Disability Sport
Active Sussex is committed to working towards increasing inclusion and developing sustainable and accessible sport and active recreation for disabled people in Sussex. Active Sussex’s aim is to coordinate the development of disability sport across the County, to achieve greater sporting equality by working with a range of partners including voluntary organisations, community groups, schools, local authorities and facility providers.
The Sussex Disability Sports Group plays an integral part in ensuring that disabled people are given the opportunity to participate in sport by removing barriers, widening opportunities and increasing choice. You can now search the Active Sussex Sports & Physical Activity Database on our website to find out about local disability sports opportunities in your area.
Alternatively for any advice or information on the work of the Sussex Disability Sport Group, please contact the Chairperson - Carrie Reynolds on 01903 725451 or carrie.reynolds@inspireleisure.co.uk
The Sussex Physical Activity (Inclusion) Co-ordinator is Rachel Land. If you have any queries you can contact her on 01273 644185 or email r.land@brighton.ac.uk
If you are interested in finding out where you can get involved in disability sports clubs, why not try the Parasport ClubFinder tool on their website - click on the following link - Parasport Club Finder
Developing an Inclusive Club
The English Federation of Disability Sport has developed an Inclusive Club Health Check which is essentially a check list to see how inclusive your club is! This can then be used as a plan of action to increase the membership of disabled people at that club. This document will give clubs the ideas, methods and resources to welcome and include disabled people. Click the link below to health check your club!
EFDS Inclusive Club Health Check
Sledge Hockey: The Ultimate Inclusive Team Sport
Inline Sledge Hockey Launch: 19th December 2009
In partnership with RGK, Hull Stingrays Elite League Ice Hockey team and the British Inline Puck Hockey Association, the British Sledge Hockey Association (BSHA) is proud to announce the world launch of Inline Sledge Hockey at Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley Camp, Woking, Surrey.
Sledge Hockey is a variant of ice hockey using sledges to allow participants to move about the rink at high speeds whilst controlling and hitting a puck. Players sit in adapted sledges, propelling themselves with sticks adapted to allow propulsion in a manner similar to skiing. As players are strapped to a sledge everybody has the same restrictions, regardless of whether or not the player has a disability.
For more information, download the press release here
Great Britain top the medal table at European Paralympic Swimming Championships
With the help of stars such as Nyree Lewis, Jonathan Fox, Eleanor Simmonds and Sam Hynd, Great Britain topped the medal table at the recent European Paralypic Swimming Championships held in Iceland from 19 October - 24 October 2009. To find out more about the medal haul, which included 39 gold, 32 silver and 23 bronze medals , click here
The Southern Area Disability Group Sport Events 2009/10
The Southern Area Disability Group consists of representatives from Southern Area Sports Partnership, Inspire Leisure, Global Tennis, Brighton & Hove Albion FC, County Sports Partnership, Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council.
To see the full calendar details the events The Southern Area Disability Group will be organising this academic year please click here. Events are open to all young disabled pupils in mainstream and special schools.
Other Events
Wheelchairs Tennis Camps 2010
For full information including dates, times and costs please download the online booking form.
DSE Mini Games South 2010
On 7 - 9 May 2010 at Stoke Mandeville Stadium the DSE Mini Games will be held. If you are 6 - 12 years old and disabled, come and take part in lots of sports including swimming, athletics and adapted games. For more information 0161 953 2499 or visit www.disabilitysport.org.uk
Paralympic venues
Note that the South East currently has 35 Paralympics Venues. These represent 19.5 % of the total of 179. As the region has 13.6% of the UK population we have again ‘punched above our weight’. There will be a few reductions as Jersey and Guernsey will be entered in the final list as two ‘venues’ as their facilities are so close together.
The totals for all the nations and regions are as follows -
- South East - 35
- North West - 25
- London - 21
- Wales - 16
- West Midlands - 14
- East Midlands - 12
- Scotland - 11
- Yorkshire - 11
- East - 10
- North East - 8
- Northern Ireland - 8
- South West - 8
Mencap Sport
Mencap Sport issue a quaterly newsletter with all the latest news and competition information. If you would like to receive this directly and added to the mailing list please email sport@mencap.org.uk putting the words ‘mailing list’ in the subject line.
For the latest Newsletter please click the link below for your chosen newsletter:
Newsletter - Mencap Sport Newsletter Winter 2009
National Disability Sports Organisations
British Blind Sport
4-6 Victoria Terrace
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV31 3AB
Tel: 01926 424247
Fax:01926 427775
Email: blindsport@btinternet.com
British Paralympic Association
Impact House, Room 514
2 Edridge Rd
Croydon
Surrey, CR9 1PJ
Tel: 0208 6819655
Fax: 0208 6819650
Email:
Parasport is a website run by the British Paralympic Association (BPA) and funded/supported by Deloitte. It will help to inspire, inform, educate and signpost people with disabilities to quality sporting opportunities.
There is a self assessment wizard on the website which will help people to classify a disability, and then identify the sports that are suitable for them to participate in. You can watch videos of different sports, read about them and then contact the sports and relevant clubs directly.
http://www.parasport.org.uk/default.asp
Special Olympics Great Britain
National Development Office
Ground Floor
123 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0RT
T: 020 7696 5569
F: 020 7696 6979
Cerebral Palsy Sport
11 Churchill Park
Colwick
Nottingham
Northamptonshire
NG4 2HF
Tel: 0115 940 1202
Fax: 0115 940 2984
UK Deaf Sport
C/O Action Deafness
135 Welford Road
Leicester
LE2 6BE
British Wheelchair Sports
Guttmann Rd
Stoke Mandeville
Buckinghamshire
HP21 9PP
Tel; 01296 395995
Fax: 01296 424171
British Amputee Sports
Bridge Way
St Leonards
East Sussex
TN38 8AP
Tel: 01414 753005
