The annual Para Sport Festival is on the horizon for 2018, welcoming young people from across the East of Scotland with a physical or sensory impairment and providing them with an opportunity to try a range of Para Sports, delivered by some of the best clubs and coaches across the country. This year’s festival is scheduled for Friday 23rd March at Forrester / St Augustine’s High School, Edinburgh – event details can be found below.
Event: East of Scotland Para Sport Festival 2018
Date: Friday 23rd March 2018
Venue: Forrester / St Augustine’s High School, Edinburgh, EH12 9AE
Format: This 2018 event will take a slightly different format to previous years, offering an opportunity for young people with a physical impairment to try swimming, tennis, triathlon and wheelchair basketball during the morning of the event. The afternoon session will welcome children with sensory impairments to try sports athletics, goalball, judo and swimming.
Powerchair users are also encouraged and welcome to attend the event and sports such as athletics, boccia and powerchair football will be available for individuals to try on the day. The timings of these sessions are yet TBC due to hall availability, however we will let all participants using a powerchair know as soon as possible.
The event, previously named the Paralympic Experience Event, is entering its seventh year and is a fantastic opportunity for primary and secondary aged young people to experience some of the sports that are successfully showcased at major events such as the Paralympic Games. The activities selected reflect the strong club structure in the region and will aim to ignite the transition from the event to more regular sporting activity with one or more of the session’s being delivered.
The festival is a partnership event between Scottish Disability Sport, Edinburgh Active Schools, Lothian Disability Sport and Edinburgh Leisure who work together, along with local club coaches, to offer sessions to the children and young people from East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, the Scottish Borders and West Lothian. This year’s event will also be supported by Celtic Community Foundation.
During the 2016 event, video footage was captured highlighting the aims and potential impact of the event featuring testimonies from young people, parents, club coaches and professional officers. We hope this footage will prove a useful tool in providing an accurate insight to the event.
An entry pack for the event can be downloaded here in PDF format. Additionally, an online version of the form can be accessed by clicking here.
If you require further information relating to the event, please contact Neal Herbert on 0131 625 4414 or neal.herbert@scottishdisabilitysport.com. Entry forms will be circulated early in the New Year.