About

Overview

The Youth Sport Trust is a national children's charity. We build brighter futures by improving young people's health and wellbeing. We empower young people and equip educators with the life changing benefits of PE, play and sport. Founded in 1995, we provide opportunities for over 2 million children every year to take part. Our vision is to create a future where every child enjoys the life-changing benefits of play and sport.

What We Do

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We’re the UK’s leading children's charity for improving the education and development of every child through play and sport. We do this by running inclusive and innovative programmes, providing practical tools and resources, and bringing together communities of educators.

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Our Impact

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We release an annual impact report each year which reflects on the work of the charity across the past 12 months. Our impact report is typically released each autumn and covers the previous academic year. Our most recent report, which looks at September 2022 - August 2023, is available via the link below. 

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Our People

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Our work is only possible thanks to the people who work tirelessly to support and champion the Youth Sport Trust. Here you can find out more about our Ambassadors, our leaders; including our founders and patrons, our board, and our senior leadership team, as well as our Youth Board and other wider networks.​

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Governance

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As an organisation which receives public funding through Sport England, we are required to comply with A Code for Sports Governance. The Code includes a set of mandatory requirements across five principles of good governance: structure, people, communication, standards and conduct, and policies and processes.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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Through our work we strive to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to participate in high quality PE and sport, regardless of their background, ethnicity, gender, ability or indeed any other personal characteristic. We have a number of policies in relation to our commitment to equality and diversity and these can be found here.

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Safeguarding

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The Youth Sport Trust has a proud track record of delivering major events for thousands of children and young people every year. Critical to our success is ensuring that we always provided a safe, friendly and enjoyable experience for children, young people and adults which puts the welfare of everyone at the heart of what we do.

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