Sport England is determined to create a meaningful and lasting community sport legacy not only from the London 2012 Olympic Games, but also the Paralympic Games, by growing sports participation by disabled people at the grassroots level.
At present, only one in six disabled adults plays sport regularly. They want to change this.
The Inclusive Sport Fund has been set up by Sport England with £8 million of National Lottery Funding. It will invest in programmes designed to grow the number of disabled young people (age 14+) and adults regularly playing sport.
Sport England are looking for innovative, scalable and replicable projects that make it easier and more enjoyable for disabled people to take part in sport and physical activity more often.
Please review the Inclusive Sport Funding prospectus that includes the assessment and eligibility criteria prior to the application form being made available.
The deadline for submission of applications is 5pm on the 31 August.
For further information and queries please contact Sport England on 08458 508 508.
Sport England are staging a series of workshops which will provide further information and support in June and July 2012.
There will be three workshops, one in the north, one in the central area, and one in the south; the details are below:
- 25 June - Mercure Manchester Piccadilly
- 29 June - SportPark, Loughborough University
- 2 July - Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London
Each session will begin at 9:30am for refreshments, with the workshops officially starting at 10am and running till 1pm. Lunch will available to delegates at 1pm before they leave.
To register for the workshop you need to email inclusivesport@sportengland.org confirming which workshop you would like to attend.
Further details including an application form can be found at http://www.sportengland.org/funding/inclusive_sport1.aspx