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Blog 121: Lets get involved in the Kiltwalk!

The Kiltwalk is a great way to walk and raise money for charity. This year, SW/S is delighted that students and staff of The City of Glasgow under the stewardship of Bridget Mathieson-McLaughlin, will be taking part and donating their sponsorship to SW/S. Find out all about it and how you, yourself could prepare for your own Kiltwalk.
Helen Chowaniec
March 25, 2025
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9: Pickleball for Wellbeing

This months Wellbeing Edit, sees Alice sit down with Pickleball Scotland to speak about the initiative to get more women back into sport and how it's been going since they started.
Alice Fox
February 20, 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.
Hannah Scott
February 5, 2025
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Blog 116: Keeping Girls in Sport

Chloe Reynolds is a Young Ambassador advocating for girls and young women in sports. We spoke with her about the barriers against women and how we can help knock down those barriers to encourage girls to stay in sports as they become adults.
Faatima Zahra Gardee
December 16, 2024
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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…
scottishwomeninsport
October 21, 2024