Girls across Huntingdonshire will be provided with increased opportunities to play football after a new nationwide participation programme was announced.

The programme will see 200 SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs opening throughout England this spring, each run in conjunction with the local County FA and their key partners.   The move will provide girls aged from 5 to 11 with regular opportunities to play football and take part in organised sessions in a fun, engaging and safe environment over a minimum 16 week period.

The project is an integral part of The FA’s objective to double girls’ football participation by 2020 and has been established in a joint partnership between The FA and SSE, supporters of girls’ football participation and sponsor of the SSE Women’s FA Cup

The new SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs in Huntingdonshire will be launching in early April and taking place at:

• St. Neots Town FC at St Neots Town FC, Kester Way, St Neots, PE19 6SL Googlemap

• Yaxley FC at In2itive Park, Leading Drove, Yaxley PE7 3NA Googlemap

• ICA Sports FC in Peterborough

Dates and times will be announced shortly

The SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs will run in the spring and through to the summer on a weekly basis, either at weekends, after school or during the evening.  Parents and carers who attend with the girls will also have the optional opportunity to take part in football-related fitness sessions at the same time as the girls.

For details of how girls can sign-up to join the clubs please contact:

• St. Neots Town FC – Tim Sergeant  | Email: Tim@SNLASA.co.uk
• Yaxley FC – Jim Gott | Email: yaxleygirlsfc@hotmail.co.uk
• ICA Sports FC – Steve Purnell | Email: steve@icasports.com

For further details on The SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Club programme please contact Andy Coles, Huntingdonshire FA Football Development Officer either via Email andy.coles@huntsfa.com or call 01480 447486.

John Stewart, SSE’s Director of Human Resources, said: “We’re delighted to support The FA in setting up these centres, helping to deliver high quality coaching sessions across the country to the next generation of female footballers.”

“At SSE we are extremely proud to be a fundamental part of supporting the grassroots game. This is a key reason for our sponsorship of the SSE Women’s FA Cup, not only are we focussed on achieving greater awareness of the sport at an elite level, equally as important we are creating more opportunities and relentlessly encouraging more girls to get involved in football.”

Mark Frost County Secretary, said: ‘’Huntingdonshire FA are very proud to be a part of supporting the SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Club programme. Our Clubs are creating more opportunities for girls to get involved in football and a great way of having fun and keeping fit with friends.