News of the £380,000 investment came during an awards evening to celebrate the achievements of disabled fitness instructors who have graduated through the scheme and the leisure operators that have provided work placements and employment. InstructAbility is a project designed by Aspire, the spinal injury charity and delivered in partnership with YMCAfit, to give unemployed, disabled people the training, qualifications ... Read More »
With a week to go before the Rio Paralympics, new research from the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has shown the public’s desire to see more disability sport in the media. With many media channels set to cover elite disability sport at the Rio Paralympics, the report flags the importance of coverage beyond the Games and on a par ... Read More »
Grant of £424,958 has been awarded to national deafblind charity, Sense, to fund the ‘Sporting Sense’ project. Sense, the national deafblind charity, has been awarded a grant of £424,958 from Sport England to increase opportunities for people with deafblindness to participate in sport and physical activity through its ‘Sporting Sense’ project. Sense will use the investment to continue developing a ... Read More »
A new nationwide campaign has launched to encourage and support disabled people, along with their friends and families, to become more active. The Together We Will campaign looks to address the low number of disabled people who regularly take part in sport or exercise as highlighted in the most recent Sport England Active People Survey. Results show that disabled people ... Read More »
Disability sport reports three-fold opportunity to ‘transform lives’ since London 2012 New figures from Sports England have shown that the numbers of people exercising at least once week has dropped 0.4% since 2012. In stark contrast to this national downturn, Goalball had seen a 325% surge in participation since the London Games. Goalball UK exceeded their four-year target for increased participation ... Read More »
Sport England has today provided a further boost to disability sport by awarding £2.1 million of National Lottery funding to help increase the number of disabled people playing sport. Sport England will be directly funding seven national disability sports organisations (NDSOs), between October 2014 and 2017, to advise, support and guide other sports bodies as they create opportunities for disabled ... Read More »
A major cash injection will offer hundreds more visually impaired people across the country access to an exciting team sport. Goalball UK, the governing body for goalball, has received a £250,000 grant from Sport England after it hit its three year participation target in just twelve months. Goalball is the only Paralympic team game for partially sighted and ... Read More »
44 projects across England can now offer more opportunities for disabled people to play sport thanks to £8 million worth of funding announced by Sport England. Read More »
The Lake District Calvert Trust, a charity that provides residential outdoor activity holidays for people with disabilities, is delighted to announce that it has secured a major National Lottery grant of £234,000 from Sport England as part of their Community Sport Activation Fund. Read More »
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