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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...
- Sailing Opportunities for the East Midlands and East Anglia
Rutland Water Welcome Sportability - Book Now! Thursday's - 31st May & 28th June 2012 Click title to read more....... - Canoeing Down the Wye!
A very special canoeing event with Stuart and the posse at Wye Canoes on Tuesday May 29th. Click title to read more....... - Gliding in Surrey this June
An exciting evening of Gliding with the Surrey Hills Gliding Club. Click title to read more....... - Waterskiing near Heathrow in 2012
Heron Lake Welcomes Sportability - Tuesday 19th June. Click title to read more....... - Gliding in North Midlands
Darlton Gliding Club, near Tuxford, this June. Click title to read more....... - Take to the Skies with Sportability
Microlight Flying days at Enstone, near Oxford - Thursdays 24th May and 21st June 2012. Click title to read more....... - Gliding in Oxfordshire
A special airborne welcome on Wednesday 6th June 2012. Click title to read more....... - Announcing A Fabulous Multi-Sports Day at Marwell this May
Quadbiking Archery & Air Rifle Shooting - Wednesday 30th May 2012. Click title to read more...... - Fantastic Knoticat Sea-Sailing in May
Poole Harbour - Dorset - Monday 28th May 2012. Click title to read more....... - Canoeing at the Woodmill Outdoor Centre in Swathling, Southampton
Come and join us on Thursday May 17th. Click title to read more
