO's, PDM's, PLT's, and teachers as a whole. No previous experience is required The course enables delegates to be able to teach fun, recreational, non-contact, introductory Boxing for all! A key aspect of the course aims to enable delegates to teach the Boxing Skills Awards, which are also now part of an ASDAN qualification (GCSE equivalent) in Boxing. Boxing has a strong history as a sport of engaging with young people that are hard to reach e.g. disaffected youth http://www.wsf.org.ukdocuments/advert_-_btc.doc In his regular column for the Observer, the England goalkeeper gives an insight into how the professional footballer views the Women's game http://www.wsf.org.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/04/womensfootball The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) have launched an education initiative for schools across the country, in a bid to tackle the increasing levels of physical inactivity amongst young girls. The 'Energy Project', a collaboration with the Helen Storey Foundation and Creative Partnerships London East and South, has been designed to increase energy levels, by experimenting with ways to build physical activity into the whole school day looking at breakfast clubs and break time as well as during lessons http://www.wsf.org.uk/itstime/Energy_Project.php The UK National LGBT Sport Summit will take place on June 14th in Manchester. It will bringLGBT sports organisers together. To register please contact lou@pridegames.org http://www.wsf.org.ukdocuments/Summit_poster.pdf Want to get out there and do something for you? If you are wanting to get active we have a great list of upcoming events that you can get involved in http://www.wsf.org.ukhttp://www.wsff.org.uk/involved/playing.php Do you want to coach or just learn more about Coaching? If so, this course is for you… The RFL is currently holding courses for women coaches. No experience is needed and on successful completion, you will gain a formal qualification. The next one is in West Yorkshire. For more information please contact arvinder.kaur@rfl.uk.com http://www.wsf.org.ukhttp://www.rfl.uk.com Walk the Walk, the grant making health charity, today announces a fourth Power Walking challenge to its annual calendar of events - The SunWalk Newcastle, taking place on 7th September 2008 at Exhibition Park. The SunWalk Newcastle follows in the steps of its sister event in Bristol where thousands of families and friends take to the streets in the daytime and in true Walk the Walk style don spectacularly decorated bras to raise money for vital breast cancer causes http://www.wsf.org.ukhttp://www.walkthewalk.org/ Existing leagues already involved in the 2007-8 experiment and brand new leagues who wish to be involved must complete a form and send it to their County Football Association by Friday 1 August 2008. This will be for Season 2008-09 only, and for girls aged U12, U13 and U14 http://www.wsf.org.ukhttp://www.thefa.com/Womens/GettingInvolved/Postings/2008/03/Mixed_football_extension.htm Triathlon England South West are delighted to announce that they will be hosting a 'Womens Only' triathlon training weekend on 7th and amp; 8th June, at Cotswold Water Park. The weekend is specifically aimed at novice female triathletes, and first time open water female triathletes http://www.wsf.org.ukdocuments/cotswoldtriap.doc