This Girl Can

This Girl Can Week is a dedicated time when physical activity businesses – clubs, gyms, facilities and organisations – can offer fun, beginner-friendly, and come-and-try events for women in their area, either for free or at very low cost.

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About This Girl Can

This Girl Can – Victoria advocates for all women – cis, trans, non-binary, and gender diverse – to get active in welcoming and supportive environments.

Each year the City of Ballarat runs a This Girl Can campaign for Ballarat women and girls. The campaign includes a series of programs, events and activations over a week in March.

This year, the City of Ballarat is working with Sports Central to bring This Girl Can activities to Ballarat. The campaign will include a series of programs delivered by a range of local organisations from 22 to 28 March 2021.

What's on this week

Date	8am to 10am	11am to 1pm	2pm to 4pm	5pm to 7pm	7pm to 9pm
Monday 22 March	10.15am Cardio Drumming	11am Walkball		5.30pm BoxFit skills session
Tuesday 23 March	9am Social badminton		2pm to 4pm Low impact fitness	4.30pm Doug Dean come and try night: FunSkate for adult women 5.30pm Doug Dean come and try night: Fitness class 7.30pm Zumba
Wednesday 24 March	8am to 10am Squash and racquetball 9.30am Zumba	10.30am to 12pm Pickleball	2pm to 3pm Floor curling	5.45pm AFL female umpiring come and try 6.15pm BoxFit skills session 5pm to 7pm Golf croquet	7pm to 8.30pm Adult women's dance
Thursday 25 March			2pm to 2.45pm Beginner strength and conditioning gymnastics for women	6.15pm Social WOD fitness 6.30pm to 7.30pm Women's cheerleading skills session	7.30pm to 8.30pm Women's tap dancing
Friday 26 March		12pm to 1pm Walking soccer / walking basketball at Fed Uni		5pm Strongwoman program
Saturday 27 March	9am to 10am Soccer Mums	11am to 1pm HIIT Hockey	2pm to 4pm Dragon boating HIIT Hockey
Sunday 28 March	9.30am Females only cycling	11am to 4pm Ballarat Petanque 1pm to 2.30pm Hoop Fit	2pm to 4pm Girls at Bat baseball

How can I join in?

Ballarat’s active women can get involved by contacting the event organizer directly via their social media handle or website.

Registration for events is essential to meet each organization’s COVIDSafe plan.

Our 2021 partners

City of Ballarat and Sports Central project officers are working together to bring This Girl Can to Ballarat. As part of the week, local businesses will run programs and events for free or very low cost for our community.

How to get my business involved in This Girl Can in Ballarat

If you’re a local sporting club or active recreation group and are interested in being a part of the campaign, fill in our This Girl Can expression of interest form.

If you have any questions, you can contact our Participation Project Officer at teagankenny@ballarat.vic.gov.au.

We'd like to thank Sports Central

Thanks to the Sports Central team for helping us pull together This Girl Can in Ballarat.

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