The charity will share a series of lesson plans, top tip videos from former sports stars and wall planners to help young people manage their mental health during the pandemic.
It comes as new research by the Youth Sport Trust reveals that physical education, sport and exercise helped 27 per cent of young people feel better during lockdown in the summer.
Meanwhile, 40 per cent of young people polled said that not being able to take part in sport during lockdown was something that had made them feel worse.
Amy Truelove, 14, from Nottingham is one of the 7,000 young people to benefit from the strategies taught by the Youth Sport Trust over the last three years as part of the charity’s Active in Mind programme.
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