These young women put together an event that highlighted the amazing achievements of women throughout history. For the event, female students researched and explored inspirational women from around the world and worked with renowned filmmakers, artists and influencers to create their very own zine and a range of other multimedia content. It was the culmination of a six-week project that had seen the girls work closely together, developing strong bonds and showing fantastic teamwork to achieve their goal of writing women into history

FBB’s Head of Female Participation Ceylon Hickman has spoken passionately about the event: “This event is more than an exhibition. It’s more than a celebration of women’s football in anticipation of the biggest world cup in history. It’s a movement started by girls in London who are fed up with being left out of the history books. They’ve taken it upon themselves to change that by uncovering the stories of women from around the world who have created change in their communities, and shone a light on women in London who are making moves in their fields. They’ve created a zine that etches these women, and themselves as authors of this work, into history. A zine that will live beyond the World Cup.”

When speaking to Ceylon about this, it excites me that the word ‘legacy’ keeps coming up. This is exactly the way this should be. Recently there has been amazing news that, from September, FBB will be trebling the number of girls provisions in schools. FBB wanted to cement the legacy of the World Cup by ensuring that inclusion is more than a buzzword. The programmes will work to raise the aspirations of young women through building trustworthy relationships with relatable role models, providing girls with a safe space to explore and develop new skills. Therapeutic support that increases confidence and self-esteem will enable the girls to develop strong connections with their peers, all framed around a common love for football. This is just the beginning of a very important period for girls within football and beyond, firmly etching their legacy within the history books where they had so often been overlooked.

We are currently in the early stages of working together with FBB to produce content that can help support girls in further exploring the issues and ideas that have been raised during The Women Who Changed The Game campaign. We are honoured to be involved and we are excited to share more about this with everyone in the coming months.