England Hockey announced a revised Trans and Non-Binary Participation Policy that will come into effect from the start of the 2025/26 hockey season on 1 September 2025.

The new policy covers a significant proportion of organised hockey in England.

From U12s upwards there will be two categories of hockey:

Female category: - Participants recorded female at birth will be eligible to compete in the Female category. However, once a participant (whose birth sex is recorded as female) has commenced or undergone transgender hormone therapy then they will no longer be eligible to participate in the Female category in any of the competitions listed in Appendix A of the policy.

Open category: - Participants who were recorded male at birth, are transgender or non-binary, or who were recorded female at birth (regardless of whether they have undergone hormone therapy) will be eligible to compete in the Open category. Participants will be unable to play across Female and Open categories in a single season (unless no longer eligible to participate in the Female category during a season).

The policy, guidance and FAQs can be accessed here

https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/update-on-trans-and-non-binary-participation-policy

If you would like to speak to someone confidentially about the change in policy, please contact Brendan Kearns on this email address welfare@brombeckshockey.com