{"id":38611,"date":"2023-12-08T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=38611"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:57:03","slug":"bristol-applauds-governments-approval-of-womens-football-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2023\/12\/08\/bristol-applauds-governments-approval-of-womens-football-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol applauds Government&#8217;s approval of women&#8217;s football recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53357162520_4650e5c500_o-681x454.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Rich Lindsay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government\u2019s recent acceptance of all recommendations for women\u2019s football led by Karen Carney MBE has received positive feedback in Bristol among parents and grassroots teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bristol dad and grassroots football photographer Richard Lindsay believed this type of investment will make positive change for future generations. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve got a daughter myself and the only reason she plays football is because of how well the ladies did it at the World Cup and how we got swept up, and seeing my daughter take an interest in sports has come from her exposure to watching ladies&#8217; football.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new recommendations are proposing that women&#8217;s sport gets a full broadcast slot within the 15:00 Saturday blackout. Previously, the 3PM blackout meant no matches can be televised from 14:25 to 17:25. This rule came into practice in the 1960s because it was thought to negatively impact attendance figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women&#8217;s football getting a full broadcast slot between these hours means viewing figures could potentially significantly increase commercial revenue for women&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rich believes contributing to low level football such as grassroots teams is a \u201ctremendous positive thing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July 2023, Karen Carney MBE put forward recommendations named #RaisingTheBar to the government to improve the quality of women&#8217;s football professionally and on a grassroots level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here are the major recommendations:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>World leading standards for players, fans, staff and everyone in women&#8217;s games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Addressing the lack of diversity across women&#8217;s games &#8211; in on and off-pitch roles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equal access to school sports for girls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More investment in grassroots and better access for females.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent acceptance of the football recommendations made from Karen Carney MBE will mean more exposure to women&#8217;s football and grassroots teams due to more investment and access in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you don\u2019t see that side of things as a young girl you don\u2019t have that same kind of drive and aspiration to make a career out of it\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-382x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-382x400.jpg 382w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-401x420.jpg 401w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-640x670.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927-681x713.jpg 681w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0927.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Becca Todd, founder of Brave Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becca Todd, the founder of Brave Team, a local grassroots team in Bristol says supporting grassroots teams are important in many ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It gives people the chance to play and enjoy sport. As well as develop a community and to reap all the benefits that sport can offer without any pressure and nor high performance situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Becca explains that small grassroots teams and local women teams need more funding and sponsorships to keep the rates free for everybody to play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the government has accepted the #RaiseTheBar recommendations, Becca says there is still many things that can be done to support women\u2019s football.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGreater chances to play greater facilities so people have a better place to play more sessions as well for girls to get into football at a young age.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-634x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-634x400.jpg 634w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-666x420.jpg 666w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-640x404.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928-681x430.jpg 681w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0928.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brave Team <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are also really hoping to push sessions for people from different minority racial groups or from different backgrounds that maybe previously haven\u2019t got access.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thangam Debbonaire, Labour MP for Bristol and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport&nbsp;is glad to hear the Government\u2019s acceptance of the recommendations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Debbonaire tweeted on X: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you, Karen Carney for your tireless work on this. I agree they must be acted on with urgency.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I welcome the Government\u2019s acceptance of these important recommendations.<br><br>Thank you, Karen Carney for your tireless work on this. I agree they must be acted on with urgency.<br><br>I stand ready to work with Govt and all stakeholders to get these implemented as soon as possible \u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7lnbOcIZzt\">https:\/\/t.co\/7lnbOcIZzt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Thangam Debbonaire (@ThangamMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThangamMP\/status\/1731983544967151640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s recent acceptance of all recommendations for women\u2019s football led by Karen Carney MBE has received positive feedback in Bristol among parents and grassroots teams.\u00a0 Bristol dad and grassroots football photographer Richard Lindsay believed this type of investment will make positive change for future generations. \u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve got a daughter myself and the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":38616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1621],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38611"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38765,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38611\/revisions\/38765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}