Scottish Women in Sport

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Scottish Women in Sport
Formation2013
HeadquartersGlasgow
Chief Operating Officer
Maureen McGonigle
Website https://www.scottishwomeninsport.co.uk/

Scottish Women in Sport (SWiS) is a charity founded in 2013, which advocates for inclusive gender equality in sport in Scotland.

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Aim

SWiS promotes equality and parity across all aspects of sport for women and girls, including but not limited to active participation, coaching, leadership, and officiating. [1] They do this by promoting positive role models, sharing good practice, advocating for increased investment and media coverage in women and girls' sport in Scotland. [2]

SWiS has three broad aims: [3]

Launch

The charity was launched in 2013 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. [4] Speakers at the Launch event included Judy Murray, Alison Walker, Elaine C Smith, Katherine Grainger. [5]

The founding Chief Executive Officer of SWiS is Maureen McGonigle. [6]

Activity

SWiS has run a number of campaigns focusing on different aspects of women's sports, including 'Girls Do Sport' which was a partnership between SWiS and University of the West of Scotland, which promoted 7 sports through a series of short 15-minute programs made by students on media and journalism courses at the University [7]

The charity hosts an annual Awards Ceremony where trophies are given to sportswomen, coaches, teams, and organizations who have excelled in the field of Scottish sport in the past 12 months. [8] They also host an annual conference. [9]

The charity hosts a regular blog on the SWiS website with posts from sportswomen and those active in women's sports in Scotland. [10]

In 2018 it launched the Scottish Women in Sport Hall of Fame, to celebrate past and current pioneers of women and girls sport in Scotland. [11]

Awards

2023 Awards [12] [13] [14]
2022 Awards [15] [16]
2021 Awards [17]
2020 Awards [18]
2019 Awards [19] [20]
2018 Awards [22]
2017 Awards [23]
2016 Awards [24]
2015 Awards [25]
2014 Awards [27]

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