Girls United are delighted to announce that with over 200 people in attendance at this year’s annual fundraiser event on Saturday 12 March in Central London, they will be able to support up to 20 girls play football for a year.
Girls United are pleased to announce that our annual International Women’s Day 5-a-side tournament will be sponsored by Hawk-Eye Innovations, Pulselive and Powerleague Shoreditch.
The partnership has aligned in more ways than one, with Girls United and Juno both dedicated to educating and empowering young people. As well as providing tax advice to footballers, Juno is in schools and football academies helping young people understand how tax affects them and their financial futures.
Founder & CEO Romina Calatayud reflects on starting the club and having one girl on the pitch to engaging 500 girls in 14 weekly sessions.
Celebrating the 245 girls in primary schools across London who have been given the opportunity to play football thanks to a milestone partnership between Nike and nonprofit Girls United.
Since Girls United’s inception in 2017, we have provided 3,500+ hours of football provision to 1,000+ girls at 7 clubs in communities across London, England and Quintana Roo, Mexico - supporting and training over 80 coaches. In this Impact Report, we highlight a few of the many stories that represent our community, our values and our potential, come what may.
In July 2020, 14-year-old Lulu raised a phenomenal £2,500 for a new Girls United Community Programme. 5 months later, we opened a new club for girls in Jose Maria Morelos in Quintana Roo, Mexico as a direct result of Lulu’s amazing work. Read her story.
Girls United’s Find Your Game project tackles inactivity amongst 13 - 16 year old girls in South London.
Role models including DJ Monki and former England youth player Ella Williams joined us to empower girls to discover their strengths, on and off the pitch.
Coach Bryony started her journey volunteering on the Trailblazer programme and is now completing her FA Level 1 coaching certification and working on Girls United football programmes.
The journey to coaching hasn’t been the easiest or most straightforward. Over the last few months, I have been reflecting on what it means to be a Black woman in sports, with intersectional identities - a woman who is black, who is also a sports lover, a football player and a coach.
Girls United supported by providing over 200 hot meals during the summer, 90 breakfast boxes and 150 weekend food boxes. In total 40 hours of physical activity was provided by Girls United and Slade Gardens Adventure which saw different sports, and team / individual challenges.
Erika abrió un camino y sembró una semilla de cambio y transformación en su familia, pero sobre todo en ella misma, por permitirse elegir jugar al fútbol, y creer en ella misma de lograrlo, trabajando en su autoestima y en su adaptabilidad a los desafíos de su camino.
Se fusionan conocimientos y esfuerzos para ser agentes de cambio en la salud sexual integral de las niñas y mujeres en el fútbol, creando contenido innovador. Después de muchos años de vivencias, experiencias, estudios y mucha exploración de cada una de las partes en sus ámbitos académicos y deportivos; Chicas Unidas y Sofía Parisí se unen para generar programas únicos que permitirán aportar a la rama formativa del fútbol.
“ I think visibility and representation in sport is incredibly important. It’s not only important but necessary. It is necessary so that the next generation can see they have opportunity and a place in an often male dominated structure.”
Girls United won the Tampox Tax grant allowing us to create a bespoke “Trailblazer” programmes - to support more female students within the school to play football - across 5 new venues in partnership with Fulham Football Club.
We interviewed Greer-Aylece, Girls United coach, on the partnership.
MUJERES MARCANDO LA CANCHA ha generado una nueva imagen de conexión en el mundo del fútbol femenino pero también del fútbol formativo. Se creó con la finalidad de dar un espacio de comunicación, reflexión e innovación con temáticas que nos permiten entender las complejidades y similitudes del ser humano en el ámbito deportivo.
Girls United and Charter School North Dulwich partnered to create a bespoke Trailblazer programme to support more female students within the school to play football. The aim was to play football and provide active workshops for players and role models from the school.
Manchester City and Scottish International midfielder Caroline Weir becomes Girls United’s newest Global Ambassador, with the aim of helping create more opportunities for girls to get involved in football.
Girls United and Fulham FC Foundation partner up to create a schools league in South London and inspire girls to play football with female coaches as role models.
After a 10 year professional football career, Velarde joins GU to revolutionise women’s football training with her knowledge of female physiology, Ayurveda and functional training.