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What do Youth Sports Trust do?

What do Youth Sports Trust do?

The Youth Sport Trust is the UK’s leading charity improving every young person’s education and development through sport and play. Working together, we empower young people to achieve their own personal best and equip educators to change lives.

Is Youth Sport Trust a governing body?

The Youth Sport Trust is a children’s charity working to ensure every child enjoys the life-changing benefits that come from play and sport. We work with more than 20,000 schools across the UK, all of the main national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) and have a long track record working with government.

What are the negatives of youth sports?

Dark Side of Youth Sports

  • alcohol abuse.
  • dropouts.
  • early specialization.
  • eating disorders.
  • exploitation.
  • Out-of-Control Parents.
  • out-of-control parents.
  • overuse injuries.

When was the Youth Sport Trust founded?

1995
Since 1995 we have been pioneering new ways of using sport to improve children’s wellbeing and give them a brighter future.

How is the Youth Sport Trust funded?

We raise funds from a number of sources in order to deliver our mission: we bid to other charities, trusts and grant giving bodies, we apply to lottery distributors, we tender for government contracts and we work in partnership with businesses through sponsorships and corporate social responsibility projects.

Who is sporting equals funded by?

A national project backed by £2 million from the Treasury and supported by DCMS, awarding grants to community projects.

What are the pros and cons of youth sports?

The Pros and Cons of Youth Sports Aren’t Only Physical

  • Self-esteem is tied to sports performance.
  • Coaches who demoralize and bully.
  • Delusions that sport will provide college scholarships.
  • Strained relationships with over-invested parents.
  • Unhealthy performance pressure.
  • Inappropriate feelings of superiority.

Are youth sports too intense?

The chances of playing a sport professionally are extremely slim. Many young athletes end up pushing themselves too hard and get injured. Others burn out from all the pressure. In fact, 7 out of 10 kids who play organized sports quit by age 13, according to the National Alliance for Youth Sports.

What is the Sainsbury’s School Games?

The School Games, which is funded by Sport England National Lottery funding and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, is a government led programme designed to deliver competitive school sport to all young people.

Is Sporting equal to success?

Due to the Sporting Equals approach and experience, knowledge, key links and cultural sensitivity, the Supporting Impact and Change Project has been a huge success leaving its beneficiaries of staff, volunteers and older people with a positive impact on supporting older BME people in the main key project areas of …

Why was sporting equals introduced?

Set up in 1998 by Sport England and the former Commission for Racial Equality, Sporting Equals aims to raise awareness of the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and to promote inclusion and diversity across the sport and health sectors.

What are the positive effects of playing sports?

Great Benefits of Playing Sport

  • Better Sleep. Fast Company suggests that exercise and sport triggers chemicals in the brain that can make you feel happier and relaxed.
  • A Strong Heart.
  • New Connections.
  • Improved Lung Function.
  • Increased Confidence.
  • Reduces Stress.
  • Improve Mental Health.
  • Sport Builds Leaders.

What is the role of the Youth Sports Trust?

Structure and roles of the youth sports trust. The roles of the youth sports trust, the youth sports trust is a national organisation that is set up to change young people’s lives for the better, hopefully make them more active and involved in sports by using various techniques.

Why join the sporting Trust?

It also allows you to meet new people and make new friends. The Sporting Trust is a not-for-profit social enterprise that delivers and supports various football based services, programmes and events to children and adults in the local community.

What is the Football Community Trust?

The Trust works in synergy with its partner organisation Sporting 87 Football Club to provide a ‘total football community service’. Together with Sporting 87 we are England Football Accredited; a partnership that has won the Suffolk FA award for best Community Charter Standard Organisation three times.

What does sportsport do for You?

Sport gives young people a platform to have their voice heard and a place to feel they belong. We harness this extraordinary power to change young lives today and help them build a brighter tomorrow. We run inclusive and innovative programmes that support young people to: improve health and wellbeing