7th August 2008
News and developments
News archive
| 20/12/2007 | Season’s Greetings |
| All of us at the Youth Sport Trust would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. | |
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| 17/12/2007 | Soph far, so good for ex-YST scholar |
| Former Youth Sport Trust Beckwith Scholar Sophie Weguelin is celebrating more great news in 2007 as her sailing career continues to go from strength-to-strength. | |
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| 12/12/2007 | Daley wins Young Sports Personality |
| Promising diver Thomas Daley has been crowned 2007 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year at a glittering live television awards. | |
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| 30/11/2007 | Young leader wins award |
| Joe Harris, of Hodge Hill Sport and Enterprise College, Birmingham was commended at The Daily Telegraph's School Sport Matters awards. He received his prize (placing him 3rd in the nation, behind two elite national athletes), at a national awards ceremon | |
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| 26/11/2007 | Final three shortlisted for BBC Award |
| Former Beckwith Scholar Paul Drinkhall is on a shortlist of three finalists for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award 2007. | |
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| 23/11/2007 | Do you know an inspirational young volunteer? |
| The Young Achievers Trust has launched a national search for England's star achievers with the opening of nominations for the prestigious Young Achievers Awards. | |
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| 22/11/2007 | YST reveals names of scholars |
| The Youth Sport Trust has announced the names of the first young athletes who will receive funding as part of its “Believe to Achieve with Kelly Holmes” scholarship programme. | |
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| 20/11/2007 | YST congratulates Lottery funded young athletes |
| UK Athletics has confirmed the names of 234 athletes who will receive National Lottery funding during 2008 across all levels of the World Class Programme. | |
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| 16/11/2007 | Pilot passport scheme takes off |
| The Youth Sport Trust is pleased to announce the launch of the SiS Volunteer Passport pilot scheme. The SiS Volunteer Passport is a dedicated website to allow volunteers to quickly register all their volunteering hours. | |
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| 14/11/2007 | The gifted and talented find new online home |
| The Youth Sport Trust has announced the launch of the all new Talent Ladder website. Aimed at gifted and talented pupils in PE and sport, teachers, coaches and parents, the Talent Ladder website provides information that will be able to help guide and pro | |
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| 13/11/2007 | UK School Games legacy continues as inaugural venue gets a boost |
| Glasgow’s Scotstoun Stadium, which hosted the Youth Sport Trust’s first UK School Games in September 2006, is set to receive a £4.5 million investment from the Scottish Government. The money will go towards a £14.2million overhaul of the stadium, up grad | |
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| 13/11/2007 | Inspiring our future athletes |
| All eyes will be on Crystal Palace this Friday for one of the biggest athletics events of the year – the Norwich Union London Grand Prix. | |
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| 12/11/2007 | BBC Young Sports Personality 2007 - The Finalists |
| The Youth Sport Trust is proud to continue its support of the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award, which recognises the cream of Britain’s outstanding young sporting talent. | |
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| 09/11/2007 | Glasgow grabs Games again |
| The legacy of the UK School Games proved its worth for Glasgow as today, the city won the race to stage one of the biggest events in sport: the Commonwealth Games. Celebrations are taking place over Glasgow and Scotland with hundreds gathering in the city | |
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| 31/10/2007 | Stunning line-up of athlete mentors revealed |
| Olympic, Paralympic, World, Commonwealth and European Champions across a variety of sports make up this year’s inspirational team of Sky Living For Sport Athlete Mentors. | |
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| 31/10/2007 | Talented students excel with new pilot card scheme |
| Youth Sport Trust is pleased to announce the pilot of the I eXcel card in conjunction with British Gymnastics, British Diving and England Hockey. Each NGB has nominated eligible young people to register their details online and test out the new scheme. | |
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| 26/10/2007 | Book your place now! |
| Registration is now open for the next round of TOP Link Conferences. With a choice of over 32 venues, schools have been invited to register for a conference near them. Places are limited so submit your registration today. | |
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| 24/10/2007 | Kelly’s scholars shown pathway to success |
| As British sport starts to recover from last weekend’s near misses in Rugby and Formula 1, the Youth Sport Trust is ensuring the next generation of sporting stars get the best possible start to their sporting careers. | |
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| 10/10/2007 | Athlete mentoring scheme launched |
| A scheme designed to give disadvantaged young people the chance to get their lives back on track with the help of elite sports stars has been launched today with support from the Youth Sport Trust. | |
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| 05/10/2007 | New role spurs on Young Ambassadors |
| This year’s Young Ambassador Conferences drew to a close on Friday as the remaining 200 new recruits were inspired and challenged by Olympic and Paralympian greats at White Hart Lane stadium, home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. | |
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