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Disability Sport
There are numerous activities for disabled participants in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
Youth Games PLUS 2008
They competed, they won and over 600 young people played competitive sports and taster sports at the St Ivo Leisure Centres on the 13 June 2008.
  
An invitation was sent to special schools and special units in mainstream schools to take part, and each team represented a team from the Beijing Paralympics. The opening ceremony was a colourful display as the teams marched to the sound of Chinese music and took their places for the sporting event of the year.
These schools joined in:
Highfield School in East Cambs as AUSTRALIA
Comberton Village College in South Cambs as BRAZIL
Granta School in South Cambs as CANADA
Castle School in Cambridge who are representing CHINA
Matley Primary in Peterborough as the CZECH Republic
Heltwate in Peterborough as FRANCE
Meadowgate in Fenland as GERMANY
Spring Common in Huntingdonshire as GREAT BRITAIN
Phoenix School in Peterborough as JAPAN
Abbey College in Huntingdonshire representing MEXICO
Marshfields in Peterborough as RUSSIA
Harbour School in East Cambs as SPAIN
Impington Village College in South Cambs as SOUTH AFRICA
Hinchingbrooke in Huntingdonshire as THE UKRAINE
Samuel Pepys School in Huntingdonshire as the USA
This unique sports event for young people wirh disabilities or learning difficulties, is tailored specifically so that participants can enjoy and compete at sports on an equal footing.
You can find out more about each sport by clicking on the names above.
Ade is a hit
This year's Sporting Champion was Ade Adepitan, wheelchair basket ball champion, winning a bronze medal at the Paralympics, Athens 2004, as well as winning silver and gold at the European and World Championships. Ade is also a television presenter for the BBC, hosting shows such as 'X-Change' on CBBC and reporting for the travel show, 'Holiday'.
Ade signed photographs and talked to the young sportpeople about how to become a champion.
Our Sponsors
We appreciated the support of Cambridge Building Society, Shokk Sports, Cambridge Primary Care Trust, Peterborough PCT, John Lewis and last, but not least Baker Tilly . We're talking to potential sponsors for next year's Games, so if you want to support sport in your community and give young sportspeople an even better day in 2009, give us a call on 01487 849925.
 What's happening in your area
Cambridge City
We can't feature everything that's going on here, so to get the latest information, call Helen Johnson on 01223 457 535, or log on to the Cambridge City Sports Development page
East Cambs
Call Philip Turner on 01353 616 382, or visit the East Cambs Sports Development section on their website.
Fenland
All three of Fenland's leisure centres are accessible with automatic doors, ramped access and dedicated changing facilities. Log on to the Fenland District Council's website for more details.
Huntingdonshire
Hunts District Council have a policy of supporting active recreation for traditionally under-represented groups and have various initiatives in progress.
Peterborough
South Cambs
South Cambs District Council offer a directory of services and activities available for disabled sportspeople, call Jane Lampshire on 01954 713349.
For blind and partially sighted people:
I-Sport Cambridgeshire
A new forum called I-Sport Cambridgeshire has been launched to provide a 'one-stop shop' promoting and co-ordinating sport opportunities for blind and partially sighted people. The aim of the group is:
- To co-ordinate the promotion of sporting activities available locally to visually impaired people
- To get more organisations and individuals involved in the development of sport for people with visual impairments
- To identify any visually impaired people that would like to participate in sport and signpost them to relevant organisations
- To monitor those visually impaired people taking part in sport
- To avoid duplication of services and activities.
Who can be involved locally?
- National organisations – e.g. British Blind Sport, Action for Blind People, Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Local sports organisations – e.g. sports development departments at local authorities, Living Sport, sports clubs, Disability Sports Forums, sports centres, etc.
- Local organisations – e.g. Blind Societies, Cambridgeshire Visual Impairment Service, schools, School Sport Partnerships, Volunteering Organisations, Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust, Eye Clinics, Support Services, etc.
- Individuals – parents, volunteers, coaches, and most importantly the participants themselves!
What are I-Sport Cambridgeshire's goals?
- To share information and ideas, influence local development and identify local priorities
- Develop a database of participants interested in sport
- Develop a directory of organisations, venues and activities that say they can meet (or are working towards meeting) the needs of visually impaired people locally, available in print and electronically.Produce and distribute information about activities and events at set times throughout the year
- Provide links to relevant organisations
- Enable participants and parents to influence the work of individual organisations through membership of I-Sport Cambs.
For more information, or to join the forum to improve sport for visually impaired people, contact Ryan Armes on 01487 843344 or email ryan@britishblindsport.org.uk
'Seeing a Healthier Future' for visually impaired sport
British Blind Sport has just launched a new project, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, with the aim of encouraging young visually impaired people (11 - 25 years of age) to become more involved in sport and leisure. As part of this project, four Regional Development Officers have been appointed to cover various regions across England. The Regional Development Officer for the East is Ryan Armes. Ryan will be talking to young visually impaired (VI) people in our region to find
out which activities they would like to be involved in. He will then work to make these opportunities possible by creating new opportunities and linking with current mainstream, pan-disability and VI specific clubs and organisations.
To make the project a success, Ryan would like to hear direct from young VI people which activities are of interest to them, and what they feel are the barriers to participation.
The aim is also to identify who would like to get involved in the management and overall running of the activities, so that we can provide appropriate training and support.
If you are interested in the project or would like to get involved in volunteering, have a look at the attachments below for more details and/or call Ryan Armes on 01487 843344.
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