Updates

• Termly Reporting
• Funding Information
• Innovation Projects: Dates Needed
• School Games Spring County Meetings

Events

• Inclusion Live
• Monthly Networking Calls January
• YST Conference 2025

Opportunities

• Bee Netball Opportunity
• LimbPower Activity Cards
• Access Sport’s National Youth Board
• Relay Your Way

Updates

Termly Reporting

Thank you for submitting your termly reporting, we are currently analysing the data and will send you the statistics once this is complete.

Funding Information

We have created a remittance table to show the funding you should have received. Please look at the table below and find the projects relevant to your school to find your date of payments.

Innovation Projects: Dates Needed

If you are participating in the LTA, Inclusive Youth Leadership or SOGB Innovation projects, please can you email your dates for your festival to the SEND inbox as soon as possible.

School Games Spring County Meetings

At this point in the School Games calendar, each county will host a spring term county meeting, with an agenda set by the Youth Sport Trust School Games team following up from the regional conferences which took place in November 2024. This meeting is a fantastic opportunity for you to:

• Network with the School Games Organisers and Active Partnership within your county to understand their confidence levels within inclusion, identify where their events are in their upcoming calendars and any support required.
• Identify upcoming opportunities to develop their knowledge and confidence in inclusive practice; this could be signposting to webinars i.e. Inclusion Live, Disney Inspired Shooting Stars; setting goals to complete online CPD inclusive of All About Autism or IPE; or alternatively inviting SGOs to your own upcoming events to role model inclusive practice.
• Set a county target to focus on for the next 6 months; what area for improvement could you work towards as a county? For example, identifying the schools with a high percentage of young people with SEND to target in upcoming events or completing a county MATP training session with Special Olympics in a target to increase provision for those with complex needs.

If you have not yet heard when your county meeting is taking place locally, please reach out to your County Lead Development Coach or the SEND inbox. For further help, support or if you have any questions, please reach out to the Inclusion Team.

Events

Inclusion Live 2025 – only two weeks left to register!

Our fourth Inclusion Live week takes place between Monday 27 January and Friday 31 January 2025. Each day we will host a free online session of virtual CPD for all practitioners working with young people with SEND.

The five sessions are:

• Monday 27 January 2025, 15:30-16:30 - Neurodiversity in PE and school sport - Creating inclusive experiences
• Tuesday 28 January 2025, 15:30-16:30 - The Paralympics legacy - Embedding inclusive values in school sport
• Wednesday 29 January 2025, 15:30-16:30 - Physical activity for progress - Improving attendance and behaviour
• Thursday 30 January 2025, 15:30-16:30 - A practitioner’s guide to inclusive physical activity - Resources and recommendations
• Friday 31 January 2025, 12:15-13:15 - Move like me - Creating inclusive physical activities for young people with SEND

You can sign up to each event here.

We have also created a toolkit of graphics and text templates that you can use to promote the week to your networks. You can access the toolkit here, but this is only for Lead Inclusion Schools.

Please use this toolkit to spread the word and follow the @YouthSportTrust social media accounts for speaker announcements nearer the time.

Monthly Networking Calls January

This month’s networking calls will be an open space to share best practice, meet other Lead Inclusion Schools and ask any questions you may have!

• Lead Inclusion School Networking Call Tuesday 21 January 12pm – you can sign up here.
• Lead Inclusion School Networking Call Thursday 23 January 3.45pm – you can sign up here. 

Youth Sport Trust Conference 2025

We are pleased to announce that we are offering all Lead Inclusion Schools one free place at the Youth Sport Trust Annual Conference on Wednesday 26 March 2025, at the Telford International Centre.

To secure your free place, please use discount code YST25Inclusion. For guidance on how to sign up using the discount code, please follow these steps in our booking guide.

One free place can be used by a member of staff involved in the Lead Inclusion School work. If you would like additional members of staff to attend the conference, they will need to purchase an additional ticket. Please note the free ticket is for the day conference only. If you wish to attend the awards dinner the night before, please purchase this ticket separately. Unfortunately we are unable to provide expenses or accommodation, but details of local hotels can be found on our accommodation page.

You can book your place here. 

Opportunities

Bee Netball 

England Netball is looking to collaborate with two or three Lead Inclusion Schools to create resources that support neurodiverse children in developing social skills and participating in team sports. These co-created tools, informed by children, young leaders, SGOs and teachers, will be tested and shared widely to ensure accessibility and inclusivity. Participants will receive a Bee Netball equipment pack. Interested? Email [email protected].

LimbPower: New Children's Activity Cards

LimbPower has launched free activity cards for children with limb differences or amputations. These 31 'fun' cards, created by individuals with lived experience, help children stay active and build fundamental skills at home or school. Download here. 

Access Sport’s National Youth Board

Access Sport is recruiting young people (14-25 years) for their 2025 National Youth Board and regional Youth Voice Groups in London, Bristol and Manchester. This is a chance to make a difference in sports accessibility. Find more info here, apply by Friday 24 January at 5pm. 

Relay Your Way

This inclusive relay event from Glasgow to Windsor (June-July 2025) celebrates young people with disabilities. Schools along the route can host the baton, participate in a relay and learn about accessible sports. Schools not on the route can join virtually. Feedback from previous events has been overwhelmingly positive. It's a great opportunity to engage in a powerful nationwide event with an important and uplifting message at the end of the school year.

To get involved, contact Rohan Date at [email protected].