Women and Sport Advisory Board
Women and Sport Advisory Board https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416060/FINAL.pdf In summer 2013, the Government established a ‘Women and Sport Advisory Board’ in order to engage more strategically with the sectors that influence the sporting landscape. The Board met for the first time in September 2013 and has since been meeting quarterly to share ideas about strategies for furthering the Women and Sport agenda More recently, the Minister for Sport and the Advisory Board supported the Inspiring Women in Sport Campaign , which encouraged women working in the sport sector to go into local schools to talk about their jobs. This support was instrumental in engaging sports partners and making the campaign a success. They want to ensure that more women are working in sports media and the hope to see the industry and training providers doing more to encourage and enable this. Figures from the National Council for the Training of Journalists s...