Time Together with Women In Sport
#TimeTogether, in partnership with Global, is about allowing mum and daughter to set aside time to develop their relationship with each other, and with exercise.
Women in Sport’s looked at the importance of understanding the lives of teenage girls and appreciating what is important in helping them find the joy, fulfilment and inspiration for being active. One of the key themes of the work that was uncovered was the power of the relationship between mums/mother-figures and daughters. Teenage girls cherish alone time with their mum and view their relationship as a ‘safe space’ without any fear of judgement. This provides an opportunity for both to be active together, and discover the joy, fun and well-being benefits of exercise.
Currently only 42% of teenage girls meet physical activity guidelines and just under a third of girls (32%) are inactive, engaging in less than an average of 30 minutes activity per day. We also know that mums are often reluctant to allocate time for themselves to be active with 32% of women saying that they couldn’t prioritise exercise during lockdown as they had too much to do for others.
#TimeTogether, in partnership with Global, is about allowing mum and daughter to set aside time to develop their relationship with each other, and with exercise.
We want daughters and mums to discover a new way of spending time together, by being active. Hula-hoop together, walk together, climb together, swim together. Whatever you want to explore – now is your #TimeTogether.
So why not join in? Keep active during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Promote your story/video on #WSNetTV Send a link to jo.c@wsnet.co.uk with some info about your exercise programme.
Have you seen MoJoManuals? FOOTBALLMoJo, LACROSSEMoJo, ROWMoJo, NETBALLMoJo – www.WSNet.co.uk/MoJoManuals
MoJoManuals addressing the wide range of issues which teenage girls face as they engage in competitive sport. Predicated on 'Physical Literacy' but also cover a range of other emotive issues such as: body image, diet, fit or thin, social media, training with menstruation, coaching style etc. – which impact how girls engage/drop out of sport – and potentially go on to be elite athletes and confident, mature young women outside of sport.
