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24 Jun 2024
Over 4,000 schools take part in National School Sports Week
Powered by Sport Direct’s Monster Kickabout, the week saw tens of thousands of young people get active for 60 minutes a day, of PE, sport and play.
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03 Nov 2022
Dear Prime Minister... please protect our sport and play
Young Changemakers who sit on children's charity the Youth Sport Trust's Youth Board have made a rallying call to the Prime Minister ahead of the autumn budget to address a growing national crisis of young people's health and wellbeing.
26 Sep 2022
Fears young people are being ‘priced out of sport’
The Youth Sport Trust responds to the Government’s budget announcements released on Friday.
09 Sep 2022
Our charity's response to the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen
Following the statement from Buckingham Palace on 8 September 2022 announcing the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we join the nation, Commonwealth and those around the globe to mourn the loss of our Queen, a head of state, one of the most remarkable and significant people in global history – a true Changemaker.
05 Sep 2022
Friendships for life and memories made at UK’s biggest multi-sport competition for young people
Athletes from across the UK have made friendships for life and felt a sense of belonging at the 2022 School Games National Finals, the UK’s biggest multi-sport event for talented young athletes, between 1 and 4 September.
28 Jul 2022
Getting hearts beating for 60 active minutes a day this summer
The Commonwealth Games are here and today children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust is launching a mini campaign to support families to keep moving over the school summer holidays.
26 Jul 2022
We respond to Rishi Sunak's plans to boost children's physical activity
Youth Sport Trust welcomes the importance Mr. Sunak is placing on PE and sport.
14 Jul 2022
Children’s charity welcomes appointment of three new Board members
The Youth Sport Trust, which has its headquarters in Loughborough, has appointed Land Rover’s Global Sport and Humanitarian lead Claire Boakes, Sajid Gulzar OBE CEO of the Prince Albert Community Trust and Shweta Sharma, non-executive board member of BT Group’s Technology Advisory Board.
07 Jul 2022
Sport and recreation leaders call for radical reform to support sector's growth and development
A coalition of leading organisations across sport, recreation and physical activity has today come together for the first time to call for radical reform to support the growth and development of the sector.
25 Jun 2022
Primary PE and Sport Premium confirmed for 2022/23
The Department for Education has today (25 June) confirmed that the Primary PE and Sport Premium will continue for the next academic year (2022/23).
20 Jun 2022
On your marks, get set, go…for National School Sport Week!
Thousands of schools, young people, parents, politicians, and businesses up and down the country will this week become ‘changemakers’.
06 Jun 2022
Tickets to the School Games National Finals 2022 are on sale NOW!
The School Games National Finals is returning for its 15th year, and for 2022 year we are delighted to welcome spectators back to the campus of Loughborough University.
26 May 2022
Power of PE – good school experiences have generational impact
Positive PE experiences last a lifetime. A children’s charity has today launched a new ‘state of the nation’ report on PE, school sport and physical activity to help families and schools understand the importance of supporting children to move more.