Projects
- The Festival of Football (FoF)A non-profit month-long festival of events dedicated to celebrating and increasing participation in professional and grassroots football for women and non-binary people. With the Fifa Women’s World Cup at the centre of its raising profile, this summer offers a crucial opportunity to alter the perception of the women’s game, which is still too often underestimated by traditional assumptions and mainstream representations. https://www.thefestivaloffootball.com/ Note: I did not help in setting up
- No to Pink Football BootsGrowing up as a female footballer just as obsessed and in love with the game as any other West London boy in the area of Ladbroke Grove has its pros and cons. I wish to outline them below in the best way possible. Looking back, while I do have a certain fondness for W10, it was always difficult feeling like such a minority at the Westway soccer schools and hearing people say "I didn't know girls could play". Yes they can, and did you also know that my favourite colour is NOT pink!
- Nike kit made for the Women's gameNike Kit Drop to Goal Diggers FC- Following on from Nike endorsing the professional women's game with the launch of the specifically designed kits for the Women's World Cup, the huge sports company also decided to give out kits to grassroots women's teams including us! This was a key moment in the female sporting landscape showing that the women's game was now beginning to be taken seriously and treated like a professional sport instead of living in the shadow of the men. My favourite has to be