Why We Exist
Despite being the second most-watched Olympic discipline, gymnastics governance has historically excluded the voices of the women and girls it relies on. Establishing a voice for gymnasts is an essential component of safeguarding.
It’s time to stop asking gymnasts to ‘make themselves smaller’ and start empowering them to take up space. Learn why we are fighting for a safer, fairer future where athlete voices lead the way in governance, attire, and safeguarding.
Our Mission
At Gymnasts for Change International, our mission is to drive institutional accountability, systemic reform, and healing in gymnastics through survivor-led collective action.
We work to:
Support, unite, and empower survivors
Advocate for ethical, athlete-centred coaching
Hold institutions accountable for past harm
Push governing bodies and clubs to take responsibility for the future
Advance human rights frameworks across sport frameworks across s
Our Vision
We envision an ethical, accountable, athlete-centred gymnastics system where athlete wellbeing is prioritised and abuse is prevented.
In this future:
Survivors are supported, united, and empowered
Ethical athlete-centred coaching is the norm
Institutions take accountability for the past and responsibility for the future
Athletes of all ages are protected
Human rights frameworks guide the governance of sport
Sport should strengthen people - not break them.
Together, we are building a future where gymnastics is safe, empowering, and worthy of the millions of young athletes who love it.
How We Campaign
We campaign for change to ensure transformation of the sport on a global scale. Our campaigning is anchored in concrete, measurable goals - rooted in survivor experience and driven by data.
Our work does not happen in a vacuum. It depends on shifts in cultural mindsets, which in turn require a thoughtful and ambitious approach to campaigning across multiple spheres. Gymnasts for Change International operates across a range of areas, including arts and archive, one-to-one and group therapy, policy development, legal and civil redress, strategic advocacy, and campaigning for change in the UK and internationally.
We need your help to fulfill our ambitious and urgent agenda.
