About this programme:
Sky Sports Living for Sport is accessible to all secondary schools and designed to use sport to motivate and inspire young people who are finding life hard at school. Schools involved in the programme have the opportunity to receive t-shirts for their young people and a visit from one of a team of world-class athletes. This team has been selected for their ability to engage with young people through their own stories of success and struggle, including the challenges they had to overcome such as bullying, dyslexia, exclusion and living with a disability.
Target audience:
11 to 16 year olds - Sky Sports Living for Sport can be used in any secondary school and projects typically involve a small group of young people.
Issues that this programme tackles:
Sky Sports Living for Sport can be used to improve behaviour and punctuality, increase self-confidence, develop team work and many other issues. The programme is flexible to the schools' needs and the benefits are often seen whole school.
How is this programme accessed?
The programme is accessible to every school in the UK through the Sky Sports Living for Sport website. This provides staff with all the information they need to complete their project, the opportunity to plan, track and report on their project online as well as case studies from schools that have run the project.
Click here to visit the website
Further information:
Sky Sports Living for Sport information sheet
Contact:
Dan Mitchinson, Project Support Assistant
T: 01509 226648
E: dan.mitchinson@youthsporttrust.org