Dreams + Teams
A joint project between Youth Sport Trust and British Council, Dreams + Teams provides a unique link between British school children and their counterparts around the world.
The programme develops mutual understanding between countries and develops leadership skills and cross-cultural awareness in 14-18 year olds through sport and international educational links. Issues the programme aims to explore are fair play, equity, cultural diversity, inclusion, religion, ethics and global communication.
If your school is interesting in becoming part of this initiative please email dreamsandteams@youthsporttrust.org.
Where we work
Dreams + Teams has been in operation since 2001 and is in now active in 46 countries across four continents.
International camp
In September 2005 the first ever Dreams + Teams International Camp was organised by the Youth Sport Trust at Loughborough University. The aim was to help develop links between British and overseas schools, improve cross-cultural understanding and produce a vision for Dreams + Teams in the future.
The event was a huge success involving about 300 young leaders and 150 teachers from 28 countries. As one young leader from Singapore remarked when asked about Dreams + Teams, "we are building bridges, breaking barriers and blending cultures."
Multi-national camps
In addition to our work on Dreams + Teams, we embarked on a new partnership with the Council of Europe to deliver sports leadership to internally displaced young people from Azerbaijan and Georgia.
These multi-national camps aimed not only to help students return to their countries better equipped to make a wider contribution to grass roots sport, but also to tackle a whole range of other social issues. Teachers from the UK, together with a Youth Sport Trust trainer, spent a week in Azerbaijan delivering sports leadership training.
Find out more
Further information can also be found on http://www.britishcouncil.org/sport.htm
Click here to download the Dreams + Teams handbook