Schools sign up for Sky Sports Living for Sport

Thursday, 24 June 2009

Our Sky Sports Living for Sport programme entered a new online phase this academic year and so far more than 500 schools have registered.

The ambition of the project is for 2,000 schools and 30,000 young people to register with Sky Sports Living for Sport by 2012 and to build the activities into curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Steve Grainger, Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust, said:

“Sky Sports Living for Sport is a real success story that produces some great results, helping to motivate and inspire thousands of young people.  Now in its sixth year, the website allows us to offer it to every school in the country and hope that by using the power of sport, we can support thousands more youngsters through the programme.”

Since the programme began in 2003, 17,000 young people in over 600 schools have benefitted from Sky Sports Living for Sport. An independent study on the impact of Sky Sports Living for Sport carried out by The Institute of Youth Sport at Loughborough University provides some very encouraging figures: 68.7% of teachers reported the project had a positive impact on reducing bullying in their schools and 80% of pupils sustained positive impact at 12 and 24 months after the end of the project.

Sky Sports Living for Sport is a programme for secondary schools in the UK that uses sport to motivate and inspire young people who are at risk of opting out of school life. The free scheme for 11 to 16 year olds was created by the Youth Sport Trust in partnership with Sky.

Click here and sign up your school today.