International Women’s Day 2024 saw Durham Women engage with hundreds of youngsters across the North East.
First team players from the club visited events throughout County Durham and Teesside to inspire the next generation on an important day of the year.
As well as answering questions, posing for photographs and passing on advice and insight into life as a professional footballer, players also dished out tickets for the upcoming Barclays Women’s Championship fixture against Charlton Athletic.
Here’s exactly what the players were up to:
- In association with club partners Vision for Education, we visited six schools across the North East to deliver inspirational assemblies to their students
- Becky Salicki & Beth Hepple – Tanfield School
- Lauren Briggs & Grace Ayre – Castleside Primary School
- Dee Bradley & Erin Nicholson – Park View School
- Saoirse Noonan & Lily Crosthwaite – Crook Primary School
- Sarah Wilson & Sarah Robson – Belmont Community School
- Eleanor Ryan-Doyle & Ella Wilson – Browney Academy
- Mollie Lambert and Naoisha McAloon were at Bede Sixth Form Centre and hosted a Q&A with members of the ISE Women’s Football Academy
- New Ferens Park hosted Tatiana Saunders and Anna King who joined in with County Durham Sport’s International Women’s Day Football Festival
- Amy Andrews and Olivia Bramley headed to Newton Aycliffe to join hundreds of youngsters at Sedgefield SSP’s Football Festival
- PGA duo Mia Gibbon and Grace Mackie went to Gurney Pease Academy in Darlington to meet students and deliver a fun session
Thanks to everyone who welcomed us on International Women’s Day!
A gallery from the visits is below!:
