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400 school children compete at Sussex Parallel Youth Games
School children from across Sussex came out in force for the Parallel Youth Games - a multi-sport competition event for disabled children aged 11-18 - on Wednesday 11 June 2014 at Freedom Leisure's The Triangle.
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New research into how older people with sight loss can engage in physical activity
This new groundbreaking research, commissioned by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, is the first to investigate how older people with sight loss can engage in physical activity.
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GBDFA seeking independent Non-Executive Directors
GBDFA now seeks to appoint up to three Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) to support the next phase of its operations over the period to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Stroke towards inclusive canoeing for people with learning disabilities in Reading
People with a learning disability attended pilot launch at Wokingham Waterside Centre
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Urchinwood Manor gains Accessibility Mark accreditation
Urchinwood Manor riding school are celebrating their new Accessibility Mark accreditation that will give the centre the opportunity to provide riding opportunities to disabled people in their local community.
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ECB urges recreational cricketers to have their say on the game’s future
The ECB is calling on recreational cricketers to have their say and influence the future of cricket at grassroots level in its second annual National Cricket Playing survey.
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Portway Lifestyle Centre awarded excellence at being inclusive
Portway Lifestyle Centre in Oldbury is one of only five leisure facilities in the country to be awarded the top level of the IFI Mark in recognition of the centre’s outstanding commitment to inclusion.
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Training courses to promote exercise and disability
It is estimated that around 20% of the UK population have an impairment or medical condition, and yet disabled people are seriously under-represented within the leisure industry – both as gym users and most certainly within the workforce.
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Designed to Move: fighting physical inactivity for a healthy society
Trends suggest that physical inactivity has become the norm, with significant threats to people’s health as well as social and economic consequences. For the first time in history, children today may die five years younger than their parents.
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Make Your Move for funding
Make Your Move is a £2m Sport England Lottery Funding, ring fenced grant stream for sporta member trusts, that is distinct in its design and implementation, in that the programme is shaped around the capabilities that trusts have in meeting their communit
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British Gymnastics launches new charitable foundation
British Gymnastics has created a new charity called the British Gymnastics Foundation.
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GB team gears up for INAS Open European Athletics Championships
The GB Team is gearing up for the Inas Open European Athletics Championships which is an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) sanctioned event and takes place in the Netherlands from 11 – 15th June.