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 people to take part in sport. The funding will provide impairment-specific support to National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and deliver engagement programmes.
The seven disability sports organisations to benefit from the investment are:
British Blind Sport
Cerebral Palsy Sport
Dwarf Sport Association UK
Limb Power
English Learning Disability Sports Alliance
WheelPower
UK Deaf Sport
The investment over three years will work to strengthen the
delivery of sport for disabled people, engagement and partnership creation with
the purpose of educating and supporting specific groups, and working with NGBs
and other organisations.
In addition, the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has been awarded a further one year investment of £204,153 of National Lottery funding to provide support in both marketing and communications and research and insight.
Currently, non-disabled people are twice as likely to play sport as disabled people (39.2 per cent play compared to 17.8 per cent) and as a result, Sport England is continuing to focus its attention and investment in this area to address the imbalance.
Sport England Chairman, Nick Bitel, said: “This investment is designed for these bodies to align closely with NGBs and integrate the sport on offer to both disabled and non-disabled people.”
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In addition, the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has been awarded a further one year investment of £204,153 of National Lottery funding to provide support in both marketing and communications and research and insight.
Currently, non-disabled people are twice as likely to play sport as disabled people (39.2 per cent play compared to 17.8 per cent) and as a result, Sport England is continuing to focus its attention and investment in this area to address the imbalance.
Sport England Chairman, Nick Bitel, said: “This investment is designed for these bodies to align closely with NGBs and integrate the sport on offer to both disabled and non-disabled people.”
What sport do you do?
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