Apr 26, 2012
Speaking ahead of Universities Week (30 April to 7 May 2012), Tony Blair discusses the importance of sport at universities, looks ahead to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and celebrates the success of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation to date.
Sep 20, 2011
Inspired by 2012, the 'Coaches for Clubs' campaign sees the Foundation team up with school and sports clubs across the North East to inspire people to become volunteers, coaches and officials in the communities that need them most. The Inspire mark is an entirely new programme, something that no previous Olympic Games or Paralympic Games has done and shows how the Sports Foundation is working to provide the North East with an Olympic legacy.
Jul 12, 2011
Jul 12, 2011
On the 8th July 2011, Darass Hall 1st School became winners of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation Tennis Challenge Cup for the 3rd year running. This video shows the presentation of the trophies after a very succesful and exciting morning of tennis.
Jun 24, 2011
Watch our exclusive new video on the work of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation and the 'Coaches for Clubs' initiative.
Speaking during a tour of grassroots sports clubs across the North East today, Founder and Patron of the Sports Foundation, Tony Blair said:
"The Olympics is going to be the biggest focus for sport in the whole world for 2012, and that shouldn’t just be about the top-level athletes; it's also got to be about grassroots sports, and the key to grassroots sports are volunteers and coaches.
"And that's what the Sports Foundation’s Coaches for Clubs campaign will do: it will inspire people to become volunteers and coaches and that will give thousands of children and young people access to sport.
"The great thing about this campaign is that it gives young people an opportunity to get involved in sport, young people who otherwise wouldn’t have that chance."
Apr 20, 2011
Peter Barron (Editor, Northern Echo) and John Middleton (Emmerdale Actor) tell us the importance of being involved in sport during their opening speeches to this year's Get Going Get Rowing Grand Final held at Durham University.
Apr 20, 2011
Year 7 girls battle it out in this year's Get Going, Get Rowing Grand Final held at Durham University.
Jan 19, 2011
Baroness Hilary Armstrong explains about the great work that all the partners have done in co-ordinating Get Going Get Rowing
Sep 20, 2010
Meet Michael Wilmot, the first TBSF runner over the finishing line in the 2010 Great North Run.
Sep 20, 2010
This is Alan Boddy, one of the fantastic people who ran this years Great North Run on our behalf. Thank you Alan!