Keeping girls involved in sport and their communities has always been a point of passion for Jumpstart Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Martha Billes. Studies have repeatedly shown that girls drop out of sports at a much higher rate than boys, and we know that together we have the power to change that. By providing opportunities for girls to stay engaged in sport, Jumpstart helps girls grow their confidence, build relationships, and become strong leaders in their communities.
Play to Lead
Unleashing Women's Power Through Sport
Play to Lead is a leadership program for young women in sport. The hybrid program brings together young female athletes and their coaches to develop leadership skills, gain confidence, and build lasting relationships that contribute to gender equity within their local community and sport organization.
Keeping Girls in Sport is an online resource that helps coaches and youth activity leaders to create safe and respectful environments for female athletes.
She’s4Sports in partnership with Jumpstart, launched How We Play, an educational video series designed for girls entering their adolescence. The series includes digital content and video interviews featuring women and 2SLGBTQ+ athletes and leaders across the sport landscape.
Jumpstart is proud to support Canadian Women & Sport’s Same Game Challenge. The program brings together a focus on direct coaching and training to improve gender equity, and enhancing capacity and buy-in by providing tools for grassroots sport organizations to embed gender equity into policies, programs and practices.
Canadian Women and Sport (CW&S), in partnership with Jumpstart, have released the third and final iteration of the Rally Report in 2022. The Rally Report is an in-depth look at how Canadian girls and women, and women sport leaders, experience sport in 2022.
Mental health is an essential part of everyone’s overall health and wellbeing. Jumpstart is proud to support the research Canadian Women & Sport have done focusing on the benefits of safe and healthy sport participation for young girls.
1 in 4 girls are not committed to returning to sport once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Learn about the barriers girls face and the actions you can take to build back better sport in the COVID Alert: Pandemic Impact on Girls in Sport report.
We are proud to work with Canadian Women & Sport to help bring continued attention and actions to drive improvement in gender equality in sport.
The call to play, move, and compete is a rallying cry that excites us, challenges us, and inspires us to come together.
The Rally Report, produced in partnership with Canadian Women & Sport and with research completed by IMI International, explores current Canadian trends in sport participation with a specific focus on the target groups of girls ages 6–18.
