1. BGA Women Gliding Project

2. Women Baseline Survey

3. Who took part? Women Baseline Survey 184 responses
134 72% active glider pilots
30 UK clubs
105 ca 25% of UK female pilots
28% instructor rating
Good age demographic!
Of those no longer active
1/3 experienced pilots
1/5 stopped after their TL
Women Baseline Survey

4. Why do women glide? Women Baseline Survey
46% - Freedom, silence and tranquillity
43% - Challenge
30% - Fun
Women Baseline Survey

5. Women hear about gliding from…
51% - friends / family
20% - visiting a club
Younger women - via Education
Women Baseline Survey

6. 2 most frequent comments
Training experience
Club training is unstructured
Mentoring helps 
2 most frequent comments
Women Baseline Survey

7. Keeping women in gliding - training
Club training is unstructured
Easy to start with but...
...only 44% agreed club training ensured good progress beyond solo
35% actively disagreed
Mentoring helps
Around 60% want a mentor
Around 60% want to mentor
2 most frequent comments 
Women Baseline Survey

8. Keeping women in gliding – club atmosphere
Around 70% say their club is woman friendly
BUT
28% of stoppers cited club atmosphere as a cause of leaving gliding
29% of all replies said men’s attitudes need to change
Women Baseline Survey

9. What stops women doing more?
58% Time 27% Money 11% Lack of confidence 
Top 3 Blockers
Women Baseline Survey

10. Why did you stop? Women Baseline Survey 54% Time 36% Money
28% Club atmosphere
...
Difficulty making
progress - 25% under 35s
Women Baseline Survey

11. What would tempt you back?
31% Time flexibility at gliding club
29% Money 
Top 2 by miles
Women Baseline Survey

12. 1 thing to make a difference?
35% More women in visible roles in clubs
29% Target advertising esp to youngsters
22% Change club atmosphere 
Top 3 areas active pilots identified
Women Baseline Survey

13. Anything you’d add to make the sport better for women?
35% Support is needed
29% Need a change in the attitude of the men in gliding 
2 things
really stood out
Women Baseline Survey

14. Opportunity! Women Baseline Survey Getting them Keeping them
Ensure the women you have are visible
Don’t wear them out!
Target recruitment
Keeping them
‘Bite-size’ gliding
Offer AND STRUCTURE support
Address behaviour at the launch point
‘10 things...’...Version 2
Women Baseline Survey