Published: 12th March 2018
SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Centres from The FA will provide Huddersfield Community Trust 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 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.
Each SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Centre will be run in conjunction with local County FAs and utilise qualified coaches and local facilities. Parents, carers and siblings will also have the opportunity to engage with the sport at the same time through ‘Family Sessions’ including Soccercise and Walking football also run at The Zone.
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.
Dan Wilczynski, Sports Zone Department Manager, commented: “I’m really excited to be delivering this new initiative at The Zone. We recognise how important it is to encourage girls 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.”
Details
Time: 10:00am-11:00am
Cost: £3 per session
Age: 5 – 11 year old girls
For more information please contact Dan Wilczynski on 01484 442277 / dan.wilczynski@huddersfieldcommunitytrust.co.uk
