After a year of recreational use of the facility and as restrictions lift, Access Sport ran a small soft launch of the facility during the Easter holidays. The soft launch gave young people from the local community the opportunity to use a BMX, learn to ride the pump track and increase their cycling proficiency. Read more
Charlotte Gray from ITV news met with Georgina Moore, Club Leader and founder of our partner club GEM Boccia to discuss and highlight the significant impact of government restrictions and Covid guidance on those with disabilities. Read more
With over 20 BMX tracks in London and the South our Making Trax Programme has been moving north with the first track in the North West to be started in Salford. The new track will be built in Peel Park and looking to be open to all in March 2021. Read more
Last year Georgina Moore, who is the Club Leader and founder of our partner club GEM Boccia in Bristol, won the BBC Personality of the Year’s Unsung Hero Award for the west of England. In celebration of the awards Rick Astley has released a single and video featuring the award winners. See Georgina’s music video debut here! Read more
Olympic Gold medal winners Kate and Helen Richardson Walsh speak to The Guardian about the importance of equality and inclusion in sport. As long time Access Sport ambassadors they are both advocates of our Flyerz inclusive hockey project and have even started their own Flyerz club! Read more
Our Making Trax programme proposed its first ever BMX track in Sheffield, detailing plans for building the track within the Hillsborough Park. The Team had fantastic feedback from local residents and the plans have now been unanimously approved by the local council. We hope this will be the first of many! Read more
Pick Me Up Magazine has recognised the incredible work done by volunteers in Charlton during the Coronavirus crisis. Local charity Roots4Life called on our Team 100 volunteering project and together they’ve been working to tackle the food poverty and isolation of those most vulnerable and at risk in the area. Read more
Our Making Trax Cycling Programme have been supporting the NHS during lockdown by loaning out bicycles to NHS workers on the frontline of COVID-19. Hospital Staff are able to get bikes, helmets and 1:1 route planning to facilitate a safe commute as well as gaining the physical and mental health benefits of exercise. Read how Club Leader Nikki has been supporting her local hospital with the bike loan scheme. Read more
Joy Jenkins is the Club leader of our Women on Wheels Cycling Club in Greenwich as well as volunteering with our Team 100 project to help keep the community active. We are delighted that her hard work has been recognised and highlighted as Sport England takes the time to thank the nations’ sporting volunteers in celebration of Volunteer Week. Read more
The Access Sport Flyerz project has been working with community clubs to create inclusive hockey sessions since 2012. There are now Flyerz Clubs across the UK, from the South Coast to Scotland, welcoming young people of all abilities. During the current restrictions the pitches have had to close, but the sessions have not – TW Flyerz Club launched the first virtual session with long-time supporters and Olympic Champions Kate and Helen Richardson Walsh and guest player Jim White from the Telegrap Read more
Sport England celebrates the efforts of those in the sports sector who are going the extra mile to do their bit during the Coronavirus crisis – including our very own Team 100 volunteers at the Burgess Park Sports Club. Find out how the mutli-sports club have turned their hands to making home cooked meals for the community. Read more
Our Making Trax Programme is making some great progress in Bristol, over 3 years the programme is aiming to develop 5 open access cycling facilities to engage young people into cycling and BMX in some of the most disadvantaged areas across Bristol. The Easton track will be the fourth and the final one is set for Stockwood. The Bristol Post report on the proposed development for Easton, supported by key funders Bristol City Council and the London Marathon Trust. Read more
Our Making Trax Cycling programme expanded to Bristol in 2017 with plans to build 5 new bike tracks to engage young people in the most disadvantaged communities across Bristol. The Bristol Post report on Hartcliffe, which is just one of these tracks, thanks to funding from Churngold, Bristol City Council and Places to Ride it is now on its way to completion and will be benefitting young people in the Hartcliffe area from early next year. Read more
BBC Sport journalist, Josef Rindl, travelled to Tunbridge Wells and Midland Mencap Flyerz sessions to see first-hand what disability inclusive hockey is all about. What Josef quickly discovered was that inclusivity is Flyerz Hockey’s greatest strength, providing players, families and volunteers with friendships, fun activities and new eye-opening opportunities Read more
L’Dub was the first of the Access Sport BMX tracks being built in Bristol. Up and running for only a few months it has already made a difference to the young people in the area. The Bristol Post head down to find out for themselves. Read more
The BBC travelled to Bristol to film the work our Making Trax Cycling Programme has been doing - using proceeds of crime money to help build a new BMX track and create a Community BMX Club to positively engage the young people in the area. Thank you to the BBC for providing the footage - Click to watch! Read more
A long standing advocate of community spirit in the capital, this week's issue of Time Out has chosen to seek out and celebrate some of London's best inclusive sports groups including our very own Forest Flyerz inclusive hockey and Safe Haven inclusive basketball. Read more