Category: Disability Sport Week

Active Life Club

Active Life Club (ALC) established in 1999, empowering young people through sports. Outstanding efforts in promoting equity in sports for disadvantaged groups. ALC has been a trailblazer, breaking barriers and fostering a spirit of inclusivity within the sporting community.

ALC has successfully transformed the lives of thousands through multi sports, led to remarkable achievements. One remarkable initiative within ALC is the young Female Volunteer Empowerment Project through sports, challenges stereotypes and dispels myths surrounding minority ethnic female as sports coaches. It has inspired numerous to pursue non-traditional careers in sports coaching, showcasing the potential for growth and success in this domain. Transitioning career in sports coaching, recently one received an outstanding young leader award.

ALC embodies cultural intelligence and community trust, providing a supportive environment where young female staff in leadership roles serve as inspiring role models. Their influence has encouraged young girls to volunteer, developing transferable skills, enabling them to actively contribute to society and pursue their personal goals.

The vision of an inclusive sporting community is progressively reducing racial/gender inequalities. Past year alone, recruited 45 volunteers, 95% of whom were young female sporting champions, contributing an astounding 1701 hours of service, with an impressive 83% retention rate. Volunteers served 958 individuals through various sports activities and training sessions.

Creation of a youth & parent forums where they play an equal part in delivery, further reinforces the commitment to gender inclusion. Collaborations with various universities to equip them to challenge inequalities, becoming mentors and changing lives.

Goalball UK

Goalball UK is the national governing body for the Paralympic sport of goalball in the United Kingdom. We are proud to be a registered charity, where our mission is to develop and promote the sport of goalball, creating opportunities for people with visual impairments to participate and compete at all levels.

Goalball UK also provides support and guidance to players, coaches, officials, and clubs across the country, with a focus on promoting inclusivity and equality in sport. The organisation also works closely with schools and community groups to introduce goalball to new players and raise awareness of the sport’s benefits.

Through its partnerships with other organisations, Goalball UK strives to increase the visibility and accessibility of goalball, both nationally and internationally. The organisation also hosts events and three levels of competitions throughout the year.

As a sport, goalball offers a unique and exciting experience for players and spectators alike. With its emphasis on teamwork, communication, and skill, goalball is a sport that is accessible to all, regardless of age, ability, or background.

Website: https://goalballuk.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoalballUK

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoalballUK

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goalballuk/

Contact: Kathryn.Fielding@goalballuk.com

 

Scottish Women in Sport

Scotland where women and girls have equal opportunities to thrive in all areas of sport, with a mission stating that we will advocate for change, elevate voices and enable growth for Scottish women and girls in sport.
Our aim is to support sports and athletes to ensure that fairness and equality is enjoyed by all. Our annual conference brings together the top names in sport to share their knowledge on a host of issues, and our annual conference celebrate those at all levels in sport. Currently working with SAMH on a Young Women in Sports Leadership, mentoring programme, which has been supported by Active Scotland.

Facebook: ScottishWomenInSport

Instagram: scottishwomeninsport

LinkedIn: Scottish Women in Sport

Contact: scottishwomeninsport@gmail.com / 07760 881 687

Scottish Golf

Scottish Golf is the national governing body for the sport of golf in Scotland. Based at Rosyth, we provide support to Scotland’s affiliated 569 golf clubs, representing over 209,000 golf club members and providing playing opportunities to another estimated 200,000 independent golfers.

We strive to promote, develop and govern golf for all generations and without barriers. Supporting clubs to be more welcoming, open and inclusive with a view to increasing membership for all, with a particular emphasis on women and young people; provide the insights, tools and resources that help golf clubs embrace the needs of demographic change, digital
transformation and influence cultural change; identify and secure new investment channels to reinvest in the evolution and growth of the game in Scotland.

Facebook: ScottishGolf

X/Twitter: ScottishGolf

Instagram: wearescottishgolf

Website: www.scottishgolf.org

LinkedIn: scottish-golf

YouTube: ScottishGolf

Fife Active Schools

Fife Active Schools aims to provide more and higher quality extra-curricular opportunities to take part in Sport and Physical Activity.

With support from our partners we will reduce inequality in access to sport and physical activity provision for all young people facing barriers. Specifically on inclusion we provide locality-based para sport provision in school and community for young people with physical, learning and sensory disabilities as well as those on the neurodiverse spectrum. Through our work with partners we work to strengthen pathways into adult provision creating opportunity for lifelong participation.

 

GOGA Tayside

Get Out Get Active (GOGA) is an exciting programme that was delivered across the UK from April 2020 to October 2023, supporting disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy being active together.GOGA was made possible by Spirit of 2012 building on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games alongside The National Lottery, Sport England and London Marathon Charitable Trust.

In Tayside, the GOGA programme is now proudly funded by Tayside Health Fund from October 2023. We are hosted by NHS Tayside and supported by Scottish Disability Sport.

Facebook: gogatayside

X/Twitter: @gogatayside

Instagram: @gogatayside

LinkedIn: gogatayside

Email: lynsey.gerrie@scottishdisabilitysport.com (administrator) / iona.mckay@nhs.scot (manager) / tay.goga@nhs.scot

Badminton Scotland

Badminton Scotland is the governing body for Badminton in Scotland, overseeing over 400 clubs across the country. Our vision is to be the biggest participation sport in Scotland by bringing people and communities together through badminton.
Badminton Scotland’s core activities include: creating and overseeing badminton events; operating a membership structure for clubs and individuals; developing coaching and umpiring structures; developing a competition structure for all levels of players; creating opportunities for volunteers; running a high-performance programme for elite Scottish players; coordinating schools and participation programmes, and being a central point of information and research for badminton in Scotland. We want to continue growing our sport and welcoming people and communities from diverse backgrounds.

Facebook: Badminton Scotland

X/Twitter: @BadmintonScot

Instagram: @badmintonscotland