Youth Sport Trust in the news
Since the Comprehensive Spending Review, there has been considerable national and regional coverage on the funding cuts announced for school sport. The Youth Sport Trust press office has been working with broadcast and print journalists, from across politics, education and sport to raise awareness through the media on exactly what these cuts mean for millions of young people, their schools, the school sport network and the 2012 Olympic legacy.
Below provides links of articles secured
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Wed 3 Nov |
BBC Radio 4 |
Today Programme – Interview with Jonathan Edwards |
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Mon 1 Nov |
Leisure Review |
What now for school sport and PE? |
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Mon 1 Nov |
The Times |
Campbell joins in the chorus of disapproval |
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Fri 29 Oct |
The Times Educational Supplement |
End of sports strategy is ‘devastating contradiction’ |
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Wed 27 Oct |
The Daily Telegraph |
Spending cuts prompt fears of ‘sporting deserts’ for children |
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Sun 24 Oct |
The Independent on Sunday |
Inside Lines: A question of trust as Baroness Sue becomes a very cross bencher
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Sun 24 Oct |
Sky Sports News |
Interview with Steve Grainger |
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Sat 23 Oct |
Inside the Games |
Tree distressed by Gove's root and branch cuts
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Fri 22 Oct |
BBC 5 Live |
London Calling – Interview with Steve Grainger |
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Fri 22 Oct |
The Guardian |
Funding cuts will ‘decimate’ gains made at grassroots level |
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Fri 22 Oct |
The Daily Mail |
It’s a wrap... or not: Olympic Stadium 2012 won’t be tied up by design
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Fri 22 Oct |
Inside the Games |
Budget cuts "devastating news" for school sport says Trust chief |
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Thurs 21 Oct |
The Guardian |
Schools bear brunt as ‘devastating’ cuts batter sport |
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Thurs 21 Oct |
The Guardian |
Fears for London 2012 legacy as school sport funding is the big loser |
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Thurs 21 Oct |
The Daily Telegraph |
School sport cuts hit 2012 Legacy |
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Thurs 21 Oct |
The Times |
Sixth formers and teachers will lose out despite claim that schools pot is safe |
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Thurs 21 Oct |
The Daily Telegraph |
Olympics to be spared in Sports cuts |