Hey! I’m Shim, the founder of the Unserious Skater Girls Club.

I started this club because I fell completely in love with skating — but I knew I didn’t want to be CEO of the lonely skaters club forever! 

As an adult, making new friends can be HARD. Life gets busy, people have their own routines, and it can feel surprisingly difficult to find a community where you feel like you belong.

For me, skating became so much more than a hobby. It helped build my confidence, gave me something to look forward to, got me outside and, most importantly, gave me a community.

I wanted other women to experience that too.

So I started a small meet-up at Hyde Park. The idea was simple: come skate, meet some people, make some friends and have a good time.

Five months later, that little meet-up has grown into 60+ girlies gathering at Hyde Park every month, with a WhatsApp community of over 950 members and growing!

Watching this community grow has been one of the most inspiring experiences of my life.

I’ve watched women arrive alone and nervous, and leave with new friends, new skills and a newfound confidence in themselves. At our monthly meet-ups, women support and encourage one another, celebrate each other’s progress and, most importantly, find a community where they genuinely feel like they belong.

And that is exactly why I want to keep growing the club so we can share this with even more women around the UK! 

Keeping skating accessible ✨

We currently keep our meet-ups and workshops completely free, with sessions led by women volunteering their time because they share the same passion for skating, positivity and helping others build confidence.

But there are some real challenges.

Skating can already be an expensive hobby. Rink sessions can be costly, there’s a lack of accessible rinks, and many venues are only open in the evenings or require travelling long distances.

As the colder months approach, we also need to find indoor spaces so we can continue bringing everyone together safely.

Up until now, I’ve personally funded and organised pretty much everything myself, with a little help from amazing members, friends and family.

But we’ve reached a point where we need some help.

What your donations will help fund‍♀️

We’re raising money to help us purchase and hire the resources we need to keep the club running and make our meet-ups even better, including:

• Indoor venue hire
  
• Music/speaker equipment
  
• First aid supplies
  
• Cones and skating equipment
  
• Community/event materials
  
• Workshops and activities
  
• Accessible spaces for meet-ups during the colder months
  

Having these resources would mean we can continue providing free and low-cost events, create safer and more organised sessions, and welcome even more women into the skating community.

This is bigger than skating

What started as me wanting to find people to skate with has become a community of hundreds of women.

The friendships that have formed, the confidence people have gained and the number of women who now have somewhere to go, people to skate with and a reason to get outside genuinely means everything to me.

And I want to take it further.

The dream is to eventually see Unserious Skater Girls Club meet-ups happening in cities across the UK, so that more women can discover skating without feeling like they have to do it alone.

But I can’t fund that future by myself.

That’s where you come in.

Whether you donate £1, £5, £10 or more, every single contribution helps us keep creating free, welcoming and accessible spaces for women to skate, make friends and build confidence.

And if you can’t donate, sharing this fundraiser is just as appreciated.

Every share helps us reach another potential skater girl.

Thank you for believing in what we’re building.

Thank you to everyone who has turned up, volunteered, shared a post, brought a friend, taught someone something new or simply made another girl feel welcome.

This started with a pair of skates and a desire not to be lonely.

Now it’s a community.

Let’s keep it rolling.

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Shim

Founder

Unserious Skater Girls Club