Female Football in Gloucestershire has mirrored the growth seen throughout the rest of the country with two thriving girl's leagues and a women's league.
Gloucestershire is home to FA Women's Premier League club Bristol Academy and has two FA Licensed Centres of Excellence.
Gloucestershire FA employ two fulltime Women & Girls Football Development Officer's and two Women's & Girl's Community Coaches who help to organise, develop and support a variety of opportunities for females of all ages to participate within football and provide support to clubs, players, coaches and volunteers through:
- Club Development
- Female Only Coaching Courses
- Female Coach Mentoring Programme
- Volunteering Opportunities
- U18 & Senior County Representative Teams
- Women's & Girl's County Cups
- Girls Only School Leagues
- School-Club Link Programmes
- Supporting Bristol Academy and Gloucestershire Girl's Centres of Excellence
- FA Charter Standard Clubs & Schools
- South Gloucestershire Festival of Youth Sport
- Gloucestershire Youth Games
- Supporting the Bristol and Gloucestershire County Girl's Leagues
- Supporting the Gloucestershire County Women's League
- FA UMBRO Fives