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Blog 120: Life lessons and Sports

Lorna McAvoy is one of our newest digital committee members. In her first blog she shares a sentiment that a lot of women feel. The doubt that you belong in a room, but how through sports she's overcome that feeling (for the most part) and how once you've done it once, it gets a lot easier.
scottishwomeninsport
March 12, 2025
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Blog 119: IWD 2025, Accelerate Action

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #Accelerate Action for gender equality in sport and it seemed apt to highlight our partnership with Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH), our Young Women in Sports Leadership, mentoring scheme, which is now on its second cohort.
scottishwomeninsport
March 5, 2025
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Blog 117: Sports and Cerebral Palsy

With Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month coming up, we invited Jennifer LaRocco from Cerebral Palsy Guidance to share a little bit about her own experience growing up with CP, and how sports is becoming more accessible to people with CP.
scottishwomeninsport
February 5, 2025
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The Wellbeing Edit No.6: Well-being after Loss

In my last Edit I explored women in sport and physical activity across the life course, discussing how engagement with, and approaches to, can change over the years. With these changes often being linked to different life events. For every woman, the experiences will be different, some of these events will happen at different age-points, some perhaps won’t happen at all. Some of the more complex life events, such as the death of a spouse, can have profound effects on a woman’s life. In the context of sport and physical activity, an event such as this could encourage one to…
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October 21, 2024
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The Wellbeing Edit No.5: She Can – She Will.

Encouraging Women in Sport and Physical Activity Across the Life course.  October in Scotland is spectacular – the landscape glows with colour from the changing leaves on the trees, the heather blooming on the hills, the stormy pink sunsets, and if you’re lucky – you may even catch a glimpse of the northern lights – also locally known as the Mirrie Dancers. It’s a wonderful time of the year to take time to get outside and move! October is also an important month for promoting and raising awareness for women in sport. It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month; Menopause Awareness month;…
scottishwomeninsport
October 21, 2024
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Scottish Women in Paris: Kayleigh Haggo.

Kayleigh Haggo is no stranger to the sporting stage, already a world champion in Frame Running, she's made the move to Boccia, to start competing with the best in the world at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. We caught up with her before she headed off to hear how she was feeling ahead of the games and what her plans are going forward.
scottishwomeninsport
August 27, 2024