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20th December 2007

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.

Our offices will close at 4pm on Thursday 20th December and will re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2008.

It really has been an incredible year for the Youth Sport Trust and school sport. We very much look forward to working with you in the New Year, but for now, here are a few highlights of 2007.

2007

January
The first multi-sport National Talent Orientation Camp takes place with round 100 of Britain’s most talented youngsters in five Olympic sports attending.

NTOC logo

February
Sports College Conference celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first designated Sports Colleges back in 1997. It was hailed the biggest and best yet.

Sue Campbell

March
A star-studded Gala Dinner at the Savoy Hotel, London raises money for the “Believe to Achieve with Kelly Holmes” programme, which looks to support elite young athletes.

Believe to Achieve with Kelly Holmes

April
The annual Step into Sport Residential Camp saw 400 young volunteers descend onto Loughborough University Campus.

Dame Kelly Holmes at the Step into Sport camp

May
The National School Sport Champion Dame Kelly Holmes - a government backed role supported by Norwich Union and managed by the Youth Sport Trust - is relaunched for her second year with a whirlwind tour of the country via helicopter!

Dame Kelly Holmes

June
Darren Campbell becomes Sky Living For Sport Ambassador and Denise Lewis becomes Zoneparc and Early Years Ambassador.

Darren CampbellDenise Lewis

July
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces £100m extra funding into school sport to create a National School Sport Week and the roll out of Competition Managers.

School Sport

August
The second UK School Games s saw 1300 competitors in eight sports battling for honours over the three days of competition in Coventry.

UK School Games

September
Dame Kelly Holmes kicks off the second year of Norwich Union Girls Active.

Dame Kelly Holmes

October
The fourth annual School Sport Survey reveals 86% of pupils now participating in two hours of high quality PE and out-of-hours school sport each week.

Youngsters enjoying sport

November
Research unveiled by the Youth Sport Trust found that despite British teenagers often being portrayed as stroppy, overweight, binge-drinking Vicky Pollards, this is not the case for the majority of teens.

December
The second Special Schools Conference focuses on developing partnerships and collaborations to ensure all young disabled people and special educational needs pupils receive five hours of high quality PE and sport a week.

Disabled pupil

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