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Future of Women's Football review - terms of reference

Terms of reference of the Review of the Future of Women바카라 사이트™s Football which will focus on 3 key themes.

Review published

The review of women바카라 사이트™s football was published on 13 July 2023.

Read the review: 바카라 사이트˜Raising the bar - reframing the opportunity in women바카라 사이트™s football바카라 사이트™

Background

The Fan-Led Review of Football Governance, conducted in 2021, recommended that 바카라 사이트˜given the many, but interconnected, issues affecting a meaningful future for women바카라 사이트™s football needing to be addressed and resolved successfully, the future of women바카라 사이트™s football should receive its own dedicated review바카라 사이트™. It stated that 바카라 사이트˜There is huge potential for the game to grow further, but to make this a reality there needs to be serious investment in women바카라 사이트™s football, in its finances, in its infrastructure, and in the administration of the game바카라 사이트™.

The UK government has therefore initiated a Review of the Future of Women바카라 사이트™s Football. This review will not focus on elements of the women바카라 사이트™s game that are shared with the Fan Led Review, such as club heritage, owners바카라 사이트™ and directors바카라 사이트™ tests, financial sustainability of clubs and independent regulation, as the outcomes of the Fan Led Review will apply to women바카라 사이트™s football in the same way.

Terms of Reference

The Chair of the Review will be supported in the evidence gathering and analysis by senior officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Football Association. The Chair will also utilise senior DCMS officials to test findings and review recommendations.

An informal panel of industry experts will also support the Review team in analysing evidence and developing recommendations.

Based on the evidence provided, the Review team will hold up to two expert sessions on each of the topics, with stakeholders from the game providing further evidence. The Chair will gather evidence, ask for further information from contributors and develop recommendations to be provided in a full report to the Secretary of State for DCMS.

The Future of Women바카라 사이트™s Football review will:

  • Assess the potential audience reach and growth of the game by considering the value and visibility of women바카라 사이트™s and girl바카라 사이트™s football in England, including the potential to grow the fanbase for women바카라 사이트™s football for the future of the game and whether current growth still supports home-grown talent and can be achieved without overstretching infrastructure
  • Examine the financial health of the game, its financial sustainability for the long term including: exploring commercial opportunities and ways to support the commercialisation of the women바카라 사이트™s game; broadcast revenue opportunities; and the sponsorship of women바카라 사이트™s football
  • Examine the structures within women바카라 사이트™s football, including affiliation with men바카라 사이트™s teams, prize money, the need for women바카라 사이트™s football to adhere to the administrative requirements of the men바카라 사이트™s game; assess the adequacy, quality, accessibility, and prevalence of the facilities available for women바카라 사이트™s and girl바카라 사이트™s football for the future growth and sustainability of the game

Future of Women바카라 사이트™s Football review key themes

  1. Audience and growth - Assess the potential audience reach and growth of the game by considering the value and visibility of women바카라 사이트™s and girl바카라 사이트™s football in England, including the potential to grow the fanbase for women바카라 사이트™s football for the future of the game and whether current growth still supports home-grown talent and can be achieved without overstretching infrastructure.

  2. Commercial and broadcasting - Examine the financial health of the game, its financial sustainability for the long term including: exploring commercial opportunities and ways to support the commercialisation of the women바카라 사이트™s game; broadcast revenue opportunities; and the sponsorship of women바카라 사이트™s football

  3. Structures and governance - Examine the structures within women바카라 사이트™s football, including affiliation with men바카라 사이트™s teams, prize money, the need for women바카라 사이트™s football to adhere to the administrative requirements of the men바카라 사이트™s game; assess the adequacy, quality, accessibility, and prevalence of the facilities available for women바카라 사이트™s and girl바카라 사이트™s football for the future growth and sustainability of the game.

Call for evidence (closed)

The Future of Women바카라 사이트™s Football Review is a unique opportunity to develop an exciting and deliverable vision for the game, paving the way for generations of girls to come.

We ran a call for evidence focusing on the 3 themes of the review:

  1. Audience and growth

  2. Commercial and broadcasting

  3. Structures and governance

The call for evidence closed at 11.59pm on Tuesday 1 November 2022. Thank you for your engagement and input; your contribution is very valuable to us.

Updates to this page

Published 2 September 2022
Last updated 21 July 2023 show all updates
  1. Updated to reflect that the review has concluded and add link to the report published 13 July 2023.

  2. Added link to call for evidence.

  3. First published.

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