FA will provide Stroud girls aged 6-10 with regular opportunities to play football

The initiative offers organised sessions in a fun and engaging environment created exclusively for girls. More than 200 clubs were piloted across England in 2017 and the scheme is now being extended to more than 900 centres with 26,000 participants across the country.

SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football sessions take place on a weekly basis and provide a safe environment where girls can try football for the first time. SSE and The FA hope the initiative will inspire participants to engage with football, meet new friends, develop fundamental skills, learn new things and create the foundation for a lifelong love of football.

Rodborough Youth Football Club are partnering with the Gloucestershire FA to run the SSE Wildcats Centre in Stroud. Sessions will include fun activities to get the girls active, football skills and games.

Sessions will take place at Archway Sports Centre, Stroud GL5 4AU.

Starting Saturday 7 April 10am-11 am then every Saturday through to July.

Cost £3 per session. For more information and to book a place please email: rodborough.sse.wildcats@gmail.com or register on the 7th April at Archway.

Girls need to wear PE kit, indoor trainers and bring a water bottle.

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The SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football utilises qualified coaches. The initiative is in line with The FA’s Gameplan for Growth, with the target of doubling girls’ participation in the sport by 2020. The strategy for women’s and girls’ football at grassroots level includes initiatives alongside SSE Wildcats, such as FA Girls’ Football Week.

Rodborough Youth FC SSE Wildcats Lead Coach Kris Beacham said: “We are really excited to be able to join with the FA to provide a fun start to girls football in Stroud.”