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NEWS & SHORTS www.ladiesgaelic.ie | AUTUMN 2022 | 11 Lidl Ireland are pleased to announce the 2022 launch of its #SeriousSupport Schools Programme, designed to increase participation of young girls at secondary school stage in Ladies Gaelic Football. The retailer is seeking nominations from Irish shoppers across the country that will give their chosen school the opportunity to benefit from the programme, which will commence after the Halloween mid-term break. Supported by the LGFA and delivered by Youth Sport Trust and their specially trained athlete mentors through workshops and training sessions, the programme is designed to educate girls about the positive mental and physical health benefits of playing ladies Gaelic football. The programme also aims to increase participation and reduce drop-out rates for teenagers in the sport. Twenty-six schools across Ireland will have the opportunity to benefit from the programme, along with receiving a new set of jerseys for their school team. The athlete mentors, all of whom are current or former inter- county Ladies Gaelic Football players, are committed to using sport to transform the lives of young people. The mentors will introduce students to the programme's values of Respect, Trust, Responsibility and Recognition, which are key to the success of the athletes themselves. The full team of athlete mentors who will deliver the programme will be confirmed along with the 26 schools chosen to participate in November. NOMINATE YOUR SCHOOL FOR THE LIDL IRELAND #SERIOUSSUPPORT SCHOOLS PROGRAMME LOOKING FOR HISTORY! Heroes of Today Our 'Heroes of Today, Inspire the Next Generation' series is going behind the scenes with players, administrators, coaches, young volunteers, parents and match officials, among others. Within the LGFA, there is a place for everyone and this Women in Sport initiative, which will showcase the work being done at grassroots level through to the high performance inter-county grades, is funded by Sport Ireland In 2024, the LGFA will celebrate the 50 th anniversary of its founding. Ahead of that event, Hayley Kilgallon, supported by the LGFA, is undertaking a PhD through the School of History at UCD, researching the history of Ladies' Gaelic Football and the LGFA. As part of her research, she is looking for items like minute books, match reports, match programmes, photographs, letters, poems, songs, committee reports, memos, speeches and more related to the history of Ladies' Gaelic Football over the past five decades at Club, County and Provincial levels. If you have any of the items described above and would like to share them with Hayley to support her research, please contact her at history@lgfa.ie with the following information: • A short description of the item(s) (e.g., match programme from the 1990 All-Ireland Finals) • Your name, phone number, county, and position within/to the LGFA (e.g., player, manager, committee member, supporter) • Image(s) of the item(s) if possible Please feel free to share this with your clubs and other individuals who were involved in Ladies Football and might have items or information to share.