7th January 2009
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News Articles 2007 - 2008
| 05/01/2009 | Eleanor receives an MBE |
| Eleanor Simmonds, the 14-year-old double Paralympic swimming gold medalist, received an MBE in the New Year Honours List, making her the youngest person - and first minor - to receive an honour. | |
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| 18/12/2008 | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year |
| Our Chair, Sue Campbell, CBE and Chief Executive, Steve Grainger, MBE reflect over the last year and send their best wishes to you for the festive period. | |
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| 17/12/2008 | A Question of Sport |
| The Youth Sport Trust in partnership with athletesDIRECT speaks to some of Britain’s top sports stars. | |
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| 15/12/2008 | Eleanor wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year |
| Paralympic swimmer Eleanor Simmonds was named the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year last night in Liverpool. | |
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| 12/12/2008 | Gartner’s Golf Day raises money for the Youth Sport Trust |
| In September the Gartner EMEA Golf Society, the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, held their fourth Annual Golf Day at Windlesham Golf Club in Bagshot to raise money for the Youth Sport Trust. | |
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| 11/12/2008 | Baroness Campbell of Loughborough |
| Sue Campbell CBE, Chair of the Youth Sport Trust and UK Sport, has been introduced to the House of Lords today as life peer Baroness Campbell of Loughborough. | |
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| 08/12/2008 | Deadline for Innovation Awards 2009 |
| The 2009 Innovation Awards application deadline is fast approaching, with less than two weeks until the closing date, Friday 19 December 2008. | |
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| 04/12/2008 | Dame Kelly visits Leicester |
| Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes is in Leicester today to support Norwich Union GirlsActive, a scheme which encourages more teenage girls to participate in PE and sport. | |
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| 01/12/2008 | Special Schools PE and Sport Conference 2008 |
| Our third national conference for those delivering PE and sport opportunities to young disabled people and Special Educational Needs pupils kicks off today in Nottingham. | |
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| 28/11/2008 | BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award 2008 |
| The ten finalists for this year’s BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, which recognises Britain’s outstanding young sporting talent, have now been shortlisted down to three. | |
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| 27/11/2008 | Foreign Secretary meets young leaders |
| Rt Hon David Miliband, MP recently met young leaders from Bradford and Uganda involved in the Dreams + Teams initiative run by the Youth Sport Trust and the British Council. | |
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| 26/11/2008 | YST plays significant role in International Inspiration |
| The Youth Sport Trust has joined forces with a UK Sport, British Council, UNICEF, LOCOG and others to support the International Inspiration programme which aims to use the power of sport to transform the lives of 12 million children. | |
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| 18/11/2008 | National School Sport Week: the work continues |
| Earlier this year schools throughout the country celebrated PE and school sport with the first ever National School Sport Week (NSSW). And what a momentous week it was! | |
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| 17/11/2008 | Local MP goes back to school |
| Parmjit Dhanda, MP for Gloucester, visited Beaufort Community School on Friday 14 November to meet students involved on our Sky Sports Living for Sport programme. | |
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| 13/11/2008 | Kelly attends Norwich Union GirlsActive roadshow |
| Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes is in Stafford today to support our Norwich Union GirlsActive programme. | |
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| 13/11/2008 | Olympic and paralympic medallists back programme |
| Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists Darren Campbell and Helene Raynsford have given their backing to our Sky Sports Living for Sport programme. | |
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| 12/11/2008 | BBC Young Sports Personality 2008 |
| The Youth Sport Trust is proud to continue its support of the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award, which recognises Britain’s outstanding young sporting talent. | |
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| 11/11/2008 | Sportsability Festival gets kids active |
| School pupils in Leicester are today having the chance to show off their sporting talent and leadership skills at a special festival thanks to a partnership between the Youth Sport Trust and the Hilton in the Community Foundation. | |
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| 10/11/2008 | Darren encourages teens to get into volunteering |
| Olympic gold medallist, Darren Campbell is in Shropshire today to encourage 16-19 year olds to get involved in volunteering. | |
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| 06/11/2008 | Sponsors announced! |
| With the Sports Colleges Conference 2009 on the horizon, the Youth Sport Trust is delighted to announce the sponsors for this year’s Sports Colleges Innovation Awards. | |
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