Our impact
It is not right or fair that disabled people are the least active in our society. This is due to many reasons, and often not through choice. Sports and activities play an important role in our nation’s health. We want to create a fairer society for everyone, and a future where all disabled people feel they belong in sports and activities.
It is our mission to improve opportunities to be active, empowering disabled people to get involved in sports and activities in the way they choose. We will work with disabled people and an alliance of committed partners to build a movement for change.
We have three key ambitions:
- Sports and activities meet disabled people's needs.
- Disabled people influence campaigning, policy and decision making.
- Address inequalities by working with others.
Everything we do is focussed on removing unnecessary barriers and deep-rooted inequalities disabled people experience. We will not rest until every disabled person feels they belong in sports and activities and can experience the physical and mental health and social benefits that being active provides.
Our latest insight
Insight from our Annual Disability and Activity report 2023-24 shows we are not seeing enough positive trends in disabled people's perceptions and experiences of being active. Greater effort is needed to tackle the inequalities that affect disabled people in sport and activity.
Only 4 in 10 disabled people (41%) feel they are given the opportunity to be as physically active as they want to be.
Many disabled people (38%) fear that being more active will result in their benefits or financial assistance being removed.
Four in ten disabled people (39%) say the cost-of-living crisis has affected how active they are.
Yet, seven in ten disabled people (76%) want to be more active.
Our strategic objectives
Impact Stories
Learn how Activity Alliance is helping to ensure disabled people feel they belong in sports and activities.
