14th May 2008
Press Releases
Media Releases
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| 13/05/2008 | Launch of the inaugural UK School Games Champion Ambassadors |
| As the UK School Games continues to grow, with this year’s event expanding to nine sports after welcoming hockey, the event’s President Richard Caborn MP is set to host a reception at the House of Commons. | |
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| 13/03/2008 | Woods urges young people to volunteer in sport and “share stage with world’s greatest” |
| Multi-medal winning Paralympian Marc Woods speaks ahead of the Step into Sport Camp | |
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| 03/03/2008 | Britain’s young people challenged to lead the way through sport |
| TOP Link conferences see Sporting Champions inspiring future leaders and volunteers across the country | |
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| 25/02/2008 | Dame Tanni Grey Thompson to inspire pupils in South Yorkshire |
| Pupils and teachers from Wisewood Sports College and Westfield Sports College are preparing for a visit from 11 times Paralympic Gold medal winner Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson on Monday 25 February. | |
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| 31/01/2008 | Ed Balls headlines Youth Sport Trust conference |
| The time has come again for the annual Youth Sport Trust Sports Colleges Conference. As we enter a new year, this year’s conference theme of Different Perspectives: Different Possibilities is a particularly appropriate one. Offering all young people five | |
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| 04/01/2008 | Ministers join sports stars in supporting Olympic hopefuls |
| Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe and Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan have lent their support to some of Britain’s future Olympic hopefuls ahead of the second National Talent Orientation Camp. | |
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| 19/12/2007 | Olympian to inspire next generation of young sports volunteers |
| Former champion sprinter Darren Campbell will join students in London today (Wednesday 19th December) to launch the Sky Living For Sport Youth Volunteering Project, designed to inspire 16-25 year olds to get involved in community sports initiatives. | |
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| 28/11/2007 | “YEAH, BUT NO, BUT…..” |
| British teenagers are often portrayed as stroppy, overweight, binge-drinking Vicky Pollards, but new research commissioned by the Youth Sport Trust (www.youthsporttrust.org), shows this is not the case for the majority of teens. | |
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| 26/11/2007 | Schools urged to develop new health and fitness activities for young people |
| Technogym and the Youth Sport Trust today announce the launch of a new nationwide campaign to encourage schools to provide new innovative health and fitness activities for young people in England. | |
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| 15/11/2007 | Motivational sports initiative set to reach pupils everywhere |
| Sky Living For Sport - the school sport initiative which has proved successful in re-engaging youngsters – is to widen its reach to thousands more secondary schools, through a new package of resources, designed to help teachers bring the power of sport to | |
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| 17/10/2007 | Launch of Innovation Awards 2008 |
| We are delighted to announce the launch of the Innovation Awards 2008 for Sports Colleges and Academies with sport-related specialisms. | |
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| 28/09/2007 | Denise Lewis kicks off series of road shows to get children playing |
| The Youth Sport Trust, the national charity set up to build a brighter future for young people through sport has teamed up with Olympic heptathlete Denise Lewis to promote it’s Zoneparc playground programme. | |
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| 07/09/2007 | Youth Sport Trust response to BERA findings |
| Youth Sport Trust response to BERA findings on academic performance of specialist sports colleges | |
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| 26/08/2007 | UK School Games wins backing of MPs |
| Excitement around the UK School Games continues to build in Coventry with further visits from government Ministers and world-renowned athletes during the three days of competition. | |
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| 22/08/2007 | Gardener backs next generation at UKSG |
| Retiring Olympic sprint-relay gold medallist Jason Gardener today handed the baton to the next generation of British sports stars during final preparations for the 2007 UK School Games in Coventry, which start tomorrow. | |
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| 25/07/2007 | Opening ceremony ice spectacular announced as UK School Games countdown continues |
| Details of the 2007 UK School Games opening and closing ceremonies were announced by the Youth Sport Trust in Coventry today, as it was also revealed that the competition will be broadcast for the first time on Channel 4. | |
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| 19/07/2007 | Darren Campbell becomes Sky Living For Sport Ambassador |
| Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell has today been announced as Ambassador for the Youth Sport Trust’s groundbreaking Sky Living For Sport initiative. | |
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| 12/06/2007 | Harry Mills – honouring a special talent |
| Harry Mills died from Meningitis on Thursday 26th of April 2007 aged 11 years old. | |
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| 31/05/2007 | Olympics the goal for young volunteers |
| More than four out of ten young people in the UK want to volunteer at the Olympics, according to research released today by The Youth Sport Trust to mark Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June. | |
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| 21/05/2007 | Wheelchair table tennis added to UK School Games |
| Table tennis for players with a disability has been added to the list of sports for the 2007 UK School Games in Coventry this summer. | |
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