Women’s Sport Taskforce
The purpose of the Women's Sport Taskforce is to connect the sector in order to actively share best practice and innovation and address barriers and challenges facing women participating in sport.
Overview:
The purpose of the Women’s Sport Taskforce is to connect the sector in order to actively share best practice and innovation and address barriers and challenges facing women participating in sport.
Objectives
- To position the UK as a world leader in women’s sport
- To use a focused runway of women’s sport major events to inspire a Decade of Change by:
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Convening and connecting the sector;
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Identifying key barriers slowing progress in women’s sport and inspire action; and
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Showcasing innovation and best practice in women’s sport, nationally and internationally.
Membership
Standing members
- Sport England
- UK Sport
Rotating members
In addition to the standing members, the Women’s Sport Taskforce will ensure industry is represented via a rotating membership. Rotating members will likely join a series of Women’s Sport Taskforce discussions to provide expertise and enable the sector to test ideas presented.
- National Governing Bodies (NGBs) representatives to be invited on a rotating basis.
- Women’s Sport Professional Leagues and organisations representing women’s sport fans to be invited where the discussion is most relevant.
- Academic/Industry experts, to be invited where the theme of discussion is most relevant.
Responsibilities and ways of working
1. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will provide a secretariat function for the Women’s Sport Taskforce. High level summaries of the work of the Women’s Sport Taskforce will be published on GOV.UK.
2. The Women’s Sport Taskforce will aim to convene 2-3 times per calendar year.
3. Where industry owned task and finish groups/sub-broads are established, it will be for the nominated industry lead to provide secretariat support.
4. DCMS will continue to engage with Women’s Sport Taskforce members on a one-to-one basis to capture insights, feedback and identify opportunities for progress.
5. Women’s Sport Taskforce members are asked to commit to proactively working to support women’s sport and female health as a priority. The expectation is for Women’s Sport Taskforce members to attend, be of a senior level (CEO and above) and input into the Women’s Sport Taskforce meetings as well as engaging in and leading sub-groups.
Terms of Reference
Minutes