SSE Wildcats Girls’ Centres

SSE Wildcats Girls’ Centres

SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Centres from The FA will provide local girls aged 5-11 with regular opportunities to play football. The initiative offers organised sessions in a fun and engaging environment created exclusively for girls. More than 200 clubs have been established throughout England in 2017 and a further 800 are set to launch in 2018.

SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football sessions take place on a weekly basis, either after school or at weekends, and provide a safe environment where girls can try football for the first time. SSE and The FA hope the initiative will inspire participants to engage with football, meet new friends, develop fundamental skills, learn new things and create the foundation for a lifelong love of football.

Sessions in Hyndburn and Ribble valley include:

  • Peel Park Primary School, Accrington
  • St Peter & St Pauls C of E Primary, Rishton
  • Pendle Primary School, Clitheroe
  • St Anne’s & St Joseph’s RC Primary, Accrington
  • St Marys RC Primary School , Oswaldtwistle

Each SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Centre will be run in conjunction with local County FAs and utilise qualified coaches and local facilities. As well as activities for girls, there will also be opportunities for attending parents, carers and siblings to engage with the sport at the same time through ‘Family Sessions’ including Soccercise and Walking football.

The initiative is in line with The FA’s Gameplan for Growth, with the target of doubling girls’ participation in the sport by 2020. The strategy for women’s and girls’ football at grassroots level includes initiatives alongside SSE Wildcats, such as FA Girls’ Football Week and our Girls Football Festival ran in conjunction with Hyndburn & Ribble valley School Sports Partnership 19/4/2018.

Elle Kayley, Stanley Trust Women and Girls Officer, explains: “I started playing football at a similar age to a lot of the girls taking part in these sessions and that’s when my love of football began. It’s so important to encourage them to enjoy the game from a young age and SSE Wildcats provide a great resource for that.”

Kelly Simmons, FA Participation and Development Director, said: “Since the launch of SSE Wildcats we have seen great enthusiasm from the girls taking part to continue learning and playing football. The 200 existing clubs have proved a huge success and we are pleased to be able to considerably grow the size of the initiative in 2018, offering a much higher percentage of girls across the country the opportunity to enjoy football in a safe and inspiring environment.”

Commencing on 24th April 2018 we will be starting a Girls Development Centre on Tuesday evenings between 6pm til 7pm. The aim of the centre is to provide extra coaching and a pathway into grassroots football.

If you’re interested book now http://www.stanleytrust.co.uk/store/product/girls-football-development-centre-course-1/

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