Norwich City are proud to support Women’s History Month as part of our on-going work to celebrate diversity in football and to become a home for everyone.
Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history celebrated in March.
To make Norwich City a Home for Everyone, we will create a sustainable culture where every individual engaged with the club is treated with respect and met with positivity and compassion.
We are responsible for upholding the club’s values by making others feel included, championing equality and challenging all forms of discrimination, increasing our knowledge to develop the confidence to do so.
To celebrate this activation, we have interviewed a dynamic mix of women and staff at Norwich City.
Millie Daviss, the Norwich City Women captain sat down with us on International Women’s Day, and she said, “It’s good to break stereotypes and those discourses by going out there and showing you’re good enough.
“I’ve been a Norwich fan all my life, so to be able to represent the club is amazing. It’s been such a big part of my life growing up.
“People can look up to every single one of the women at our club and that’s a credit to all the girls.”
Watch Millie’s full interview here.
Our Community Sports Foundation delivered a Premier League Change Makers programme, helping to support girls and young women to develop their personal skills and positive attitudes for leadership.
A group of female CSF Football and Education students also took a trip to Villa Park to celebrate the programme with the wider Premier League Communities network.
To finish Women’s History Month, we spoke to three women at the club who hold leadership roles across different parts of the business.
Executive director Zoe Ward spoke about the importance of celebrating the month telling us, “It’s important to give ourselves an opportunity to reflect on the commitment that’s been shown by women 100 years back and the fight they had to have for the level of quality we have today.”
Academy manager Jen Rice had some words of encouragement for all young women entering into the profession of football: “Don’t try and be someone different or something you think is better than you. Always be yourself because that will shine through, to help you achieve whatever your dreams are. “
Jackie Thornton, CSF’s head of development, told us, “Different people are important in any organisation to promote diversity and different views, so that we can represent a variety of people. It’s important you have contrasting views and opinions, so it makes you look at things differently and become more open-minded.”
Norwich City will continue to support the Premier League’s commitment to tackling discrimination.