Everybody should have the opportunity to participate in sport, whatever his or her ability. Lancashire Sport Partnership is dedicated to improving the access to sport and physical activity for all disabled people within the County.

Facilitated through the Equality Standard, Lancashire Sport Partnership is working with agencies to create an equitable sporting environment for all its members. Lancashire Sport Partnership appreciate that Sport is a tool that can unite communities, through the Equality Standard the aim is to help combat prejudice and discrimination that many disabled people experience.

Lancashire Disability Sport Forum

This group consists of a range of strategic and operational partners who share best practice and look to influence partners to improve the opportunities for disabled people in sport. The group have developed a Terms of Reference and Strategic Plan to help guide their work. These documents are on-going and will be continuously reflected on to ensure they are up to date.

The group has also implemented a number of funding opportunities for disability clubs which are accessible during 2013:

  • Open Day - if you are a club looking to host an Open Day to raise awareness of the inclusive opportunities your club has to offer then there is funding available to subsidise this. Complete this form to access up to £200 to cover your incurred costs.
  • Training Bursary - this bursary is accessible to any volunteer (16+) at a disability club/session, would like to attend a sports related course. Up to 50% subsidy is available, open this link to the application form for further information.
  • ClubMark - if your club would like to achieve ClubMark, up to £100 is available to the club in order to assist you with possible costs incurred to achieve this standard. Please contact Beth Wadsworth for information on how to claim this.

If you have a vested interest in disability sport and would like to join the network, please contact Beth Wadsworth bwadsworth@lancashiresport.org.uk

The English Federation of Disability Sport
The English federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is an organisation dedicated to Disability Sport. Their aim is to be the united voice of disability sport seeking to promote inclusion and achieve equality of sporting opportunities for disabled people. For more information on The English Federation of Disability Sport please visit www.efds.co.uk.

For information on disability sports please select from the below links:

Self Assessment Wizard

Everyone reading this page is different - height, weight, speed, skills, attitude, enthusiasm, commitment - all of these factors vary from person to person. The below wizard will therefore help you identify which sports, with the best pathways, are most suitable for you to suit your own skills and abilities. The wizard asks a series of simple questions to help determine which sports are best for you.

 

Resource

Funded by the Department for Education, Lancashire Sport Partnership have developed resource pack across six selected sports to help raise awareness of the opportunities, pathways and good practice taking place across the county. This can be downloaded following this link.