Support This Girl Can and Let's Lift the Curfew

Sport England's, This Girl Can campaign, Let’s Lift the Curfew seeks to change how women think and feel about sport & physical activity and encourage women to be active in ways that work for them, regardless of age, background or ability.

Let’s Lift The Curfew launched in 2023 to showcase women’s stories and concerns around getting active outdoors in the darker months when the clocks go back, as well as calling on wider society to acknowledge their role in making getting active outdoors safer for women.

We are looking to you as RunTogether groups to rebrand your runs on Monday 28 October (and the following days/weeks) into #LetsLiftTheCurfew runs using the following advice:

What makes a run able to help lift the curfew?

• Reading up:
  England Athletics have produced night running tips and a guide to running in the dark for individual runners and leaders that we would recommend reading through to consider ways to keep safe in the dark. Good Gym has also produced training for male allies to help educate men around women’s safety at night that would be good to circulate with any male members taking part.
• Clothing considerations:
  Front and rear runners should ideally wear high-visibility, brightly coloured clothing. Where possible encourage members to use reflective clothing and have some members use headlamps or handheld lights for visibility.
• Sharing the event:
  Use #LetsLiftTheCurfew in all social media related to your event. We'd love to see running leaders and members livestream and post videos and pictures from your LLTC run using the hashtag to build momentum across social media.