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FCB Inferno continue to Inspire Women to take up sport with This Girl Can

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The next phase of the This Girl Can campaign, commissioned by Sport England and funded by The National Lottery, began last week with new creative across social media, digital media and out of home (48 sheets and 6 sheets) from FCB Inferno. Over the next four weeks, there’ll be a host of new faces, and a few familiar ones, as the campaign warms-up for a return to our TV screens later this month.

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When it first launched in January 2015, This Girl Can was the first campaign of its kind to show women as they really are when exercising: unedited, in all their sweaty, jiggly, glory. It was created in response to the fact that by every measure, fewer women than men were regularly active, despite 75% saying they would like to do more. After speaking to thousands of women, This Girl Can found one common thing was stopping them: the fear of judgment. This could be judgement around appearance (how they looked whilst exercising), ability (whether they were good or fit enough) and priorities (how they spent their time). It was a powerful insight that created a breakthrough campaign and started a new conversation about how women are depicted in advertising.

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The next phase of This Girl Can continues to celebrate women of all shapes and sizes and all levels of ability doing their thing. But some additional issues will also be tackled, following further extensive research with women across the country. Stopping and starting, having periods in your life when it’s more challenging to exercise or when you want to do something different are all brought to life in this phase of the campaign. FCB Inferno have also extended their focus in terms of age, from 14–40 year old women to include women in their fifties and sixties.

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Sport England CEO, Jennie Price, said: “This Girl Can has made a real difference since it launched, with the number of women doing regular physical activity and sport now at an all-time high. But there’s a lot more to do. The gender gap still exists. Most women still feel judged when they play sport or exercise. We feel guilty for stopping and starting, for hesitating, for not looking perfect. The women and girls in this campaign remind us that’s normal and create some strong images that we hope millions of women will relate to.”

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Al Young, Chief Creative Officer of FCB Inferno, added: “We were humbled and immensely proud of the success of the first campaign and of how its legacy lives on. This second brief presented us with a huge challenge, and this time round we have focused on the roller-coaster realities of the relationship with exercise – something that is rarely talked about. We are confident this will help even more girls and women manage their fear of judgement when getting active.”

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