Premier League Changemakers

27 Feb 1972

Premier League Changemakers is delivered through the national Premier League Kicks and Premier League Inspires programmes and provides opportunities for girls and young women aged 11-18 to access leadership training alongside sport and physical activity.

Funded by the Premier League through the Premier League Charitable Fund, the programme was launched in 2021 and also encourages participation in gender equality and mental health social action projects, to increase participants' confidence and support the development of vital life skills.

Communities 'Premier League Changemakers empowers girls to make a change'

'Premier League Changemakers empowers girls to make a change'

Hear from aspiring female leaders in football as they attend the Premier League Changemakers celebration in Manchester

Forty-three professional football club charities across the Premier League and English Football League currently deliver the programme and more than 1,600 girls and young women have engaged in Premier League Changemakers to date.

As part of the programme, participants are given the opportunity to attend Premier League Changemakers celebration events, where they meet other young people from across the country, attend workshops and talk about equity, equality and allyship in football.

For last year's celebration, more than 50 Premier League Changemakers from 27 professional football club charities attended the National Football Museum in Manchester where they were joined by former Tottenham Hotspur Women's player Chloe Morgan.

"Programmes like this are so important. When you're 14 or 15 years old and you are being heard, being asked for your opinion, being asked to engage in a drama workshop, being involved in signing a shirt that's going to be in the National Football Museum, being told that your voices matter, that your experiences matter, that's absolutely huge. It's empowerment."

To demonstrate their commitment to supporting gender equality, the event culminated in the unveiling of Morgan's 2017 Tottenham Hotspur Women's shirt, signed by all Premier League Changemakers event participants.

Premier League Changemakers is one example of the Premier League's commitment to providing better accessibility and opportunities for girls and young women and enhancing player development from grassroots to the elite game.

The Premier League invested £21m into women's and girls' football between 2022-25.

Within this is £10.5m for the grassroots game, including £6.3m for The FA's network of Girls' Emerging Talent Centres and £3m for a new strategy for the FA Women's National League.

There are 72 ETCs open, which have increased the number of young female players in the England talent pathway from 1,722 to more than 6,000 (a 265 per cent increase) in under three years.