Disability Sport

There are numerous activities for disabled participants in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.

LIVING SPORT'S flagship event - Youth Games PLUS

A one day sporting festival for young people with disabilities. Organised in conjunction with the County Disability Sports Forum, the event is open to all special schools in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, plus young people with physical, sensory and/or learning disabilities within mainstream schools.

We are delighted to announce that LIVING SPORT'S flagship disability event, the annual Youth Games PLUS, will be held on Friday 13 June 2008.

The theme will be the Olympics to tie in with the Beijing Games and each school participating is invited to represent a top performing paralympic medal-winning country.

We are now planning 2008's event and looking for participants, volunteers and sponsors!The event is held across both the Outdoor and Indoor Leisure Centres in St Ives,

and includes the following competitive sports: Athletics, Basketball, Boccia, Cricket, Netball and Swimming, plus a host of taster sports like archery, tag rugby, zone hockey, badminton, mini-squash,

a climbing wall and sensory games for the profoundly disabled.

If you're entering this year, we must receive all you entries by 2 May latest please.

• Guide for Teachers 2008
  
• Athletics entry form
  
• Boccia entry form
  
• Cricket entry form
  
• Netball entry form
  
• Basketball entry form
  
• Swimming entry form
  
• Parental consent form
  
• Transport information form
  
• Volunteer declaration form

the event plan

Volunteer pack

Welfare Plan

Sponsorship opportunities available

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

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East Cambs

Call Philip Turner on 01353 616 382, or visit the East Cambs Sports Development section on their website.

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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.

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Huntingdonshire

Hunts District Council have a policy of supporting active recreation for traditionally under-represented groups and have various initiatives in progress.

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Peterborough

The Sports Development Team at Peterborough City Council are waiting for your call. Ring Amee Garala: 01733 742 540.

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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.
  

Current members include: British Blind Sport; Action for Blind People; Cambridge City Council Sports Development Department; and Cambridgeshire Visual Impairment Service.

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.

Athletics entry form

Swim Norwich Swimability Gala 2008

• Gala Rules Swimability
  
• Entry form
  
• Order of eventsOrder of events
• Relay entry formRelay entry form
• Medical form
  
• Photo consent form
  

Closing date: 2 June 2008