Sport Ireland is to host a Girls Get Active Hackathon with the aim of leveraging the ideas and passion of the public to promote sport and physical activity among teenage girls.
The sessions to take place on the weekend of April 16th to 18th will gather ideas to inform a number of pilot programmes targeted specifically at this group.
Research this week highlighted that not enough of the work being done is getting through to make physical activity an attractive idea for enough girls at this age so the idea of casting the net wider for inspiration is a good one.
A hackathon is a short concentrated event that brings people together to brainstorm and share a range of creative and innovative ideas around a challenge.
The Adolescent Girls Get Active Research will form a backdrop to what might emerge.
Individuals or groups of secondary school students, TY students, teachers, parents, third level students, researchers, sport development officers, NGB and LSP staff are invited to register for the event, share their ideas and input to the pilot programmes.
Timetable
The Hackathon will take place online via Zoom in April. Groups and individuals must register in advance.
Day 1: Friday, April 16th 4 pm – 6 pm
Group Learning and Understanding – Day one will involve presentations and updates from Sport Ireland staff to further outline the problem to be addressed. The facilitator will begin the process of discovery and analysis.
Day 2: Saturday, April 17th 10 am -12 pm
Research & Brainstorming Ideas – Groups will begin to brainstorming and come up with different ideas
Day 3: Sunday, April 18th 10 am
“We learned a lot from the Adolescent Girls Get Active Report regarding what’s important in girls lives and what they want to get from sport and physical activity,” said Sport Ireland Women in Sport Lead Nora Stapleton.
“The 8 Principles of Success are extremely helpful in guiding us all in the development of sports and physical activities for teenage girls.”
“However, one of the key messages that came through was that girls should have a say in the activity they want to participate in. Our aim with the Hackathon is to ensure the teenage girls’ voice is heard before we design programmes to pilot off the back of the report.”
“And not only teenage girls, but teachers and those who work with them in schools, others who conduct research on this topic, third level students as well as sports providers and parents.”
“This event is open to anyone who is passionate about trying to solve the problem of teenage girls drop out from sport.”
You can register in advance for the event here.
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