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21 Mar 2024
A star studded night at the Youth Sport Trust 2024 Conference Awards
Katarina Johnson-Thompson was in attendance as the Youth Sport Trust presented seven awards to inspirational schools, trusts and individuals across the country.
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23 Nov 2022
Young Changemakers celebrated at national charity awards
A group of young Changemakers have been celebrated for changing lives through sport and play at a prestigious national awards evening.
22 Nov 2022
Stop the squeeze: Schools cutting back on PE for GCSE students when they need it most
Children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust has reported worrying statistics to show that children studying their GCSEs are less likely than other secondary school pupils to access the transformative power of PE.
18 Nov 2022
Youth Sport Trust response to the 2022 Autumn Statement
Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement yesterday (Thurs) Youth Sport Trust CEO Ali Oliver MBE and Youth Board Chair Lipa Nessa have issued the following response.
07 Nov 2022
Families challenged to get active during FIFA World Cup with #HalfTimeChallenge
Children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust wants to support more young people to ‘Bend it like Bale’, ‘shoot like super Jack’ and ‘back-heel like Russo’ in a drive to reduce sedentary behaviour this winter and get more families up and active whilst enjoying the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
03 Nov 2022
Dear Prime Minister... please protect our sport and play
Young Changemakers who sit on children's charity the Youth Sport Trust's Youth Board have made a rallying call to the Prime Minister ahead of the autumn budget to address a growing national crisis of young people's health and wellbeing.
26 Sep 2022
Fears young people are being ‘priced out of sport’
The Youth Sport Trust responds to the Government’s budget announcements released on Friday.
09 Sep 2022
Our charity's response to the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen
Following the statement from Buckingham Palace on 8 September 2022 announcing the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we join the nation, Commonwealth and those around the globe to mourn the loss of our Queen, a head of state, one of the most remarkable and significant people in global history – a true Changemaker.
05 Sep 2022
Friendships for life and memories made at UK’s biggest multi-sport competition for young people
Athletes from across the UK have made friendships for life and felt a sense of belonging at the 2022 School Games National Finals, the UK’s biggest multi-sport event for talented young athletes, between 1 and 4 September.
28 Jul 2022
Getting hearts beating for 60 active minutes a day this summer
The Commonwealth Games are here and today children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust is launching a mini campaign to support families to keep moving over the school summer holidays.
26 Jul 2022
We respond to Rishi Sunak's plans to boost children's physical activity
Youth Sport Trust welcomes the importance Mr. Sunak is placing on PE and sport.
14 Jul 2022
Children’s charity welcomes appointment of three new Board members
The Youth Sport Trust, which has its headquarters in Loughborough, has appointed Land Rover’s Global Sport and Humanitarian lead Claire Boakes, Sajid Gulzar OBE CEO of the Prince Albert Community Trust and Shweta Sharma, non-executive board member of BT Group’s Technology Advisory Board.
07 Jul 2022
Sport and recreation leaders call for radical reform to support sector's growth and development
A coalition of leading organisations across sport, recreation and physical activity has today come together for the first time to call for radical reform to support the growth and development of the sector.