Keeping active this summer with accessible activities
Exercise is good for your mental and physical wellbeing. When you exercise, your brain releases endorphins: your body’s natural painkillers that help to boost your…
Sport
Disability sport get set, go
As Olivia Newton-John once sang, ‘let’s get physical, physical’ and she was definitely on to something. Exercise is an important part of leading a healthy…
Clare Balding is new presenter of sport series for disabled people Superhero Series
Presenter, writer and broadcaster Clare Balding has been announced as the host presenter of Channel 4’s Superhero Series, a programme that puts the UK’s everyday superheroes in…
On your horse with the disabled Grand National jockey
Disability sport is hitting the race track at Aintree for the Grand National
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: The Para-Athletes
The para-athletes for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are going for gold.
Gold Coast: Setting a world record for inclusivity
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 (GC2018) is on track to make history – and it’s not just the athletes that are breaking records.
RAF vet Garry Morrison on his journey to becoming a para-athlete
I joined the RAF to get away from the Troubles in Northern Ireland when I was 18. I won a lot of medals and commendations…
Winter Paralympics: Q & A with Angie Malone MBE
Great Britain’s wheelchair curling medals may no longer be a reality but the team did themselves, and Britain, proud. We caught up with team member,…
The world’s first Para-football association is launching in Scotland
For better or worse, Scotland has become famous (or perhaps infamous) for its football. While the country is maybe not known for its, err, winning…
Meet an Ambassador for the Year of Young People
Rhys McCole might be the busiest teen around. At just the age of 16, he’s a student at Notre Dame High School in Greenock, a…
Disabled athlete accused of being “mis-categorised” in the Paralympics
How do we classify a Paralympic athlete? It’s not something often talked about but for athletes and athletic committees it’s a controversial and sensitive topic….
Gateshead teen going for gold at The World Games
A Gateshead College student with cerebral palsy has been selected to participate in the 2018 Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association World Games in…
Meet the GB curling team going for gold at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games
Wheelchair curling might be a relatively new sport – it was first included in the Paralympic Games in 2006 – but it’s already achieved a mighty…
Join Jonnie Peacock at Winter Wonderwheels in Dorney
When he swapped his running blade for dancing shoes this autumn, Jonnie Peacock had no idea how much his life was about to change –…
Igniting the energy within with BP
The London 2012 Paralympic Games saw interest in parasport explode – and BP were there to see the nation’s interest take off. Every since the…