UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 is a huge opportunity for women and girls across Sussex to engage in a healthy lifestyle through football.

More than that, we all know that physical activity has significant mental health benefits too.

Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, said: “The UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 tournament brings a fantastic, major sporting event to our city for all to enjoy and we are proud to be a part of it.

“It also provides us with a unique and vital opportunity to raise the profile of women’s football in the city, and to encourage people to come together, get active and improve our health.”

BRIGHTON & HOVE LEGACY BOOKLET

Here’s what we aim to achieve within two years of the end of the tournament:

• Increase the percentage of schools engaging in Girls’ Football School Partnerships across Sussex.

• Increase the number of women and girls aged 15+ playing affiliated football and retain those already engaged in the game.
• Create a sustainable and diverse workforce of female leaders, coaches, volunteers and referees from secondary schools, colleges and universities.

All leading to:

• Ninety per cent of primary and secondary school girls accessing girls’ football within – and beyond – the curriculum in Sussex through Girls’ Football School Partnerships by 2024.
• Two thousand women and girls aged 15+ playing affiliated football.
• Doubling the number of FA-qualified female coaches and referees to take the game forward across Sussex.