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In this week’s episode, James speaks to the CEO of Youth Sport Trust and sporting advocate, Alison Oliver. She will be speaking about her role at Youth Sport Trust, her journey through education and teaching, what the future holds for YST and the challenges she has encountered as CEO of YST.

Youth Sport Trust is the UK’s leading sports charity, but she has been on a mission to raise the profile of sport since the beginning of her career. Starting her experience as a PE teacher, she developed her understanding of how sport can improve or pass young people buy. Now she is on a mission to improve every young person’s education and development through sport and play. In the last year alone, more than 300,000 young people have gotten active through YST programs. In 2020, she was awarded an MBE for her services to sport.

What you’ll find out in this week’s episode:

• How Alison developed her career from teaching to working at The British Sports Academy
• Lessons that she learnt from her love of sport, specifically Netball
• How the introduction of the PE and Sports Premium has impacted the sector
• What her ideal outcome is for the continuation of funding for the PE Premium
• The challenges that Alison has responded to as CEO of YST
• How common misperceptions can lead to misunderstanding the role of YST
• What’s the YST vision for the future?
• The finer details of Alison’s leadership style
• Alison’s thoughts on virtual lessons, school sports week and the Well School movement

…and much more!

Connect with Alison and YST:

Youth Sport Trust: youthsporttrust.org

LinkedIn: Alison Oliver MBE

Connect with James:

Instagram: @james_ventures

Facebook: Coordinate Sport FB Page

LinkedIn: James Moore

Coordinate Sport: The Drive Phase Podcast