1. Us Girls - The Story So Far… Celebrating our two year anniversary

2. March 2011 – The beginning Delivered by The Active Women Consortium.
Aims to get 29,700 young women living in disadvantaged communities more active, more often by boosting opportunities for them to play sport within their local communities.
Activities are tailored around the needs of women living in the most disadvantaged areas in England.
“The advantage is there is a support system in place and they have a number of projects all across the country doing similar areas of work, hopefully we can share ideas & see what works in other places… plus they do training courses which assist in your understanding”
Exceeded target already or almost – participant, coaches, tournaments participants latest figures
Qualifications – amber, close to
Volunteers & peer champions – challenge – ref Us Girls Alive.
Most popular sports: 1.Fitness 2. Dance 3.Multisport 4.Swimming 5.Netball 6.Badminton 7.Football 8.Boxing 9.Basketball 10.Rounders

3. August 2011 – Sign up begins for our Us Girls Champions

4. October 2011 – Us Girls President Appointed
Campaigns and connections – creating a noise
Connect elite athlete role models to delivery on the ground
Grow the network

5. 1st Us Girls Conference: Getting Girls Active
November 2011 –
1st Us Girls Conference: Getting Girls Active
The Journey so Far. Engage, Share, Learn – it’s your time!
2 days
70 delegates
Hosted by former Olympic badminton player, Donna Kellogg MBE.

6. Partnership with Women’s Sport Net
December 2011 –
Partnership with Women’s Sport Net
Launch of Women’s Sporting Calendar – to coincide with all male SPOTY shortlist
Record Us Girls website hits
2 Us Girls Parliamentary Ambassadors appointed
Partner steering group takes place

7. March 2012 – IWD & Us Girls Games
1000 young women, 20 towns/cities
Range of Olympic Sports tried as part of a 12-day festival of events.
“This should run every month. I know lots of ladies who will be interested once I tell them how fun it was!" Us Girls Games Participant.

8. April 2012 – The halfway stage!
Key Performance Indicator
Year 1
% of total target
On target/RAG
Total number of participants
14,478
49%
Total number of coaches/leaders
468
67%
Total number of volunteers
312
30%
Total number of role models/peer champions 98
38%
Total new qualifications gained
479
39%
Total number of tournaments/events/festivals
152
72%

9. Us Girls & The Olympic Games
July 2012 –
Us Girls & The Olympic Games
#GirlsTimeToMakeItHappen - a campaign to develop and grow the number of organisations delivering good sport for young women and to connect Us Girls Champions to local projects.
Network doubles from original 50 funded organisations to 100 signed up at part of Us Girls.

10. Creation of 14 How To Guides & Workshop
September 2012 –
Creation of 14 How To Guides & Workshop
“One of the best coach ed days ive been on” England Handball Staff

11. Launch of Us Girls Rocks
October 2012 –
Launch of Us Girls Rocks
6 regional festivals
Girls only!
650 participants
30 volunteers
NGB involvement
New projects
Wide range of sports
Hair, beauty & lifestyle activities
Special guests
Girls to transitioning to clubs.
“It gave me the opportunity to do sports I wouldn’t normally do”

12. Launch of Us Girls Alive Programme
November 2012 –
Launch of Us Girls Alive Programme
DoH funded
October 2012 – 2015
15 areas – 2 phases
30 monthly wellbeing/lifestyle clubs – ‘interactive magazine’
4 Us Girls Motivators per club
Link with health commissioners & deliverers.
Establishing 30 Us Girls Alive Club via 120 Us Girls Motivators
DoH health & social care volunteering fund
2yrs funding per area
Pilot new way of developing & delivering services – traditional sports dev volunteer model not working
Activity & fitness at the heart of the programme (activity at session optional)
Lifestyle activities to attract new girls
Signpost to activity sessions (incentive vouchers and activity challenges)
Health input eg smoking, alcohol, drugs
Us Girls Motivator input into design of the clubs. – committed participant, part of friendship groups, confident & chatty, believes in the value of being active, prepared to take part in training, knows whats on offer for girls in local area.

13. January 2013 - Hosted by Radio 5Live reporter Jacqui Oatley
Featured Us Girls President Nicola Adams MBE & fellow Olympians Sarah Stevenson MBE (taekwondo) and Sophie Cox (judo).
120 delegates - existing & new to network
First ever Us Girls Awards
Panel discussion on women’s sport in disadvantaged communities.
Us Girls advocates
High profile speakers and panellists – community sport & elite athletes
Ambitious programme
2 days
Excellent feedback.

14. February 2013 – Gear4Girls launched
Donations from England Handball, The FA, Kits4Causes, Rounders England.
“My Gear 4 Girls campaign is about providing young women and girls in areas of need with equipment and clothing, so they can access sport, enjoy it and get active” Nicola Adams

15. April 2013 – Final stats! 34,481participants 875 new coaches
694 volunteers
245 peer champions
1232 new qualifications
379 events/festivals.
Exceeded target already or almost – participant, coaches, tournaments participants latest figures
Qualifications – amber, close to
Volunteers & peer champions – challenge – ref Us Girls Alive.
Most popular sports: 1.Fitness 2. Dance 3.Multisport 4.Swimming 5.Netball 6.Badminton 7.Football 8.Boxing 9.Basketball 10.Rounders

16. Us Girls Tools & Resources
April 2013 –
Us Girls Tools & Resources
A series of 14 practical ‘How To’ Guides
An interactive 3 hour Workshop - Engaging Women and Girls in Sport & Physical Activity
Body Image Information pack and consultation ‘quizzes’ to understand individual participant motivations
Marketing Toolkit
Case studies & good practice examples
Gender specific research and insight
Us Girls merchandise for use as rewards and incentives
Us Girls in Colleges Toolkit
@UsGirlsTweet F/UsGirlsGetActive

17. April 2013 –
What’s next
Assimilate Us Girls into the mainstream delivery of StreetGames core business
Ensure Doorstep Sport Clubs fully consider the needs of young women in the planning of the programme
Continuing the roll out of the Engaging Women and Girls Training Academy workshop
Support FE colleges in disadvantaged areas to establish girls-only programmes
Continue to support NGBs to get more young women from disadvantaged areas into their sport
Continue to roll out the Us Girls Rocks festival programme
Work with Women's Sports Trust & Womens Sport Net to share insight, provide leadership and help raise the profile of women’s sport.

18. Finally!
Encourage all to vote their and then!! And spread the word!