Face-to-face or online, when WIF members get together,
good things start to happen
There's nothing we love more than a get-together. Bringing our members together, and hearing from some of the most successful and insightful figures in and around the football industry, is a huge part of what we do.
So we're always looking for ideas to extend our already busy programme of events. How did that work out in 2023-24? The phrase 'never a dull moment' springs to mind...
Read on to hear about the face-to-face and online events staged by Women in Football in 2023-24.
Face to face
Possibly our busiest year ever in terms of face-to-face events, the 2023-24 calendar was hugely rewarding (for both members and the WIF team!) as well as frenetic.
Scroll through below to find out how, where, when and why our face-to-face events took place.
27/7/23 | Hotel Football, Manchester
Playing it Wide: Exploring the broad range of careers in football
Q&A in collaboration with BBC Sport, featuring Sarah Mulkerrins and Barbara Slater CBE, plus panel event, offering professional advice and insights for WIF members
28/7/23 | Hotel Football, Manchester
WIF survey results launch plus World Cup Lionesses watch party
Yvonne Harrison reveals our 2023 survey results, ahead of a viewing of England v Denmark
16/8/23 | Newcastle United FC
Networking with Lionesses watch party
A chance for WIF members in the north-east of England to meet up, chat, and watch England take on co-hosts Australia in the FIFA Women's World Cup
23/10/23 | Houses of Parliament, London
Open The Doors
Gathering an influential audience at the House of Lords, WIF presents the Open Doors Agenda calling for changes to the governance of football, in order to embed a culture of inclusiveness starting at the very top. Panel includes Prof Laura McAllister CBE, vice-president on UEFA's executive committee; Jonas Baer-Hoffman, General Secretary of FIFPRO; Charlie Marshall, CEO of the European Club Association; Lord Bassam of Brighton; the then MPs Julie Elliott and Thangam Debbonaire; and Isabelle Graham of the Lego Group, supporters of the event
1/11/23 | Wembley, London
UCFB Graduate Careers Fair
Members of the WIF team and community offer vocational advice to young people completing their postgraduate studies at UCFB's Wembley Campus
5/12/23 | Hampden Park, Glasgow
Sodexo Live! reception
Special invitation event to announce football and events catering specialists Sodexo Live! as Women in Football's latest corporate member
12-13/3/24 | Wembley, London
Women in Football Be Inspired Conference in partnership with Barclays
Our flagship event returns to the home of football for a third year, bringing together influential figures from the game with hundreds of WIF members for two days of life-affirming networking and discussion
25/4/24 | Hampden Park, Glasgow
Building Your Network: Hear from women leading the way in Scottish football
WIF returns to Hampden for an enlightening session peppered with insights from women who've been there and done it
30/4/24 | Craven Cottage, London
Women's Health Summit
In the first event of its kind, WIF link up with Fulham FC, Elevate, and a group of experts to discuss a range of issues such as stress, hormones and nutrition, and their effect on women's lives
Connecting online
Women in Football members span the globe, but our digital events programme helps everyone feel at home.
It began as a way to stay connected during the Covid-19 pandemic. But our online events programme proved a fantastic resource for members who find it hard to attend gatherings in person.
So we kept it running, and expanded it – we're all about inclusiveness, after all – and since then we've never looked back. Here's a rundown of the online events from Women in Football over the 2023-24 period.
WIF webinars
- Fertility Workshop: Exploring the different challenges
- Peri/Menopause: All you need to know
- Work in Progress: What the WIF survey reveals about the football industry
- A fireside chat with Prof Laura McAllister
Round tables
The 2023-24 season of round tables featured nine events, some with no set theme and others addressing subjects such as parental leave, impostor syndrome, online abuse, and the experiences of South Asian WIF members.
Our programmes
Online meeting platforms also played an essential role in facilitating our programmes, such as the WIF Entrepreneurship Mentoring Programme and The Next Goal. Some editions of the Women in Football Leadership Course in partnership with Barclays also run online.
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