Lead Your Way
ABOUT
Lead Your Way is an annual program that gives women and gender-diverse people volunteering in community football leadership the opportunity to level up their skills and network.
If you're a current committee-level volunteer at a community football club in our Metropolitan Leagues or Country Regions, this program is for you!
Applications for 2026 are open now & close 30 January 2026.
ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EVENTS
Dive into a mix of online and in-person events with expert facilitators and football industry leaders.
From webinars to workshops, and some fantastic networking events including our program celebration – this is your ticket to upping your game, expanding your network, and kicking goals at your club.
WHO CAN APPLY
To participate in the program, you must:
- Identify as a women or gender diverse.
- Be over the age of 18.
- Hold a current leadership position as a committee volunteer within a Community Football Club.
- Must apply for the program with which state you reside in and club is associated to
The program seeks a diverse cohort to ensure an intersectional approach to leadership within club communities, and to support the goals of inclusive and diverse environments as included in the AFL Women and Girls Action plan. This includes but is not limited to people identifying as:
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
- Culturally and/or religiously diverse people.
- LGBTIQA+
- People from rural and regional communities.
- People with disabilities.
- Identify as a woman or gender diverse
- Be over the age of 18 & reside within the State/ Territory of application
- Hold a current leadership position as a committee volunteer within a community football club or umpire association, or be a future committee volunteer as part of succession planning
- 5 positions are to be held for women of Multicultural and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Backgrounds
Applications for 2026 are open now & close 30 January 2026.