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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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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.
11 May 2022
Charity calls for urgent action to address children’s health crisis
A children’s charity has warned that childhood inactivity and loneliness is on the verge of becoming a ‘new pandemic’ as new research reveals parents are increasingly worried their children are growing up spending too much time online and not enough time with friends or playing sport.
10 May 2022
Sport England confirms long-term ‘system partner’ funding for the Youth Sport Trust
The Youth Sport Trust is amongst a group of over 120 organisations working in partnership with Sport England to level up access to sport and physical activity across the country.
05 May 2022
Charity campaign aims to get 1 million children doing school sport
The Youth Sport Trust is asking teachers, parents, and organisations across the UK to help every child to find a place to belong on National School Sport Week this summer.
28 Mar 2022
Schools White Paper ‘a missed opportunity’ to recognise crucial role of play and sport
The Youth Sport Trust and its Headteacher Ambassadors have responded to the Government’s new Schools White Paper, following its publication today (28 March 2022) by the Department for Education.
25 Mar 2022
MPs debate making PE a core subject
MPs have debated making PE a core subject in Westminster this week. It comes as Ofsted recently released its report reviewing what good PE teaching should include.
04 Mar 2022
Children’s Commissioner says half a million children stand united in demand for more play
Speaking at the Youth Sport Trust's Annual Conference, the Children's Commissioner for England has revealed new analysis of the Big Ask which shows that the top thing children want to come out of lockdown is 'play'.
03 Mar 2022
London 2012 inspired Awards ceremony celebrates schools
Hundreds of teachers and leaders across the education and sport sector have celebrated the efforts of young people, schools and individuals over the course of the last 18 months as the Youth Sport Trust’s annual conference in Coventry begins today.