Today the Government has announced over £600 million of ringfenced funding to support primary school physical activity and sport, alongside an additional £22 million of funding for the nationwide network of 450 School Games Organisers.

Young people, families, schools and community groups have been recognised for helping to change lives through sport at a charity’s special awards ceremony.

Vicci Wells, Head of Sport at the Youth Sport Trust, Trustee of a large Multi Academy, and a parent, blogs about the role schools can play to keep young people with SEND moving during the cost-of-living crisis.

This year, to mark World Refugee Day on 20 June 2021, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) calls for greater inclusion of refugees in health systems, schools and sport.

An inspiring weekend of athletic achievement across the ages, incredible fundraising efforts and powerful reminder of the benefits of sport and play.

Vicci Wells, National Manager - Targeted Interventions at the Youth Sport Trust, Nathan Nwenwu, Lead Teacher for PE at Lawnswood Campus and Dave Rohman, Lead Inclusion School in Lancashire who are working with Blackpool Education Diversity, blog about a new approach to working with alternative education settings and pupil referral units (PRUs) to help young people develop life skills and their voice using PE and school sport.

As we conclude Volunteers' Week 2022, let's celebrate youth voice and leadership by hearing how YST volunteers have increased confidence, participation and their sense of belonging through sport.

Youth Sport Trust (“YST”) is committed to ensuring that the principles, good governance standards and values we uphold as part of our own operations are also maintained by our suppliers. These principles, which include corporate integrity, responsible sourcing, and the safety and well-being of workers, are reflected in this Code (“the Code”), which sets out the minimum standards we expect of our suppliers.

Play Day. A national day to have fun, yes, but deeper than that it highlights a child’s basic right and need to play, blogs Chris Wright to mark the national awareness day on 5 August.

The Youth Sport Trust Young Changemaker Awards 2025 will celebrate young people who, working alongside Youth Sport Trust and Youth Sport Trust International over the past year, have made a real and impactful change to their life and the lives of others.

The following findings were presented as part of our 2020 Impact Report - published in February 2021. A full version of the report is available for download on this page.

This week saw the return of Labour Party Conference to Liverpool, and we joined attendees to explore the latest in policy thinking relating to children’s physical activity including PE, school sport and play…