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02 Apr 2025
Youth Sport Trust Launches National School Sports Week 2025 Powered by Sports Direct x Under Armour
Celebrating 30 years of the Youth Sport Trust and in partnership with leading sports brands, this year’s nationwide sports campaign champions an Always Active approach to school life and hosts the UK’s biggest-ever sports day.
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20 Feb 2020
Youth Sport Trust one of the UK’s best places to work
The Youth Sport Trust, a children’s charity working to improve young people’s lives through sport, is one of the best places to work in the UK according to the 2020 Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Companies to Work for list.
06 Feb 2020
Young sports activist to be recognised at Sport Gives Back
The inaugural Sport Gives Back Awards are the brainchild of former international triple jumper Connie Henry, who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and will be held at The Royal Institution in London’s Mayfair on March 5, 2020.
30 Jan 2020
Charity named one of Britain's Top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers
The Youth Sport Trust (YST) has been named one of the most inclusive employers in Britain by lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality charity Stonewall in its Top 100 Employers list for 2020.
27 Jan 2020
Access to sports halls and playing fields after the bell rings a step in right direction, says charity
Children's charity the Youth Sport Trust said keeping sports halls and playing fields open during the holidays will be crucial to make a lasting difference to children's wellbeing.
21 Jan 2020
School Girls Empowered to Become Campaigners for PE
New resources are being rolled out to girls in secondary schools as part of a campaign to empower them to get their peers active.
16 Jan 2020
More than 630,000 children supported to have better wellbeing through sport & play
The Youth Sport Trust (YST) has today revealed through its annual Impact report that it helped 630,000 young people benefit from training and opportunities to participate in high, quality inclusive sport and play last year.
13 Jan 2020
Sport and play has key role in building next generation of empathetic leaders
Empathy Week will take place between 24-28 February 2020 and is a free resource and includes films, lesson plans, a teacher’s guide and student worksheets.
09 Jan 2020
Ready, Steady, Mo! Olympic champion spearheads New Year challenge
Sir Mo Farah teams up with Village Hotel Club to launch ‘Mo’s Million Mile Challenge’ to raise vital funds for Youth Sport Trust.
10 Dec 2019
Joanna Adams joins the board of the Youth Sport Trust
The Youth Sport Trust is delighted to confirm that Joanna Adams has been appointed to its Board of Trustees.
09 Dec 2019
Charity among first in Leics to be awarded inclusive status
Loughborough-based children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust has been awarded with a Disability Confident Leader status - and is the second organisation in Leicestershire to achieve the inclusive recognition.
05 Dec 2019
New data showing over 2 million children inactive is 'unacceptable' says charity
Children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust has responded to new research showing that levels of physical activity among young people are increasing - but still ‘unacceptably’ low in schools.
29 Nov 2019
'Young voices can be ignored no longer' say more than 140 children's organisations
Today, the Youth Sport Trust supports an open letter led by the National Children's Bureau to call on the major political parties to put children and young people at the heart of their campaigns and set out how they will tackle the issues children care about.