LimbPower releases series of exercise videos for amputees
LimbPower releases a series of short exercise and fitness videos for amputees. The tutorial style videos feature a range of strength and movement exercises, designed…
Sport
More than 230,000 tickets sold for World Para Athletics Championships
Organisers of the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 announce record sales for any Para Sport World Championships with more than 230,000 tickets sold With…
Ottobock becomes national partner to World Para Athletics Championships London
Ottobock Healthcare, the world-leading supplier of innovative solutions for people with limited mobility, is the latest national partner to be announced for the World Para…
Boro Kicks Off Sensory Offering
Middlesbrough FC and sensory specialists Experia have boosted the club’s sensory offering with a range of new specialist products at the club’s Riverside Stadium, to…
LimbPower offers double sporting fun for young people in 2017
National charity, LimbPower is pleased to announce they will host two events for young amputees and children with physical impairments in 2017. On Saturday 24…
Premier League and BT create film championing disability inclusion
The Premier League and BT have produced a short film; Inspiring Disabled People Through Sport: Balding and Cockroft’s Inspiring Stories, which discusses how sport can…
David Weir, Gordon Reid and Georgina Hermitage take on Celebrity Superhero Tri
The hottest challenge of the year just got even hotter! Three true giants of the sporting world will be donning mask and cape and competing…
Biomedical engineering student aims to become oldest amputee to conquer London Marathon
A 61-year old who lost his leg after being hit by a drink driver is aiming to become the oldest amputee to complete the London…
The Children’s Activity Prosthetic Fund will have supplied around 70 children with activity limbs by the end of this month
Last year the government announced that £1,500,000 would be released for Children’s Activity Prosthetic Limbs, a major step forward for all of the individuals and…
Over half of Premier League Stadiums still inaccessible for disabled fans
In 2015 17 of the current premier league clubs signed a promise to have fully accessible Changing Places toilets by August 2017 13 clubs fail…
New affordable wheelchair tennis chair developed to drive junior and grassroots participation
A partnership between the Tennis Foundation and ROMA Sport will tackle one of the key barriers to junior and grassroots participation in wheelchair tennis with…
Everyday Superheroes win the chance to team up with celebrities in the Celebrity Superhero Tri
Twenty four Everyday Superheroes have won the chance to unleash their inner superpowers alongside some of the nation’s favourite celebrities and Paralympians in the debut…
Dr Nick Webborn elected as Chair of British Paralympic Association
Dr Nick Webborn has been elected Chair of the British Paralympic Association, today (Tuesday February 28), after the majority of BPA voting members cast their…
Last Chance to Enter Celebrity Superhero Tri
The Jump star Kadeena Cox and comedian Adam Hills are calling on Everyday Superheroes looking to unveil their sporting superpowers and sign up to the…
Disability charity launches accessible ice skating sessions for people with sight and hearing impairments in London
The ice skating sessions aim to get more disabled people in England into physical activity and sport The programme is being funded by Sport England…