UPDATE: The deadline for the second year of the Women’s Sport Investment Accelerator Programme, from the UK’s Department for Business and Trade, has been extended. The new deadline is 11.45pm on Friday 6th September.  Find out more and apply via the Department for Business and Trade website.  The FA Women’s Super League, England Rugby, England Netball, England and Wales Cricket Board and Volleyball England were among the first participants in the new Women’s Sport Investment Accelerator...

IWG was honoured to be invited by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), a signatory of the Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration , to take part in their ‘Finding The Leader Within You’ panel discussion during the first week of the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. UK Steering Group member Clare Barrell represented the IWG on the panel, which also included Sandi Procter, President of the Lawn Tennis Association, and Susie Kenny-Smith, a leadership consultant. Moderated by...

Gender and Governance Action Platform (2GAP) has become the latest signatory of IWG’s Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration . Launched in 2020, 2GAP represents a collective of almost 90 professional networks from the public and private sectors who are pooling their energies to enable society to move more quickly towards equality, particularly in the field of governance. 2GAP is taking advantage of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to support women’s engagement in sports, with several...