Sport England, DCMS
FCB Inferno
Developed by Sport England in 2015, the This Girl Can initiative aims to get more women and girls moving regardless of shape, size and ability. The initial 2015 campaign was designed to directly counter evidence that showed that female participation in sports had fallen in previous years (1.73 million fewer women were playing a sport versus men according to Jennie Price, CEO, Sport England). The 90-second video, which celebrates women being active, no matter their appearance or ability, was shown on TV, cinema, OOH, and social media.
You can watch the latest This Girl Can ad here.
After the first year (2015-2016), 2.8 million women (41%) aged 14-40 years old said that they had been inspired to do more exercise since seeing the campaign. Additionally, 1.6 million women (24%) aged 14-40 years old said that they had started to exercise since viewing the campaign. 660,000 tweets featured #ThisGirlCan and the video was viewed 37 million times on Facebook and YouTube. The hashtag #ThisGirlCan remains very popular on social media.