Bolton Disability
Sports Association
SUE BOOTH
AND JAMIE AGAR
HEALTH AND
WELLBEING FORUM
OCT 2014
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WHY…..
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Why sport and physical
activity matter for health
“immobility is to the
human body what rust
is to the classic car”
(Charles Montgomery)
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…and its more than
physiological effects…
– increased activity/function
improved fitness, decreased HR
 Physiological
– sense of wellbeing, self
esteem, societal participation, belonging,
peer relationships
 Psychological
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The challenge of increasing
participation in sport by disabled people
(Source Sport England 2010)
More than
93% of
disabled
people don’t
take part in
sport
49% of young
disabled
people
believe they
miss out on
sport at
school
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46% of the
general
population are
involved with
sports clubs,
but only 12%
of disabled
people
Challenges remain…even post
2012 Paralympics
Sport
England
Survey
(2013)
Mainstream
P.E.
• Roughly 1 in 6 (17.8%)
disabled people regularly
play sport compared to 1 in
3 (34.6%) of non-disabled
people
• To ensure children and
young disabled people
experience quality
mainstream P.E. and are
signposted to club sports
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Youth Sports Trust
survey of disability
sports leaders (2013)
•73%
said disabled students in
special schools experience
higher quality PE and school
sport opportunities compared
to those attending mainstream
schools
•Only 29% thought teachers in
mainstream schools could
signpost disabled students in
their schools to the most
appropriate sports clubs,
compared to 70% who thought
special schools were more
than capable.
•81% of teachers also thought
that Paralympic talent is being
missed due to lack of
knowledge around disability
sport in mainstream schools
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BDSA HISTORY
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Founded 1998 by a diverse group, unified
by an aim to promote disability sport in
Bolton
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2008 Audit by Bolton Short Breaks Aiming
High Team highlighted keen interest in
sport by young disabled people,
especially in school holiday periods
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In response Bolton Disability Sports
Association began to offer holiday sports
provision to young disabled people in
2009; this has since expanded to include
adults and non-disabled siblings
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BDSA STRATEGIC
PLAN/PRIORITIES

To make it easier for disabled people of
all ages, who might find it difficult, to
participate in sports and physical activity
 To
make it easier for disabled people of all
ages to compete in sports and physical
activity
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BDSA STRATEGIC
PLAN/PRIORITIES
 To
enable clubs, coaches and volunteers
to acquire the skills/training and abilities to
support disabled people to
participate/compete in sports and physical
activity
 To
be inclusive for families who have a
disabled child
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BDSA STRATEGIC
PLAN/PRIORITIES
 To
increase awareness of the needs of
disabled people amongst mainstream
sports clubs/providers/education to
facilitate sports and PE sessions, both
inclusive and disability-specific
 To
increase opportunities for disabled
people to act as volunteers within BDSA
activity programmes
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Links with local Bolton priorities
(16 Priority Sports)
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Developing disability stream within the 16
priority sports, linking with local clubs and NGB’s
 Linked with 2012 Year of Sport in Bolton and
interest in Sport generated through the Olympics
and Paralympics and 2014 Commonwealth
games
 Linking with SENCO’s and PE teachers within
mainstream schools. Promoting the PE offer
 Linking sports to ‘Playground to Podium’
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BDSA – WORKING TOGETHER
(NATIONALLY AND REGIONALLY)
SPORT – swimming
 EFDS – Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All
 LANCS FA
 MANCHESTER FA
 CP
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BDSA – WORKING
TOGETHER (LOCALLY)
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BOLTON COUNCIL – Public Health, Active Bolton and Young
Active Bolton programmes and BOSPAA – Disability sub group
NHS – Paediatric Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists
BOLTON CVS
BOLTON TOGETHER – Children and Young People’s 3rd Sector
Forum
BOLTON ARENA – Disability tennis hub
BWCT – Inspire Project
BLGC – Badminton
BOLTON HARRIERS – Disability Athletics
BOLTON SCHOOL – Disability Athletics
AFC MASTERS – Football
LOCAL COACHES - Archery
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BDSA – SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
PROGRAMMES
•Running
since 2009
•Offering opportunities to
participate at pocket money
prices, with equipment
provided
•For all age groups even
though they are run in the
school holidays
•With the aim of priming
interest in year round
clubs/participation
•Are inclusive and welcome
non-disabled siblings
•Provide opportunities for
disabled persons to
volunteer
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KICKABOUT
FOOTBALL
Aim: to increase the
participation of CP footballers
aged 3 -16 in Bolton, so that
there will be enough to play
matches/run tournaments.
Includes some professional
development for the local
coaches
Will feed players into 2 local
disability football teams
Event at St Catherine’s
Academy Sunday 26th October
1-4pm
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WHEELS
FOR ALL
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Wheels for All adaptive cycling… a land-based
aerobic exercise activity using an assistive device
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and race running/disability athletics group at
Bolton Harriers
…to ensure sustainability/retain CV gains and
facilitate competition (www.racerunning.org)
(Picture sources – reproduced by kind permission of Quest 88 Ltd)
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Disability Athletics
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Race running bikes
and Racing
wheelchairs
Bolton Harriers
coaches
Thursdays 5.306.30pm
Leverhulme Park
Starts Autumn 2014
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INSPIRE PROJECT
100k
Disability
multi-sport
project
Targetting
14+ age
group
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Tennis,
goalball,
basketball,
hockey, rugby
Contacts of Useful organisations
English Federation of
Disability Sport
www.efds.co.uk
• Championing sport and physical activity
for disabled people, e.g. inclusive gyms
• Sainsburys Active kids for all initiative
CP Sport
www.cpsport.org
• Promoting sports/physical activity for
CP
• CP Football event proposed for October
British Paralympic
Association/Parasport
www.parasport.org.uk
• Parasport self assessment Wizard
• Doing sport differently (on shared site)
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Our website/contact
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www.boltondisabilitysport.co.uk
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secretarybdsa@hotmail.co.uk
QUESTIONS?
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