Kingston upon Thames

Support This Girl Can and Let's Lift the Curfew

Sport England's This Girl Can campaign seeks to change how women think and feel about sport & physical activity and encourage women to be active in ways that work for them, regardless of age, background or ability.

Let’s Lift The Curfew launched in 2023 to showcase women’s stories and concerns around getting active outdoors in the darker months when the clocks go back, as well as calling on wider society to acknowledge their role in making getting active outdoors safer for women.

This year, This Girl Can is looking to go bolder and bigger, so they are supporting GoodGym to help transform the campaign into an annual movement that can raise awareness and take critical steps towards making outdoor exercise safer for women.

How to support the campaign

Read up: GoodGym has also produced training for male allies to help contribute towards women’s safety at night that would be good to circulate with any male members.

Clothing considerations: Front and rear runners should ideally wear high-visibility, brightly coloured clothing. Where possible encourage members to use reflective clothing and have some members use headlamps or handheld lights for visibility.

Sharing the event: Use #LetsLiftTheCurfew in all social media related to your event. We'd love to see running leaders and members livestream and post videos and pictures from your LLTC run using the hashtag to build momentum across social media.

The task this week

We helped at the YMCA before but must be two years ago now. They have a few things in mind such as cleaning out the ball pit and need a hand so it’s in good condition for the kids and families who use the facilities. Anyone else secretly happy with this task?! They also don't mind if we have a go on the slide once the chores are done. I'm sold on this task...

The young children and their families using the facility will benefit from a cleaner area in which to play. And this makes it a nicer environment for all that use the facility.

All the cleaning materials are supplied and COSHH sheets are onsite. The Hawker Centre closes at 8pm so we'll need to get things shipshape and head off into the night by then.

Meet at the Quaker Centre for a 3km run there and a 3km run back or meet at the YMCA Hawker Centre, Lower Ham Rd, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5BH for approx. 7pm.

There will be a walking group which will leave at 6.30pm so please be on time if you want to join.