Tesco Bank Girls-Only Football Challenge

Tesco Bank and the Scottish FA have launched a pilot girls-only Tesco Bank Football Challenge programme. The Tesco Bank Football Challenge is a four-year community programme run in partnership with the Scottish FA. The project introduces football to Primary two and Primary three children (six to eight year olds) across Scotland to help engage them in an active lifestyle.

More than 50,000 children have now benefited from the Scottish FA’s flagship participation programme, which was recognised by UEFA, winning a silver grassroots award last season.

Anna Signeul, Scotland women's national coach, said: "The aim of the programme is to encourage girls to get used to taking part in regular activity, and spark an enthusiasm for football in particular."

Adele Mills, Community Investment Manager at Tesco Bank added: “The Tesco Bank Football Challenge continues to be a huge success and now the programme is established we are keen for it to develop and evolve. The introduction of a pilot girls’ scheme is a great way to do this and will hopefully result in findings that can improve levels of participation in sport amongst girls.”