We are going to fight to keep disability-inclusive clubs going and we are going to set up more, working in new innovative ways to adapt to ‘the new normal’ and provide safe, accessible sport to children who, without it, will have drastically reduced life chances and life expectancy. We are not going to sit by and let disability-accessible community sport be lost forever. In order to tackle this issue during 2021 and beyond, we are setting up the Jingle Jam Life Changers Fund for Sport.
#Life changers outreach free#
I spend the majority of my time trapped in my wheelchair, so it’s magical that I can be free while I’m on the track every week. I really love the fact that I’m able to move around by myself while I’m RaceRunning. We’re providing extra sports equipment, hand sanitisers and PPE equipment, and training and support to help keep these vital outlets open.įor example East London Race Running, where 13 year old Mia Martin, who has cerebral palsy, participates: Now, we are working even harder to support clubs to stay open or get back open with the necessary safety measures. Prior to the pandemic, Access Sport was working with community sports clubs to create thousands of new opportunities each year for disabled children to participate. Thousands of community sports clubs were unable to welcome disabled children even before the lockdown many of those that were equipped to do so have been unable to reopen many will be in danger of being lost forever due to financial hardship, the longer the pandemic continues. Yet if you had nowhere to exercise or play sport before the pandemic, what hope is there now? In this situation, a chance to exercise or play sport of some kind is even more important than before. (Activity Alliance 2020) Most parents of disabled children are desperately worried for their child’s mental, as well as physical, health and what the future holds.
The impact of the pandemic on these same children will be catastrophic – compared to their non-disabled peers, disabled people are more likely to be shielding and isolated, more likely to be experiencing financial hardship, more likely to have experienced a decline in physical and mental health, and more likely to die. You can help purchase a piece of vital sports equipment for a disabled child right now, please donate below or choose an item on our online shop.Įven before the Coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of disabled children across the UK were being denied the simple opportunity of taking part in sport and regular physical activity as a result, suffering poorer physical and mental health than should be a basic human right.
A huge thanks to The Yogscast for helping us launch our Life Changers appeal – with funds raised from the 2020 Jingle Jam and other donations we’ve now passed £175k total raised!īut we won’t stop here.
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