Para Sport
Britain is traditionally one of the top Paralympic nations and since the first Games in 1960 has been among the top performing nations at the Paralympic Games. As well as continuing to nurture and develop our elite athletes with a disability to ensure we remain among the top, ParalympicsGB is also committed to developing sporting opportunities at all levels for people with a disability.
As a result in May 2007 ParalympicsGB - in conjunction with financial services firm Deloitte - launched Parasport, an online virtual disability sport institute aimed at increasing participation levels in disability sport by signposting people to suitable sports, opportunities, clubs and facilities in their region.
The aim of the project, which is run by ParaympicsGB on behalf of Deloitte - whose £1.7m donation helped create the initiative - is to improve how talented sports people are identified and nurtured at community level.
The Parasport website, which is the first of its kind in the UK, aims to inspire anyone with a disability to lead an active lifestyle and enjoy all the benefits that are associated with participating in sport, such as health, inclusion and social development as well as the value of sport in rehabilitation.
The Parasport website has a number of key features including a ‘self-assessment’ wizard, which allows the user to input their disability and find sports suitable for them to participate in. A page dedicated to each of the sports so users can find out additional information, and there are also regular news updates, videos and photographs, to help bring the sports to life.
Along with a host of other features and continued development Parasport aims to create an online community to help every disabled person find inspiration, information and guidance to take part in sport and who knows we could end up identifying Britain’s next top Paralympian!
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Contact Detials:
Title - National Development Manager
British Paralympic Association
40 Bernard Street
London
WC1N 1ST
Email - nick.heyworth@paralympics.org.uk
Phone - 0207 211 5272
Mobile - 07825 681 196
