London Clubs Unite to Improve Women’s Health 

Thousands of women across London will be getting fit thanks to an exciting new project run by the capital’s EFL clubs and supported by the Mayor of London.

In an attempt to improve women’s health overall, the clubs will offer a range of fitness and exercise activities over a series of 12 week courses. The project will specifically target people who are currently inactive and those who struggle to exercise regularly, such as the over 40’s or those with a disability.

The seven clubs taking part are Charlton Athletic, Barnet, Brentford, AFC Wimbledon, Dagenham and Redbridge, Millwall and Leyton Orient. The project will be run by the club’s community trusts and a wide range of activities – in addition to football – such as badminton, rounders, Soccercise, dance and running will be on offer.   london clubs unite to improve women's health

 

Nicol Meredith, Female Participation Officer with The EFL Trust comments, “Football clubs are at the heart of communities all across the capital so are ideally placed to get a wide range of people involved. Our Female Football Development programme has already got over 40,000 women and girls involved in sport over the past three years.   Thanks to funding from the Mayor of London we can now specifically target thousands of females that will benefit most from exercise and therefore make big difference and improve women’s health and well-being.”