“Our club’s collaboration with Access Sport has been very rewarding. I believe it has widened the perception of our coaches to do things that help the participant, rather than make the participant fit the sport.”

Since 2008, we have been transforming community sports in Bristol to improve accessibility for underserved communities and disabled young people.

Despite Bristol’s vibrancy and diversity, significant health and opportunity disparities exist, with many disabled and disadvantaged young people missing out on the benefits of community sport.

Our local Bristol based team continues to expand our work by creating and supporting inclusive community sport sessions across the region.

Our work in Bristol includes:

• Training and upskilling community coaches and volunteers to deliver inclusive sports sessions
• Collaborating with local partners to improve Bristol’s community sport offer
• Organising multi-sport festivals to introduce young people to the inclusive activities available in their area.

We also lead the Ignite Bristol Network – a group of organisations across the sport, disability, education and health sectors, working to make Bristol the best city for disability inclusive sport and physical activity.

Several corporate supporters, sports organisations, trusts and foundations provide vital support to keep this programme running.

Collaboration has been key to our success and moving forward we are looking for new organisations to support this vital work and help more disabled and disadvantaged young people access the life-changing benefits of sport.

To get involved or find out more, please complete the form below and we will be in touch.

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