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Another Fantastic Year
Summer 2012 saw Sportability offering 50 Events (23 of those multi-sports events) creating over 500 free places for people with paralysis through 11 regions of the UK
Sportability, a registered charity, provides sport and challenging pursuits for people with paralysis around the UK. People with conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, MS and others, are able to participate in a whole range of sports - scuba diving, sailing, archery, angling, abseiling, quad-biking, gliding, canoeing, clay pigeon shooting, go-karting, land-yachting, wheelchair tennis and many more.
It is not about creating elite sportsmen and women. It is about trying something new and different. It is about the adrenaline rush, putting the buzz back into a life corralled by the wheelchair, taking the 'dis' out of disability and focusing on ability. To inspire the thought, "If I can do this, what else can I achieve?"
Dame Kelly Holmes MBE Double Olympic Champion says,
"I have seen how important sport can be in people's lives, both as athletes and fans. But the concept of using sport to rebuild a life shattered by paralysis adds another perspective. The work that Sportability does is not only fun, but it helps people to redefine themselves and achieve far beyond the confines of the wheelchair."
Read more about Dame Kelly Holmes and Sportability »
TV presenter and broadcaster Julia Bradbury endorses the Sportability ethos.
We're delighted to announce that tv presenter and broadcaster Julia Bradbury has also endorsed the Sportability ethos.
She says: In many of the challenges that I have undertaken both as a broadcaster and in my private life I have been taken well outside of my comfort zone. In fact it would be true to say that I have at times been terrified. I therefore can't imagine how it could be for someone with a disability, and particulary paralysis, to undertake equally challenging pursuits and activities.
Read more about Julia Bradbury and Sportability »
Latest News...
- Priory Events Back With a Bang for 2013!
Quadbiking Clay Pigeon Shooting and Archery - 18th July 2013. Click title to read more....... - Take to those Southern Skies - Flying with Aerobility
The fascination of Powered Flight on 10th July 2013. Click title to read more....... - Canoeing and Archery at Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre
Ed and the LOPC crew are ready to welcome us on Thursday July 4th. Click title to read more....... - Gliding in Surrey - Thursday 4th July 2013
Surrey Hills Gliding Club welcomes Sportability for our second event this season. Click title to read more....... - Gliding in Kent - 25th June 2013
Kent Gliding Club at Challock welcomes Sportability this June. Click title to read more....... - Shooting Event at Purbeck Shooting School - Two Dates!
July and August 2013 - Shooting in Wareham Dorset. Click title to read more....... - Take to those Midlands' Skies - Flying with Aerobility
Aerobility are preparing a very special experience for us on Wednesday 19th June 2013. Click title to read more....... - BloKarting Session - Speed and Excitement
Wednesday 19th June - March, Cambridgeshire with BloKarts East Anglia. Click title to read more....... - Microlight Flying at Netherthorpe, near Worksop
Take to the South Yorkshire Skies with Sportability on Wednesday 12th June 2013. Click title to read more....... - New Canoeing Event near Lamberhurst, Kent
Saturday 15th June 2013 at Bewl Water Outdoor Centre. Click title to read more.......
