Hannah Cockroft OBE, PLY, DL, seven-time Paralympic Champion, and one of Britain's best-known para-athletes, has been a long time supporter of the Youth Sport Trust since competing herself in the School Games National Finals.

Hannah is particularly passionate about the charity's work to ensure that every child has access to the life changing benefits of PE, Play and Sport, and our work to improve access for young people with SEND for example through our Inclusion 2024 programme. 

Hannah said: 

“At school, PE for me was either sitting in the library doing homework, doing physiotherapy in a separate room or sitting on the side watching my friends have fun. This was a consistent situation throughout primary school and until my second year of secondary school.  

“I was the only disabled pupil at both my mainstream schools and the teachers just didn’t have the training or, most importantly, the equipment for me to safely be able to get involved. This is why I support the work of the Youth Sport Trust on their mission to ensure every child has access to the life changing benefits of PE, Sport and Play, and no child is left on the sidelines.”