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Inclusive Club Resources

Use the below links to explore a range of resources and support.

The Inclusive Club Network launched in September 2023, over time this area will grow and become an archive you can keep coming back to on your inclusion journey.

Resource: Diversity and Inclusion Calendar

Resource: Diversity and Inclusion Calendar

Kick It Out have created a Diversity and Inclusion Calendar marking key awareness days and religious events across the year. Read more

Published: 21st January, 2026

Author: Shana Lord

Bar Ends and Bike Safety: Small Details, Big Impact

Bar Ends and Bike Safety: Small Details, Big Impact

Access Sport cycling coach, Libby, shares important information and top tips for ensuring riders at your club are safe! Read more

Published: 15th January, 2026

Author: Shana Lord

Resource: Inclusive Sportswear Checklist and Principles

Resource: Inclusive Sportswear Checklist and Principles

A useful guide and checklist from the Inclusive Sportswear Charter to help you provide inclusive sportswear at your club! Read more

Published: 21st November, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Resource: Inclusive Sportswear Champion Poster

Resource: Inclusive Sportswear Champion Poster

Be part of the Inclusive Sportswear Charter and encourage others at your club to make the pledge! Read more

Published: 21st November, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Podcast: Coachcast, Mentoring and Neurodivergence with Mike Nolan

Podcast: Coachcast, Mentoring and Neurodivergence with Mike Nolan

Dive deep into two areas in this episode - mentoring and neurodiversity. Coach and mentor developer, Mike Nolan, joins to share his expertise. Read more

Published: 30th September, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Creating Neuroinclusive Environments in Football

Info: Creating Neuroinclusive Environments in Football

Through our partnership with The FA, we are sharing resources that link to football but could be applied to a range of different sports! Read more

Published: 30th September, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Creating Period Confident Sport Clubs

Info: Creating Period Confident Sport Clubs

Following on from our webinar with FabLittleBag and The Well HQ, we've created this information sheet with key facts and links to support clubs to become period supportive! Read more

Published: 1st September, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Resource: Inclusion Passport

Resource: Inclusion Passport

Access Sport has created this 'About Me' profile for young people to complete before attending your session. Use it to get to know how you participants communicate, learn and enjoy sport! Read more

Published: 30th May, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Resource: Widgit Online

Resource: Widgit Online

Create visual, communication and learning supports in your web browser using over 20,000 Widgit Symbols and 100s of easy-to-use templates. No installation or updating required! Read more

Published: 30th May, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Video: Signing Hands

Video: Signing Hands

Let's learn Makaton together! Signing Hands have nearly 25 years' experience teaching Makaton and using music, songs and other child-centred activities to engage children and young adults with their language and communication development. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

App: Twinkl Symbols

App: Twinkl Symbols

Create highly personalised, symbolised communication boards that allow learners to ask questions, make decisions and comment on the world around them. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Introducing the Club Inclusion Tool

Info: Introducing the Club Inclusion Tool

The Club Inclusion Tool allows community clubs to track data and better understand their members. Find out more and watch our recent Lunch and Learn session focused on using the tool and the data is provides. Read more

Published: 28th April, 2025

Updated: 16th September, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Club Inclusion Tool: How To Guide

Club Inclusion Tool: How To Guide

This short guide created by the Access Sport team explains how clubs can use our Club Inclusion Tool, what data it measures and why it was created. Read more

Published: 27th April, 2025

Updated: 29th April, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Club Inclusion Tool: Data Visualisation

Club Inclusion Tool: Data Visualisation

Access Sport has created this Data Visualisation guide as a resource for clubs to better understand the data provided by the Club Inclusion Tool. Read more

Published: 26th April, 2025

Updated: 29th April, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Club Inclusion Tool: FAQs

Club Inclusion Tool: FAQs

Do you have questions about Club Inclusion Tool? Check out these FAQs to find out more. If you don't get the answer your looking for, reach out to one of our team. Read more

Published: 25th April, 2025

Updated: 29th April, 2025

Author: Shana Lord

Network: Young Carers Alliance

Network: Young Carers Alliance

The Young Carers Alliance is a growing network of over 200 organisations and 700 individuals committed to improving the lives of young carers, young adult carers and their families. Sign up on their website. Read more

Published: 6th December, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Caring for a Sibling

Info: Caring for a Sibling

Young Sibs have created a webpage with tips and resources for young people caring for their sibling with a disability. Read more

Published: 6th December, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Toolkit: Supporting Young Carers

Toolkit: Supporting Young Carers

We know that young carers caring responsibilities can impact them emotionally. MYTIME have collated some useful links and sources of support to help young carers get the advice and help they need. Read more

Published: 6th December, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Building Stronger Communities Playbook

Building Stronger Communities Playbook

Learn more about embedding community engagement and a sense of belonging in your community sport club. Read more

Published: 18th July, 2024

Updated: 23rd July, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Research: Activity Alliance Facts and Statistics

Research: Activity Alliance Facts and Statistics

Some useful statistics on disabled people. They can help you to understand a large proportion of our society, including demographics and impairment types. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Updated: 11th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Research: Activity Alliance Annual Disability and Activity Survey

Research: Activity Alliance Annual Disability and Activity Survey

Activity Alliance’s Annual Disability and Activity Survey report 2023-24 shows that in a year where focus will be on the nation’s top Paralympians’ incredible achievements, the reality is that disabled people still face significant barriers when trying to be active in their communities. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Updated: 11th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Coaching Disabled People: What Coaches Need to Know

Info: Coaching Disabled People: What Coaches Need to Know

Tips from UK Coaching for including disabled young people in your sessions. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Disability Awareness for Coaches

Info: Disability Awareness for Coaches

Simple reminders from UK Coaching around understanding inclusive sport that will help you develop delivery plans for your club. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Video: Assume That I Can

Video: Assume That I Can

Our negative assumptions about people with Down syndrome can lead us to treat them in such a way that these assumptions become reality. In sociology, this is called a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’. Why not reverse our perspectives? Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: What is a Learning Disability?

Info: What is a Learning Disability?

Mencap - Hear from people with a learning disability, read our definition and learn about diagnosis. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Campaign: End the Awkward

Campaign: End the Awkward

Two thirds of Brits say they feel awkward around disabled people. Some people feel so awkward they avoid disabled people all together. End the Awkward is Scope's campaign aimed at helping people feel more comfortable about disability. The campaign uses humour to get people thinking differently. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Video: Paralympics #WeThe15

Video: Paralympics #WeThe15

Multiple leading international organisations have united to launch WeThe15, which aspires to be the biggest ever human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities. Launched ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Conditions, Impairments and Disabilities

Info: Conditions, Impairments and Disabilities

Sense Charity - Learn more about deafblindness and conditions like CHARGE syndrome and rubella. While this information can be helpful, it’s important to remember that no two people’s experiences of these conditions are the same. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Library: Makaton Library

Library: Makaton Library

Create a free account on Makaton.org to access their library of resources and toolkits. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: What is Makaton?

Info: What is Makaton?

Today over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech. Makaton.org has all the resources and information you need to get started. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

E-Learning: Understand Tourette Syndrome

E-Learning: Understand Tourette Syndrome

Tourettes Action e-learning module, Understanding Tourette Syndrome. In this module, you will learn what Tourette Syndrome is, co-occurring features and differences that accompany it, how it affects an individual and what can be done to help and understand. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Factsheets

Info: Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Factsheets

Helpful factsheets and resources from the British Dyslexia Association. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Video: See Dyslexia Differently

Video: See Dyslexia Differently

Information from the British Dyslexia Association. Ten percent of the population are believed to be dyslexic, but it is still often poorly understood. With the right support, the strengths and talents of dyslexic people can really shine. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Movement Matters - Activity and Participation

Info: Movement Matters - Activity and Participation

Movement Matters - Can movement demonstration videos combined with imagination help children with dyspraxia learn everyday movement activities? Read more

Published: 4th July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Video: What is ADHD?

Video: What is ADHD?

A video by ADHD UK outlining what ADHD is and how it is diagnosed. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Helpful Approaches for Parents and Carers

Info: Helpful Approaches for Parents and Carers

An information sheet created by PDA Society for parents and carers with tips, resources and helpful approaches. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Video: Demand Avoidance of the PDA Kind

Video: Demand Avoidance of the PDA Kind

This video was created to help raise awareness of how the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism can present, combining experiences kindly shared by children, young people and adults. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Guide: Autism in Sport for Clubs and Coaches

Guide: Autism in Sport for Clubs and Coaches

If you are a sports instructor, you may have an autistic person in your class or group. The National Autism Society has created a short guide to help you meet their needs. We also offer training for sports leaders/teachers. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Guide: Sensory Differences

Guide: Sensory Differences

A guide by the National Autism Society detailing sensory differences and how they can affect the way people feel and act, and can have a profound effect on a person’s life. A guide to help you understand autism, the person and how to help. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Guide: The Lundy Model

Guide: The Lundy Model

An in-depth look at the theory behind youth engagement and why it’s a key part of your clubs journey. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Model Youth Board

Info: Model Youth Board

Best practice examples of creating a youth board, as well as recommendations from The Principles of Good Governance for Sport and Recreation to you in governance practices. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Guide: How to Support Senior Leaders to Commit to Youth Voice

Guide: How to Support Senior Leaders to Commit to Youth Voice

Created by The National Lottery Fund, this guide provides advice and practical tools you can implement within your practice. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Shana Lord

Info: Working with Children and Young People with ADHD

Info: Working with Children and Young People with ADHD

Ten top tips to help make your club or team an inclusive place for children and young people with ADHD. Read more

Published: 5th February, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Guide: Supporting Autistic Young People at Your Club

Guide: Supporting Autistic Young People at Your Club

A short guide for clubs and sports coaches to help you meet the needs of autistic participants. Read more

Published: 5th February, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Research: What is a ‘Trusted Adult’?

Research: What is a ‘Trusted Adult’?

Created by YoungMinds, this report explains what a ‘Trusted Adult’ is and how they can support young people. Read more

Published: 2nd January, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Toolkit: Supporting Young People in your Community

Toolkit: Supporting Young People in your Community

YoungMinds' toolkit provides practical information, resources and tips that give you the tools you need to support a young person with their mental health. Read more

Published: 2nd January, 2024

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Info: Complex Disabilities

Info: Complex Disabilities

Sense’s website has a catalogue of information on how to support individuals with complex disabilities. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2023

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Guide: How to Create an Inclusive Environment.

Guide: How to Create an Inclusive Environment.

Created by Club Matters, this guide helps organisations to create inclusive environments for all. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2023

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Info: Annual Disability and Activity Survey

Info: Annual Disability and Activity Survey

Produced by Activity Alliance, this annual survey outlines findings on disabled people and their relationship with physical activity. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2023

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Guide: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls

Guide: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls

Created by Women in Sport, this guide provides you with eight practical principles for success in female inclusion. Read more

Published: 6th October, 2023

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

Toolkit: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls

Toolkit: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls

Produced by Women in Sport, this toolkit provides community  clubs with useful insights into girls' experience of sport and physical activity. Read more

Published: 6th October, 2023

Updated: 20th June, 2024

Author: Sophia Rabl

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