Inclusive Fitness Initiative

The Inclusive Fitness Initiative aims to support the fitness industry to become more accessible for people with disabilities. There are 4 main ways they aim to do this;
• Accessible Facilities
• Inclusive Fitness Equipment
• Staff Training
• Inclusive Marketing Strategies
For more information please visit http://www.inclusivefitness.org/

Activate Forum

The Activate Forum brings together individuals and organisations with the common goal of developing and promoting disability sport and physical activity. They aim to ensure this through offering people with all disabilities more opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity, and by working with a number of partners to develop ways to best promote this inclusion.
For more information please visit http://www.welhatsports.org.uk/aboutactivate.htm

Playground 2 Podium

Playground to Podium is a dedicated initiative designed to identify and nurture disabled young people and disabled adults with the potential to be elite athletes. However, the inclusive nature of the initiative ensures that disabled people of all abilities are given the opportunity to participate in sport. This is achieved through 4 interventions;
• Continued Professional Development (CPD) for teachers to support and identify talent
• Multi-skills clubs for children aged 7-11 to improve fundamental movement skills
• Multi-sport clubs for children aged 11-18 to provide out of school hours sport-specific sessions
• Identifying ability days for higher ability athletes
For more information please visit http://www.sportengland.org/support__advice/playground_to_podium.aspx

AABS (Advocacy and Activity Buddy Scheme)

The English Federation of Disability Sports (EFDS) has developed the AABS with the aim to increase sporting participation of disabled people through volunteers' help. The EFDS provides free resources and training tools to train volunteers to motivate and encourage participation of those members needing extra support and encouragement to participate in sport.
For more information please visit AABS.

English Federation of Disability Sports (EFDS) Inclusive Health Check

According to the EFDS, 38% of people believe that the main barrier to participation in sport for people with disabilities is a lack of suitable clubs. The EFDS club health check is available for all sports clubs to assess how inclusive they really are. It also offers suggestions as to how to improve their inclusiveness, with a downloadable pack to help make the club more accessible for disabled people.
For more information please visit EDFS.