News and Media: Kelly Holmes & Norwich Union GirlsActive at PGL
04 October 2007
PGL successfully hosted the first Norwich Union GirlsActive events at our centres last year and we are delighted to be welcoming Dame Kelly Holmes back again to even more of our centres in 2007.
Dame Kelly Holmes spent Tuesday 2 October at PGL Court Farm, close to Ross-on-Wye. It was the first Norwich Union GirlsActive workshop at PGL this year as the Youth Sport Trust initiative, in partnership with Norwich Union, continues its efforts to make a positive impact on the confidence of teenage girls and increase their participation in sport and physical activity.
Dame Kelly took part enthusiastically in abseiling and jumped off the zip wire to help inspire and engage the girls in various physical activities that we offer at PGL, but which are not usually available within the school curriculum.
Teenagers discussed with Dame Kelly how they believe their school sporting experience could be improved and they had the chance to propose changes that would help them enjoy sport more and encourage them to get involved.
The Norwich Union GirlsActive initiative was launched last year in reaction to growing concern surrounding girls’ involvement in sport in comparison to that of their male counterparts. Girls’ involvement decreases during their school career and research shows that 40% of girls drop out of all sporting activity at the age of 18.
Led by Dame Kelly, the National School Sport Champion, Norwich Union GirlsActive aims to transform the attitudes and approach of teenage girls towards physical activity by providing them with the opportunity to have a say in the way that sport is run within their schools and local communities.
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