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EFDS guide shortlisted in Thursday's Excellence in Diversity Awards 2015
This week, on Thursday 14 May, the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) will find out whether the shortlisted Inclusive Communications guide wins Best Diversity Resource at the Excellence in Diversity Awards 2015.
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Mindfulness in sport and physical activity
Every year, between 11-17 May, is Mental Health Awareness Week. EFDS recognises the importance that physical activity has on all our health and well-being. But our research shows that people with mental health issues are less engaged in sport and physical
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Blog: 'Communicating effectively is a skill that coaches need to develop'
May's theme is communications. This week, Stuart Harrison, lead tutor and volunteer with UK Deaf Sport, discusses a unique, and valuable, training experience for sports coaches.
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Table Tennis England backs EFDS Charter for Change
This week, Table Tennis England published Around the Table, their weekly look at what they are doing to promote and support table tennis around the country. In this edition, Table Tennis England talks about their support for the EFDS Charter for Change.
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East prepares for Typhoo regional athletics event
Hundreds of local athletes are preparing for another Typhoo sponsored athletics event, the East Regional Disability Athletics, on Saturday 9 May in Essex.
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Three sides crowned champions at National Deaf Youth Football finals
Peterborough United under-13s, Real Madrid Elite under-16s and Deaf World VII under-18s, full of aspiring young deaf footballers, battled it out against teams from across the UK.
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Deaf Awareness Week: Inclusive Community Training connects volunteers
In Deaf Awareness Week, Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All Inclusive Community Training is a great way to connect volunteers and build new relationships.
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Tilly's story: Sailing my own boat is so uplifting
Tilly Griffiths has been sailing since first sitting on her mum’s lap in a boat aged three. At seven she took the tiller of a dinghy for the first time and never looked back.
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Vote for our Reach project to win £25,000 Aviva Community Fund
The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is proud to have the new Reach project nominated for this year's Aviva Community Fund. We're asking our supporters to vote for us during May and help us to win £25,000.
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Deaf Awareness Week: Connect and communicate in sport and physical activity
In Deaf Awareness Week, EFDS recognises the importance that inclusive communications play to increase deaf people's participation in sport and physical activity.
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BBC Kick Off trainee sports reporter scheme - now open
The BBC Kick Off Trainee Sports Reporter Scheme gives talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds the opportunity to learn and develop sports reporting skills at the BBC.
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Blog: Inclusive communications is about people, not just disabled people
May's theme is communications. In the first blog of the month Sarah Marl, Marketing and Communications Manager at EFDS, discusses how inclusive communications helps those in sport and physical activity to reach more people, especially disabled people.