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This will be a straight doubling of the current formula and the Youth Sport Trust welcomes the fact that primaries will be able to invest further in their PE and sports provision for their students.

We are delighted to confirm this announcement also includes a section reconfirming the DfE’s commitment to doubling the Primary PE and Sport Premium from September.

More than 100 young people took part in an Allianz Dare to Believe festival with the Youth Sport Trust at the Copper Box Arena on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The recent coverage of ‘school sports day’, questioning their value, purpose and even existence painted a false image of the health of school sport.

In recent years the UK has enjoyed success across a vast range of sports. Despite these inspiring performances, physical activity levels across the nation’s children are in decline.

The Youth Sport Trust’s Girls Active programme announced its first ever award winners, with BBC 6 Music’s Gemma Cairney, ambassador for the initiative, sharing the winners on Instagram.

The FA and the Youth Sport Trust have launched a new partnership to inspire more girls into football during National School Sport Week.

As National School Sport Week gets underway, YST Chief Executive, Ali Oliver, says PE is changing, as schools across the country get set to take part in the week-long celebration of school sport.

The Youth Sport Trust launches its search for a new Chair, following the decision by Baroness Sue Campbell to stand down in December 2017.

Allianz and the Youth Sport Trust have partnered to deliver 20 ‘Dare to Believe’ Festivals, to tackle attitudes and perceptions to special needs and disability among young people.

The Youth Sport Trust joined more than 100 inspirational students, teachers and Athlete Mentors to celebrate the Sky Sports Living for Sport Awards.

With the election ahead and all three main party manifestos out, Youth Sport Trust Chief Executive, Alison Oliver, takes a look at what the latest pledges might mean for PE and school sport.