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Source: GOV.UK 25.06.22

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sport-and-music-education-championed-with-new-investment

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Children across the country are to be supported to find and develop their passions through increased opportunities to study music, learn instruments and take up sports and activities thanks to a multi-million-pound investment into sports and music education.

The announcement made by the gove

Source: Street Games June 22

https://www.streetgames.org/news-2/streetgames-lifeline-collaboration

 

A new collaborative programme between StreetGames and LifeLine will support young people across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge for the next two years.

The joint programme follows the news that LifeLine has been awarded £500,000 from the Mayor of London’s New Deal for Young People fund to deliver their award-winning SW!TCH mentoring programme to schools across the area.

The New Deal

Source: Youth Sport Trust 20.06.22

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/on-your-marks-get-set-go-for-national-school-sport-week

 

Thousands of schools, young people, parents, politicians, and businesses up and down the country will be raising awareness of the vital importance of PE, sport and play as National School Sport Week returns (20 to 26 June).

Evidence shows that unhappy and unhealthy children don’t learn well. Through its new strategy the Youth Sport Trust is working to bui

Source: Durham University June 22

https://durhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8jFaVxrJBiIwqHk

 

Physical activity can have a wide range of benefits, but participation in physical activity in school is lower for autistic students compared to non-autistic students. The project is looking to involve PE teachers and reflecting on their experiences of teaching autistic students in school. The research is being done by the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development at Durham University; they

Source: UK Active 06.06.22

https://www.ukactive.com/news/ukactive-and-nike-launch-blueprint-for-unlocking-nations-school-sport-facilities-outside-of-school-hours/

 

ukactive and Nike have launched the Open Doors Blueprint, a new guide which has the potential to unlock the UK’s school sport facilities, giving every child and young person access to activities and food outside of school hours.

The blueprint is based on the Open Doors programme, which was designed with Nike and forms part of ukactiv

Source: sportstartshere.com May 22

Free resources and football equipment provided with Monster Kickabout

 

Monster Kickabout is a nationwide Primary School football initiative from Sports Direct and Nike, created to encourage more children and young people to take up football, with free resources and football equipment provided to help teachers host a week of football fun.

Their goal is to help put the ALL back into football. They want ALL kids of ALL genders and ALL abilities to find their reas

Source: Youth Sport Trust 26.05.22

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/power-of-pe-good-school-experiences-have-generational-impact

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/research/pe-school-sport-the-annual-report-2022

 

New research from the Youth Sport Trust, conducted by YouGov, comes as the charity looks to National School Sport Week 20-26 June, when it will be championing a place for every child in sport and encouraging schools to focus on physical activity and sport env

Source: Activity Alliance 18.05.22

https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/7191-new-inclusion-2024-education-hub-to-improve-future-pe-experiences

 

Teachers across England will have access to resources for inclusive PE through the Inclusion 2024 inclusive education hub. It is created in partnership by Activity Alliance, Youth Sport Trust and Department for Education. The aim of the hub is to support more teachers responsible for PE and school sport to engage more disabled students. The impact w

Source: Women in Sport May 22

https://www.womeninsport.org/press-release/big-sister-aims-to-break-down-the-barriers-to-teenage-girls-exercising/

 

A new programme designed to provide a supportive space for teenage girls has launched to help girls find and reclaim the joy of sport and exercise during puberty. Big Sister provides girls with an extensive range of resources and support – created and shaped by other girls – to enable them to find out about the changes that happen to their bodies whil

Source: Youth Sport Trust 03.05.22

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/charity-campaign-aims-to-get-1-million-children-doing-school-sport

 

The Youth Sport Trust is asking teachers, parents, and organisations across the UK to help every child find a place to belong on National School Sport Week this summer.

The UK is facing a ‘new pandemic’ of loneliness, rising mental health needs and childhood inactivity. In a bid to get more young people to have fun doing sport and find their pl

Source: International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health

https://twitter.com/LydiaCollison/status/1511282272133132295

 

 

New paper published last week ‘Children’s voices in physical activity research: a qualitative review and synthesis of UK children’s perspectives’. https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/ijerph/ijerph-19-03993/article_deploy/ijerph-19-03993.pdf

 

We sought to understand what is currently known about 1) why children think physical activity is important, 2) the factors

Source: Youth Sport Trust 25.03.22

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/mps-debate-making-pe-a-core-subject

 

MPs have debated making PE a core subject in Westminster this week. It comes as Ofsted recently released its report reviewing what good PE teaching should include.

In the debate MP Edward Timpson made the case for a move towards PE becoming a core subject.

Youth Sport Trust research conducted in 2018 was referenced as evidence showing the whistle has been blown on PE time ag

Source: Sport England 01.03.22

https://www.sportengland.org/news/new-funding-school-games-reach-disadvantaged-young-people

 

As part of Sport England’s commitment to support the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the organisation is investing £2m of National Lottery funds to help the 450 School Games Organisers reach 19,000 schools across the country.

The School Games will be delivering the United by Birmingham 2022’s mission to improve the health and wellbeing of young people, using inspiratio

Source: Youth Sport Trust 22.02.22

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/charity-releases-annual-impact-report

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/research/impact-report-2021

 

Young people reported feeling happier, more confident, and more physically active after participating in programmes run by the Youth Sport Trust, last year. The charity’s 2021 annual Impact Report also shows the positive impact its programmes had on young people’s communication, teamworking and leader

Source: Activity Alliance 17.02.22

https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/6910-new-activity-cards-deliver-inclusive-challenging-and-fun-pe-sessions

 

The Activity Alliance and partners have released a series of inclusive PE activity cards for teachers and school staff. The cards are jam-packed with fun games and activities, and support teachers to ensure their PE sessions are inclusive and accessible for all school pupils.

Created with the PE curriculum in mind, the games and activities are de

Source:Gov.uk 16.02.22

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/physical-activity-guidelines-for-disabled-children-and-disabled-young-people-methodology/uk-chief-medical-officers-physical-activity-guidelines-for-disabled-children-and-disabled-young-people-methodology

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The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has published the UK Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines for disabled ch

Source: Activity Alliance 20.01.22

https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/6793-sense-report-aims-to-understand-physical-activity-needs-of-families#:~:text=Sense%20report%20aims%20to%20understand%20physical%20activity%20needs%20of%20families,-20%20January%202022&text=The%20new%20report%20from%20Sense,activity%20for%20children%20%26%20young%20people.

https://www.sense.org.uk/get-support/arts-sport-and-wellbeing/sense-sport/our-programme/

 

A new report Understanding the physical activity needs o

Source: Gov.UK 11.01.22

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/physical-activity-data-tool-january-2022-update/physical-activity-data-tool-statistical-commentary-january-2022

 

New data on children and young people’s physical activity in 2020 to 2021 has been added to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities' Physical Activity Tool which includes related risk factors and conditions such as obesity and diabetes.

The data shows that activity levels remain down compared to pre-pandemic b

Source: Gov.uk 21.12.21

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/holiday-activities-and-food-programme/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-2021

 

The holiday activities and food programme (HAF) which supports children in receipt of free school meals through holiday periods was successfully rolled out across England in 2021, following a successful pilot. In October 2021, the government increased funding by over £200 million per year over the next 3 financial years. The funding is to help loca

Source: Young Peoples Health 14.12.21

https://www.youngpeopleshealth.org.uk/what-are-health-inequalities-and-why-do-they-matter-for-young-people

 

According to the Association of Young People’s Health, Covid-19 has exacerbated health inequalities amongst young people in the UK, with those from disadvantaged backgrounds or minority groups being disproportionately affected. Young people have experienced huge upheavals during this period, with unprecedented changes to education, university, employm