On Friday, girls in Year 1 -6 took part in some football activity during the day to promote girls playing football. The event, taking place on the eve of International Women’s Day 2025, was part of a countrywide initiative run by The FA to get more girls playing football.
The FA said of the event: “The flagship day in the calendar is central to our equal access in school ambition, and the 2025 edition will see a continuation of the hugely successful sessions that have taken place for the past four years and contributed to record-breaking increases in women’s and girls’ participation. Taking place the day before International Women’s Day, it will build on last year’s success which saw a record-breaking 475,000 girls from 5,000 schools across the country taking part.”
This year’s Biggest Ever Football Session comes a week after the FA launched its new women and girls’ campaign, ‘Made For This Game’. The campaign follows on from the success of the Let Girls Play campaign which, in collaboration with the Lionesses, successfully lobbied for government policy to ensure girls will be given equal access to football in schools.
In total, 83 Greenfield girls took part in the celebrations that will hopefully inspire and empower the next generation of female footballers. Well done to all involved!