Petition · past parliament
Allow outdoor grassroot youth sport to continue during national lockdowns
Closed
92 signatures
What the petition asks
1. Allow grassroot youth clubs and teams who play and train outside to continue to do so during the lockdown period.
2. Work with local sporting associations to provide guidance about how to make such events Covid secure.
2. Work with local sporting associations to provide guidance about how to make such events Covid secure.
The mental wellbeing and physical health of the nation's children should be highly considered in any governmental decision when imposing a national lockdown. Children are safe to go to school. Thus, all outdoor grassroot youth sport (U-18) should be allowed to continue.
Numerous youth sporting organisations are already applying strict Covid rules which minimise numbers of spectators and adheres to social distancing.
Our children need their physical and mental health safeguarded.
Numerous youth sporting organisations are already applying strict Covid rules which minimise numbers of spectators and adheres to social distancing.
Our children need their physical and mental health safeguarded.
Timeline
| 6 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 May 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
92
Status
Closed
Opened
6 Nov 2020
Closed
6 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.