Announcing January as Wellness Month!

Do you ever feel as though you’re not sure what’s going on with your tween or teen girl? Has your daughter suddenly lost interest in exercise and you’re not sure why? Maybe she wants to participate more which is unusual.

Are you a teenager who wants to understand more about what’s going on with your body and mind?

We are Girls in Sport is here to help!

We’re excited to announce that we’re going to be hosting a series of events throughout January to discuss girls’ wellness and learn about the subjects that matter to their mental and physical wellbeing. We believe that in order for girls to feel comfortable participating in sport, they must feel well in themselves and we’ve chosen some important teen topics to focus on.

More events will be revealed over the coming weeks but so far, we have PT sessions from elite athletes, and some fascinating talks from specialists in their fields covering periods, confidence, injury prevention and eating disorders.

Head to Eventbrite now to book your free tickets!

Wellness Month Events

Wellness Month PT sessions

Each week in January, we will have a different PT offering you a fitness session available to watch via our You Tube channel. We have a mixture of elite athletes and professional personal trainers offering their take on fitness from around the world.

Former GB Olympic triple jumper, Michelle Griffith-Robinson.

Most capped England player (both men and women), Rocky Clark.

Heather Reynolds, professional PT from USA.

Rebecca Scofield professional PT based in Vietnam.

Wellness Month Learning

Throughout January we will be hosting educational sessions on a variety of topics. They will be COVID safe of course and via Zoom. Free tickets are available via Eventbrite.

Confidence

6 Jan – Confidence – Starting with a bang, we thought we’d tackle one of the big topics and that is girls’ confidence.

We are Girls in Sport co-founder Jo Wimble-Groves is a regular keynote speaker on the subject of confidence. Her book on confidence and girls and how to encourage it, is due to be published in 2021.

Alongside Jo, we have friends and co founders Dr Jo Watkins and Polly Crook from The HOW People. Jo and Polly have created a digital coaching platform for teenage girls built on the pillars of their brand by encouraging Happiness, taking Opportunities and promoting Wellbeing.

The HOW Membership is the first of its kind in the UK and helps girls 11-16 years navigate the teenage years. By offering access to amazing role models, mentors, workshops, courses, confidence and personal development coaching hope to help inspire, support and connect the next generation of awesome females and build strong women of the future.

Book your free ticket here.

Periods

13 January – The menstrual cycle – what really happens and how it can impact sports performance in teens.

We are Girls in Sport has featured that the menstrual cycle is increasingly being incorporated into elite female athletes’ training programmes, but we want to go back to basics and fill in some of the missing information for caregivers and girls going through puberty. What’s really going on? How do hormones impact the motivation to exercise? Why am I not able to run my PB at certain times of the month?

Dr Emma Ross is former Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport, delivering its national strategy for the Rio and Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic cycles. Emma developed the SmartHER campaign which aimed to optimise the support of female athletes and improve education around the menstrual cycle and its impacts. She is now a director of Thrive Revolution which aims to support girls and help them fulfil their potential.

Book your free ticket here.

Sporting injuries

20 January – Injury prevention – how can we help our teens avoid injuries now and into adulthood?

We may think that teens don’t need to worry about injury prevention - they’re young, right? They are young but injuries can still occur if they fall into bad habits or develop poor technique.

South African born Lindsay Starling is the injury prevention research scientist for England rugby and South Africa rugby. As someone who grew up sporty, Lindsay loves the mechanics of the body in sport. She also blogs as Rugby Rocks.

During the talk she will sit alongside Richmond Stace. Richmond is a highly regarded physiotherapist who currently has a private practice in London, where he specialises in chronic pain. In the past he was the physio for the England women’s rugby squad.

Book your free ticket here.

Eating disorders

27 January – eating disorders

People suffering from eating disorders are frequently in the media and it’s an issue which impacts boys and girls alike. Do you know the signs to look out for?

Dr Susie Greenwood is a chartered clinical psychologist who has a special interest in children, adolescents and adults who are suffering from eating disorders. A parent to teenagers herself, Susie is knowledgeable, empathetic and informative and we’re sure this is going to be a great introduction to the topic of eating disorders for both parents, caregivers and teenagers themselves.

Book your free tickets here.

Stay up to date with what else will be happening in the month by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

Let us help you navigate 2021 by taking the time to learn with us about issues impacting those closest to us.

p.s. don’t forget to check out our gratitude videos on our social platforms!