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03/02/2012 Mission to build a new team of Young Leaders for Glasgow 2014
 Over 1,000 young people across Scotland are gearing up to be part of the ground-breaking Lead 2014 youth leadership and volunteering campaign ahead of Glasgow 2014.
 
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02/02/2012 Members of Parliament get moving
 This week, Chair of the Youth Sport Trust, Sue Campbell, joined Members of Parliament on a walk around Westminster, to raise awareness of the benefits of taking regular exercise.
 
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01/02/2012 Success for London 2012’s International Inspiration programme as it announces 20th programme in Egypt
 LOCOG has announced that London 2012’s ground-breaking legacy programme, International Inspiration, which is supported by the Youth Sport Trust, has kept its promise to reach 12 million children in 20 countries around the world.
 
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30/01/2012 School Games county festivals receive £4 million of National Lottery funding
 Sport England have announced that 4 million pounds of National Lottery funding will be invested into the organising of annual county multi-sport festivals, part of the School Games competition.
 
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25/01/2012 Plans revealed for London 2012 World Sport Day, presented by Lloyds TSB
 At the launch of World Sport Day at the Copper Box in the Olympic Park, Schools and colleges across the UK were encouraged to start planning how they are going to celebrate the athletes and cultures of the world on Monday 25 June 2012.
 
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25/01/2012 It’s time to get involved - register for the School Games
 It's official, 2012 is here and so is the new and improved School Games website!
 
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24/01/2012 Dermot Gascoyne reflects on his athlete mentor role at the Sky Sports Living for Sport awards
 Dermot Gascoyne was the athlete mentor for Sky Sports Living for Sport 2011 award-winner, Nick Wood. He shares what it's like to be an athlete mentor in this account.
 
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23/01/2012 John Steele appointed Youth Sport Trust Chief Executive
 The Youth Sport Trust is delighted to announce that John Steele will become its new Chief Executive from 6 February 2012.
 
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19/01/2012 East Midlands pupil named UK Student of the Year
 Nick Wood of Lancaster School in Leicester has been awarded the title of Sky Sports Living for Sport Student of the Year 2011 after being named East Midlands Student of the Year in a series of UK wide regional semi-finals.
 
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19/01/2012 Lincolnshire teacher named UK Teacher of the Year
 Darren Taxis, PE Co-ordinator at The Phoenix School in Grantham, Lincolnshire, has been awarded the title of Sky Sports Living for Sport Teacher of the Year 2011 after attending an awards ceremony at Wembley Stadium.
 
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18/01/2012 Baroness Campbell: Effective delivery crucial for Youth Sport Strategy
 Baroness Sue Campbell, Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust, discusses the Youth Sport Strategy and welcomes the opportunity to help implement the strategy where it impacts on schools.
 
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11/01/2012 Premier League 4 Sport provides a blueprint for sports participation and London 2012 legacy
 Premier League 4 Sport (PL4S), a pioneering sports participation programme, has exceeded its initial target of engaging 25,000 young people in the Olympic sports of badminton, judo, table tennis and volleyball by over 50%.
 
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10/01/2012 Sainsbury’s to sponsor 2012 School Games
 Sainsbury’s is to be headline sponsor of the School Games, a great new opportunity for more young people to enjoy the benefits of competitive sport.
 
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10/01/2012 New funding announcement on youth sport
 Every secondary school in England is set to host a community sports club, as part of a new strategy to encourage young people to play sport for life.
 
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06/01/2012 Darren Campbell gets involved
 Olympic gold medallist and Youth Sport Trust Ambassador, Darren Campbell, will be appearing in the first episode of Sky Sports News Get Involved series starting on Saturday 7th January.
 
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06/01/2012 Olympian Joe Glanfield visits sports college to award young prize winners
 Youth Sport Trust School Sport Ambassador and two times silver Olympic medallist Joe Glanfield visits the Knights Templar School as Guest of Honour at the school’s annual commemoration evening.
 
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22/12/2011 National Talent Camp comes to a close
 Nearly 100 of the most talented young athletes have completed the Youth Sport Trust’s 2011 National Talent Camp at Loughborough University.
 
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19/12/2011 Pursuit of sporting glory comes at a cost
 Some of Great Britain’s young sports stars are travelling up to an astonishing 800 miles a month, training 6 days a week and spending more than £1000 a year on equipment and training in pursuit of sporting success, according to a new survey by the Youth S
 
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15/12/2011 Young talented athletes chosen for national talent camp
 Nearly 100 aspiring Olympians and Paralympians will attend the seventh National Talent Camp, run by the Youth Sport Trust from 18-21st December.
 
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13/12/2011 School Games party at No 10
 40 young people from 9 primary schools involved in the School Games have had the opportunity to visit No 10 Downing Street after being invited for a special School Games Christmas party.
 
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