Disability & Sport
SPORTS SERVICES WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE SPORT AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITHIN THE IPSWICH AREA. KEY PROJECTS INCLUDE:
INCLUSIVE FITNESS INITIATIVE (IFI)
Profiles Fitness Suite at Gainsborough Sport and Community Centre was one of the first 30 fitness suites nationally to be awarded a grant to become inclusive. It is part of the Inclusive Fitness Initiative which aims to ensure that people with disabilities have access to suitable fitness equipment. It features:
* Easy to use inclusive equipment;
* Inclusive training for staff who are trained to meet the needs of disabled and non disabled people;
* Inclusive, fully accessible facilities;
* Inclusive participation enabling disabled and non disabled people to enjoy fitness together.
As a result of the success of Gainsborough the Profiles Fitness Suites at both Whitton Sport & Community Centre and Crown Pools now boast IFI accredited equipment.
For further information contact: profiles.manager@ipswich.gov.uk
OUT & ABOUT
A partnership with local organisation Out and About to ensure that disabled children and young people can choose from, and take part in, just about any holiday activity organised by Sports Services. Out & About offer support to children with a wide range of physical, sensory and learning impairments including autism and some medical needs. Each child's needs are looked at individually with time spent getting to know what support is needed and how it's best provided. The child is then matched with a staff member whose role it is, is to support the child to ensure that they get as much out of their chosen activity as possible and is fully included.
Support is FREE - you just pay the cost of the activity.
For further details please contact:
Out and About, 37-43 Fore Street, Ipswich IP4 1JL
Tel: 0845 241 2576.
Email: info@oaa.co.uk
DIRECTORY OF SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Sport Services and Ipswich Disability Sport Forum have produced a directory of sporting opportunities for people with disabilities. The guide, which is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All Programme (www.awardsforall.org) aims to help people identify a club that can cater for their needs To access the guide please click this link
Note to Clubs - Sports Services endeavour to republish the guide on a biennial basis to make sure that the entries are up to date. If you would like a FREE entry for your club, please contact the Sports Development Unit on 01473 433542 or email sports.development@ipswich.gov.uk
Please note that the Council cannot make regular detailed checks on the clubs listed in the guide, nor does it wish to interfere in the way they are run on a day-to-day basis. Inclusion in the guide does not therefore imply an endorsement or recommendation by Ipswich Borough Council. The Council does not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by the inclusion of any club in the guide.
IPSWICH DISABILITY SPORT FORUM The Ipswich Disability Sport Forum (IDSF) was established in 2000 to support and promote sport and leisure opportunities for people with disabilities in the Ipswich area. The Forum has good representation from local people and organisations, including Sports Services, all with the shared interest of increasing and improving sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.
The aim of IDSF is to 'raise the profile of sport for people with disabilities in the Ipswich area'.
The Forum is always keen to hear from new organisations and individuals interested in promoting/providing sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.
If you have any good ideas contact the Sports Development Unit on 01473 433542 or at
sports.development@ipswich.gov.uk
The Forum meets on average four times a year.