http://tonyblairoffice.org en Copyright 2010 2010-09-01T00:25:21+00:00 /sports/news-entry/county-councillor-runs-for-the-sports-foundation/ /sports/news-entry/county-councillor-runs-for-the-sports-foundation/ The Northern Echo recently reported how Councillor Rob Yorke and his colleagues are stepping up to the challenge of the Great North Run on behalf of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation. Sports Foundation 2010-08-31T12:26:37+00:00 /sports/news-entry/tbsf-volunteers-become-local-heroes/ /sports/news-entry/tbsf-volunteers-become-local-heroes/ Find out how qualified TBSF coaches lend a helping hand to the Local Heroes scheme in Newcastle. Sports Foundation 2010-08-11T15:02:59+00:00 /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-hopes-britain-will-get-a-sense-of-pride-achievement-and-uni/ /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-hopes-britain-will-get-a-sense-of-pride-achievement-and-uni/ Just two years before London 2012 kicks-off, Tony Blair spoke to BBC News about his expectation for what he described as a sporting event which will be “beyond calculation” in it’s worth for Britain. Office of Tony Blair, Sports Foundation 2010-07-27T10:04:18+00:00 /sports/news-entry/local-heroes-back-again-to-save-our-summer/ /sports/news-entry/local-heroes-back-again-to-save-our-summer/ The summer holidays are upon us and that means lots of activities being organised through local schools and sports clubs to keep lots of children active and lots of parents happy throughout the holidays! Sports Foundation 2010-07-26T13:46:17+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Latest-TBSF-Coaching-Course-Announced/ /sports/news-entry/Latest-TBSF-Coaching-Course-Announced/ Rowing is one of six sports that the Foundation supports ...... Sports Foundation 2010-07-14T18:23:05+00:00 /sports/news-entry/darras-hall-first-school-slams-to-victory/ /sports/news-entry/darras-hall-first-school-slams-to-victory/ The 2010 Tennis Cup Challenge, the winners and runners up........ Sports Foundation 2010-07-12T15:57:02+00:00 /sports/news-entry/TBSF-Tennis-Challenge-Cup-gets-competitive/ /sports/news-entry/TBSF-Tennis-Challenge-Cup-gets-competitive/ Shotton Hall Junior School wins the County Durham Final Sports Foundation 2010-07-02T14:43:35+00:00 /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-sports-foundation-working-to-make-north-east-a-beacon-of-sport/ /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-sports-foundation-working-to-make-north-east-a-beacon-of-sport/ Tony Blair today visited Northumbria University’s new Sport Central complex as his Sports Foundation launched a new scheme to get North East businesses working to improve access to sport for all and make the region a beacon of s Office of Tony Blair, Sports Foundation 2010-06-25T14:28:29+00:00 /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-launches-corporate-membership/ /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-launches-corporate-membership/ As part of the charity’s drive to get the North East ready for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tony Blair Sports Foundation is looking to partner with businesses to open up sport to even more young people in their local communiti Office of Tony Blair, Sports Foundation 2010-06-25T11:41:47+00:00 /sports/news-entry/north-of-tyne-athletics-network-job-vacancy/ /sports/news-entry/north-of-tyne-athletics-network-job-vacancy/ The North of Tyne Athletics Network (NOTAN) has recently been successful in securing funding for the next 3 years from England Athletics. The new network has been created in partnership with Tyne and Wear Sport, The Tony Blair Sports Foundation, North Tyneside Council and Northumbria University to develop the sport of athletics. To assist NOTAN and drive athletics forward an exciting new position of Network Coordinator has been created. Sports Foundation 2010-06-16T15:32:02+00:00 /sports/news-entry/men-make-a-move/ /sports/news-entry/men-make-a-move/ Men’s Health Week 2010 will be the first-ever national campaign to encourage men to become more physically active. Sports Foundation 2010-06-09T21:08:05+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Help-more-people-play-sport-by-running-the-Great-North-Run/ /sports/news-entry/Help-more-people-play-sport-by-running-the-Great-North-Run/ If you’re still looking to secure yourself a place in this years Great North Run then here’s where we can help you and in return you can help more children and young peo Office of Tony Blair, Sports Foundation 2010-05-05T14:09:04+00:00 /sports/news-entry/joes-story-In-off-the-backboard-part-2/ /sports/news-entry/joes-story-In-off-the-backboard-part-2/ Having undergone the training for his Level 1 basketball qualification in February, it was crunch time this weekend for Joe Keenan, the Community Engagement Manager at the Tony Blair Sports Foundation. Here he explains how his assessment for the qualification went. Sports Foundation 2010-04-20T11:49:15+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Are-you-ready-to-Be-a-Sporting-Hero/ /sports/news-entry/Are-you-ready-to-Be-a-Sporting-Hero/ Research shows that three months after we made our New Year's resolutions, more than 78% of us have let our good intentions slide - but - as we turn our clocks to summertime - the Tony Blair Sports Foundation is giving you an opportunity to make a fresh start, get fit and help local children at the same time. The ‘Be a Sporting Hero’ Campaign, launched this week, is targeted at community organisations and workplaces and aims to find and train volunteers who will help children play sport. Sports Foundation 2010-04-07T13:13:14+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Indoor-Rowing-success-at-National-level/ /sports/news-entry/Indoor-Rowing-success-at-National-level/ On Tuesday this week indoor rowers from the North East travelled to London to take part in the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC). Senior Competition Manager, Rod Rogers, explains how the event unfolded. Sports Foundation 2010-03-18T13:39:22+00:00 /sports/news-entry/New-initiative-announced-with-Run-in-England/ /sports/news-entry/New-initiative-announced-with-Run-in-England/ The Tony Blair Sports Foundation is joining forces with one of the country’s top sporting initiatives to play a major part in creating a long lasting 2012 Olympic legacy by offering a new qualification in Leadership in Running and Fitne Sports Foundation 2010-03-09T14:11:33+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Team-TBSF-launched-for-the-Great-North-Run-/ /sports/news-entry/Team-TBSF-launched-for-the-Great-North-Run-/ The Great North Run is one of the most famous and prestigious half marathons attracting athletes and fun runners from across the world. This year, organisers have received a record number of applications, with over 100,000 people applying to take part in what will be the 30th Great North Run across Tyneside on Sunday 19th September. The Tony Blair Sports Foundation is delighted and very proud that for the 3rd year Team TBSF will be taking part and raising funds on behalf of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation and a limited number of places are now available for committed runners who want to sign up to make a difference. Sports Foundation 2010-03-08T09:40:34+00:00 /sports/news-entry/North-East-Schools-Get-Rowing/ /sports/news-entry/North-East-Schools-Get-Rowing/ Keen young rowers were put through their paces at the inaugural ‘Get Going, Get Rowing’ North East Regional Schools Indoor Rowing Final, held at Maiden Castle, Durham University on 2nd March, 2010. Heats had been held across the region since September with 1265 pupils from 96 schools across different age groups taking part. The 192 finalists – 48 from each county of County Durham, Tees Valley, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - competed on indoor rowing machines that are wired up to project their performances live on screen. Th Sports Foundation 2010-03-03T11:39:02+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Joes-story-In-at-the-deep-end-Part-1/ /sports/news-entry/Joes-story-In-at-the-deep-end-Part-1/ Joe Keenan, the Community Engagement Manager at the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, recently started a Level 1 Coaching Course. Here he explains how he is progressing. Sports Foundation 2010-02-24T12:39:23+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Turning-up-the-HEAT-in-Hartlepool/ /sports/news-entry/Turning-up-the-HEAT-in-Hartlepool/ Ten committed Basketball players have signed up with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation and Hartlepool HEAT to help develop basketball in the town. At Manor College of Technology in Hartlepool, the volunteers have started a Level 1 Course in Basketball Coaching provided by the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, and they will use their newly gained qualifications to volunteer with Hartlepool HEAT to facilitate more Basketball sessions in the community for children across Hartlepool. Sports Foundation 2010-02-19T13:25:14+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Trustee-Tanni-becomes-a-Baroness/ /sports/news-entry/Trustee-Tanni-becomes-a-Baroness/ The Tony Blair Sports Foundation would like to congratulate Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson on her appointment as a ‘People’s Peer’ after a recommendation by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. Tanni who is a Trustee of the Foundation is one of Britain's best known athletes and has received numerous accolades and awards in recognition of her Paralympics and sporting achievemen Sports Foundation 2010-02-08T15:51:28+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Volunteers-get-on-their-bikes-for-Daisy-Chain/ /sports/news-entry/Volunteers-get-on-their-bikes-for-Daisy-Chain/ Last weekend, four committed mountain bike volunteers signed up with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation to help provide support for children with autism on Teesside. Nathan Money, Gabrielle Finn, David Scordino and Guy Stockdale have all taken a course in Mountain Bike Leadership that was provided by The Tony Blair Sports Foundation, and they will use their newly gained qualifications to volunteer with Daisy Chain in Stockton to facilitate more cycling activities with children based at the charity. Sports Foundation 2010-01-26T14:42:43+00:00 /sports/news-entry/Ring-in-the-New/ /sports/news-entry/Ring-in-the-New/ I'm so proud of the progress we've made at the Sports Foundation in such a short space of time. Our expansion shows just how important this work is. And it won't stop here. We need to build on this success to improve access to sport for more young people across the North East. The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are less than three years away and we need to use that to inspire and motivate children to get into sport, so that it becomes the healthy habit of a lifetime. Sports Foundation 2010-01-20T15:01:12+00:00 /sports/news-entry/New-Year-New-Partnership-a-volunteering-initiative-with-Derwentside-Home/ /sports/news-entry/New-Year-New-Partnership-a-volunteering-initiative-with-Derwentside-Home/ A major social housing provider has signed up to a new partnership with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation. Derwentside Homes who manage nearly 7000 properties in and around Consett and Stanley have agreed to promote the Foundation to its residents as part of a strategy to help the local community get more active. Sports Foundation 2010-01-20T11:56:59+00:00 /sports/news-entry/My-Coaching-Story-James-Andrew/ /sports/news-entry/My-Coaching-Story-James-Andrew/ My name is James Andrew. I first got involved in athletics about three years ago. I was really interested in trying to take it further so I approached Jarrow and Hebburn, my local club, and started to go to club nights on a regular basis. It wasn’t long before I was hook Sports Foundation 2010-01-20T11:36:02+00:00 /sports/news-entry/leisureworks-tennis-development-scheme-is-game-set-match/ /sports/news-entry/leisureworks-tennis-development-scheme-is-game-set-match/ A community sports coaching initiative has praised the Tony Blair Sports Foundation for its work developing grass roots tennis. Sports Foundation 2009-11-14T04:23:30+00:00 /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-calls-new-community-ambassadors/ /sports/news-entry/tony-blair-calls-new-community-ambassadors/ Eight outstanding community sports volunteers have agreed to become new Community Ambassadors for the Tony Blair Sports Foundation. Office of Tony Blair, Sports Foundation 2009-11-11T04:27:53+00:00 /sports/news-entry/the-tony-blair-sports-foundation-supports-local-heroes/ /sports/news-entry/the-tony-blair-sports-foundation-supports-local-heroes/ Established in 2005, the Hat-Trick project is a unique link-up between Newcastle New Deal for Communities and the Football Association. The overall aim of the project is to help young West Enders keep fit, active and healthy through football and the opportunities it presents. Sports Foundation 2009-10-27T17:07:37+00:00 /sports/news-entry/my-coaching-story-nathan-money/ /sports/news-entry/my-coaching-story-nathan-money/ I have the privilege to work for Daisy Chain, a centre based in Stockton on Tees which supports families affected by Autism, my role is very varied and includes youth work and many aspects of events and fundraising. Having moved to the North East several years ago I enjoy life with my two children and have built a strong connection with the place, so I am passionate about continuing to make our area a great place to live and work. Sports Foundation 2009-10-22T05:41:51+00:00 /sports/news-entry/members-enjoy-free-match/ /sports/news-entry/members-enjoy-free-match/ An entire row in St James's Park was taken up by members of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation who watched Newcastle draw with Queen Park Rangers recently. The tickets, kindly donated by Newcastle United Foundation were given to members of the Sports Foundation in recognition of their hard work and the many hours of volunteering time they give in sports clubs around our region. Sports Foundation 2009-10-21T11:48:40+00:00