International Women’s Day: Gaining Ground WA Awarded State Government Grant to Grow Mentorship Program
8 March 2024 - On International Women’s Day 2024, Gaining Ground WA is pleased to announce our women-led organisation has been granted State Government funding under the Department of Communities Women’s Grants For a Stronger Future.
The grants program is aligned with the State Government's Stronger Together: WA's Plan for Gender Equality to build a better, fairer and more equitable WA community for women and girls.
Aligned with Gaining Ground WA’s three-year-strategy, this funding will support job creation for young women to coodinate and facilitate the organisation’s mentorship program that links 14-year-old girls playing football with senior women at their clubs.
Since 2020 Gaining Ground WA’s mentorship program at Fremantle City Football Club, the largest club for women’s and girls football in Western Australia, has created up to 50 mentors per season, supporting more than 600 girls to date with a positive female presence at training and games. This funding will also support expansion to football clubs.