WORCESTER CITY WOMEN FC'S Rise Hub has been helping to develop youth girls' football in Worcestershire from a number of perspectives, and has plans for an expanded version in the near future. 

Worcester City Women do not have an under 16 or an under 14 girls team themselves, however, they are still keen to enhance the football training and experience of youth girls players across the county. Their Rise Hub offers the opportunity for these players to receive additional coaching, alongside their club training, as well as sessions in a number of different important facets of the game. 

These include communication, media training, strength and conditioning and nutrition. 

"It is really about providing them with a unique opportunity to be coached by females, female-led coaching from Worcester City Women coaches," said Worcester City Women owner, Nicole Allison. "Also from players from Worcester City Women who are also qualified coaches. 

"We believe that there are enough fantastic grassroots clubs around the area, providing brilliant opportunities for girls to play with their teams. What we are providing is an additional training session. Additional coaches, different coaches and importantly female coaches - for them to get extra learning, here different voices, hear different coaches.

"On top of that we are also providing a sort of workshop style, where they are going to get to learn different things."

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The Hub focusses on empowering young women across the county, for the good of the future of women's football, rather than for the future of Worcester City. 

"We were thinking about how do we help the grassroots and the youth movement in Worcestershire for girls," said Allison. "Given our reputation and given the fact that our first team is now in tier four, and we are really providing a great fan experience at Sixways for young girls to come and watch, we felt that the next stage is really looking at a youth talent pathway.

"Because we are an independent club, this is about what is best for girls so that they can develop in the best way possible."

The sessions also aim to provide these players with female role models in football, be it players, coaches, or other roles in the game. 

Allison said: "We are about empowering women, it is really important to get female coaches. In grassroots girls football, the vast majority of coaches are men. There are some fantastic male allies, and we are not taking anything away from them, but we do need to have our girls seeing role models in coaching positions. That is the only way we are going to get young girls growing up wanting to be coaches themselves."

While City are looking to help the grassroots movement across Worcestershire, it is also a good opportunity for the side to see the up-and-coming talent as they look to rise further up the football pyramid. 

"We will always be looking out for the best talent that we can bring in to our under 18s and then bring through to our first team," said Allison. "Also, if I can find the next Laura [Blinkilde Brown], take her through, support her, give her the best coaching possible and help her get to the top level playing Champions League and for the Lionesses then of course that would be a success for us."