WOMEN & GIRLS WEBINAR
Watch a recently recorded 45 minute webinar on Women & Girls. A simple and free one time only registration is required to watch all webinars within the AFL ClubHelp Webinar Series.
WOMEN AND GIRLS
Being more pro-active to ensure that women & girls feel genuinely included (not just welcomed) is vital to help the club build a more sustainable future. The benefits include:
- Ability to attract more members, supporters and volunteers
- Diversification, leading to better decision-making
- Ability to attract more players
- Wider sponsorship & fundraising appeal
- Representative of and meeting the needs of your community
These messages/principles could help clubs focus on being more inclusive in general (culture, age, sexual orientation, race, religion, ability etc.) not just in respect to recruiting and retaining more women & girls.
VISION
Check out the AFL: Women’s Football Vision for 2021-2030 to see the announcement about this important vision (including a link to a pdf version). This will guide the strategic plans over coming years.
ACTION PLAN
Check out the Women and Girls Game Development Action Plan (Phase 1 summary) 2022-2025 that showcases the 9 priority goals to be achieved before 2030.
RESEARCH
Community Football research summary
Find out what girls say about barriers to retention in Australian Football. 2022 research
Women & Girls in male dominated sports
Research conducted in 2022 by pasiglobal.com, Victoria University & Federation University (via funding from the Victorian State Government
RESOURCES
AFL National Female Community Football Guidelines
Resource that covers a range of topics – including age groups, rules, coaches / umpires, facilities, pregnancy & more
A detailed resource to help plan for the development of faciltiies that welcome all participants and umpires.
Safe and inclusive use of player and umpire room posters
Posters for rooms at the club. There are two versions available for download below, including a player room version and an umpire room version.
Download here.
QUICK WINS CHECKLIST
Content under development and to be based on the following as guidance