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20 Nov 2024
Sir Mo Farah and British Sporting Icons Call on Government to Initiate a New National Plan to Get Kids Moving
On World Children’s Day, Sir Mo Farah personally delivered a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, signed by Hannah Cockroft, Adam Peaty, Max Whitlock, Keely Hodgkinson and other Team GB Olympians and Paralympians.
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06 Oct 2021
Children feeling ‘fitter’ and ‘stronger’ as schools put physical activity at heart of learning
Children across the country have reported feeling fitter and stronger - not just physically but mentally - since returning to a more active way of learning following a year of disruption.
04 Oct 2021
Government announces £30 million for school sport
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport yesterday (3 October 2021) announced an additional £30 million per year of funding to improve and up school sport facilities in England as well as improving the teaching of Physical Education at primary school.
15 Sept 2021
Charity releases landmark research on how a generation’s engagement with PE and school sport could evolve between now and 2035
Children risk becoming increasingly disengaged from physical activity over the next decade unless more is done to champion the value of PE and school sport, especially among the most disadvantaged, a landmark research report warns.
14 Sept 2021
A collaboration that empowers children and young people to find their way to play
Playwaze and the Youth Sport Trust are teaming up to connect children and schools to the sport and activity opportunities in their local communities.
09 Sept 2021
Team GB and ParalympicsGB heroes set to visit schools to build on Tokyo inspiration
Fresh from their heroics in Tokyo, British Olympians and Paralympians are now set to lift the spirits of a generation of young people through a nationwide programme of school visits.
09 Sept 2021
Return to school 2021-22
Welcome back to the 2021/22 academic year. We hope more than anything that this year is a fresh new start for all pupils as well as the leaders, educators and all staff working within schools.
01 Sept 2021
More than £900,000 funding pledged to help children with SEND benefit from inclusive PE
Thousands of schools in England are to be supported to improve Physical Education (PE) and school sport for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
26 Aug 2021
Charity responds to new report showing steep decline in children's happiness levels
The Children's Society has today released its annual Good Childhood Report.
24 Aug 2021
Paralympic athlete helps kids get active
Children attending council-led school holiday hubs in north Oxfordshire have been treated to training sessions with a Team GB Paralympian.
13 Aug 2021
Charity teams up with Sweaty Betty Foundation to support UK’s most disadvantaged young people
Getting girls active: children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust and The Sweaty Betty Foundation are forming a new partnership
10 Aug 2021
Charity announces return of UK's biggest multi-sport event for school-aged athletes
As the dust settles on the Tokyo Olympics, children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust has announced the return of The School Games National Finals, the UK’s biggest youth multi-sport event, next month after a three-year hiatus.
29 Jul 2021
Charity responds to new report on community sport and getting children active again
A report published by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee today (Thursday 29 July) has called on government to launch a nationwide campaign to get children active. Read the Youth Sport Trust's response.