The Football Association and SSE have teamed up to launch a new initiative in 2017, SSE Wildcats, designed to inspire girls aged between 5-11 to be involved in the sport.

2018 sees Somerset launch 16 new centres across the county in the following areas:

• Frome
• Yeovil
• Taunton
• Wellington
• Worle
• Wedmore
• Yatton
• Bridgwater
• Langport

SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs provide girls with regular opportunities to play football and take part in organised sessions in a fun and engaging environment created exclusively for girls. 200 clubs have been established across England throughout the spring and summer.

The clubs will run from spring through to summer on a weekly basis with activities such as football-fitness sessions on offer for those bringing children too.

Each SSE Wildcats club will be run in conjunction with local County FAs and utilising qualified coaches and local facilities to offer girls a location nearby where they can get involved.

SSE Wildcats has been established in partnership with SSE, supporters of girls’ football participation and sponsor of the SSE Women’s FA Cup, with support from UEFA, FIFA and The Youth Sport Trust.

More details about the individual centres will be released in due course.

If you have any immediate questions, please contact Rachael Lawler-Edwards, Women and Girls Football Development Officer.