{"id":3430,"date":"2021-04-07T13:40:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2021-04-07T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:40:38","slug":"unlocked-35-female-sports-stars-join-charity-programme-to-increase-diversity-in-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/2021\/04\/07\/unlocked-35-female-sports-stars-join-charity-programme-to-increase-diversity-in-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocked: 35 female sports stars join charity programme to increase diversity in sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/117862300_wst_unlocked_groupshot_0030newedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/117862300_wst_unlocked_groupshot_0030newedit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/117862300_wst_unlocked_groupshot_0030newedit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/117862300_wst_unlocked_groupshot_0030newedit-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty-five leading sportswomen have joined a charity programme to tackle the lack of diversity across sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Footballers Nikita Parris and Caroline Weir and five-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockcroft are among those who have joined &#8216;Unlocked&#8217;, which has been set up by the Women&#8217;s Sport Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The athletes share experiences and work with industry experts to help tackle issues relating to women in sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, 27 different sports are represented by the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It has been a challenging year for many but as we come out of Covid-19 there is no better time to turbo-charge our effort and continue to unlock the value of women&#8217;s sport,&#8221; said Tammy Parlour, co-founder of the Women&#8217;s Sport Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We believe the best way to do this is by supporting these elite women and connecting them together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Individually they are strong advocates for change but together they are unstoppable.&#8221;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/56656567\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-five leading sportswomen have joined a charity programme to tackle the lack of diversity across sport. Footballers Nikita Parris and Caroline Weir and five-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockcroft are among those who have joined &#8216;Unlocked&#8217;, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6,8,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability","category-diversity","category-equality","category-gender","category-inclusion","category-race"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}