Queen Mary Women’s Football Team (QMWFC) has been nominated for Community Outreach Project at the BUCS Football & Futsal Workforce Development Awards 2025!
We have more great sporting news for you: our Queen Mary Women’s Football Team (QMWFC) has been nominated for Community Outreach Project at the BUCS Football & Futsal Workforce Development Awards 2025! Their project sees members of QMWFC deliver free after-school football sessions to female students at Globe Primary School over an 8-week period between April and June. QMWFC is being recognised for their engagement with members of the local community, professional development, and increasing accessible sports & physical activity provisions for local Tower Hamlets-based children.
In return for their work on this project, QMWFC members involved will receive a free FA accredited qualification of anything from Coaching to Refereeing – their choice! This means that the work being done here aligns with both our strategy of professionally upskilling our students, as well as the BUCS/FA strategy of developing the female workforce within football.
The club has demonstrated a fantastic attitude to volunteering and using sports as a vehicle to promote community cohesion and increase their presence within the local community. In addition to this nomination, the club’s Treasurer, Rohannie Ignacio, has also been nominated for the Community Engagement Award for her work leading the project from the Club’s side. We applaud the club’s dedication to supporting our local community and increasing the presence of women in football.
Winners will be announced at the Football Development Conference on 20 May at the University of Warwick. So, please join us in wishing our club good luck!
If you would like to explore running sporting community outreach initiatives like this, please reach out to Harry Pape on h.pape@qmul.ac.uk