A message from the Youth Sport Trust. |
"Over the last few weeks you may have seen several different reports and rumours concerning the future of sport, school sport, Sports Colleges and School Sport Partnerships. During what is a period of inevitable change we wanted to write to you and re-assure you that we are doing all we can personally, and as an organisation, to ensure as many people as possible are aware of the excellent work you are doing and the impact it is having. As you know the Youth Sport Trust is an independent company limited by guarantee with charitable status and we are totally committed to delivering better opportunities for young people to participate, perform and lead in sport in partnership with you - and that will never change!
Government have announced the process for the Comprehensive Spending Review, the exercise which sets departments plans and priorities for 2011/12 to 2014/15, and the results of this are anticipated in the early autumn. It is only then that there will be any informed decisions about the future. You will be aware that significant additional cuts are expected in public expenditure and that there is also a strong commitment to devolve significant amounts of central funding directly to schools. During this period there are likely to be lots more rumours about what will and won't happen and we'd urge you not to take too much notice of these and to wait for the outcomes of the review.
We continue to believe that School Sport Partnerships provide a highly effective and efficient delivery mechanism. Indeed we believe that they are the only way to ensure that every school creates opportunities and that consistency of delivery is available for young people of all ages and abilities. It is on this basis that we will keep advocating at all levels and with a wide range of individuals and organisations - we would urge you to continue doing likewise.
In what we know is a difficult time please stay positive and let's keep our focus where it needs to be - delivering the very best sport opportunities for young people.
Thanks again for all you continue to do for young people through sport"
With kind regards,
Baroness Sue Campbell (Chair) and Steve Grainger (Chief Executive)
