Sport England Update – August 2016

Sport England Volunteering explained

Volunteers make a vital contribution to community sport, so to give them and recruiters the help they need, we’ve compiled a comprehensive question and answer section.

It covers everything from how to find opportunities, to getting the most out of volunteering, plus advice for managers. View the Q & A information pages

Sport England funding will increase sporting opportunities for deafblind people

Sense has been awarded a grant of £424,958 from Sport England to increase opportunities for people with deafblindness to participate in sport and physical activity through its ‘Sporting Sense’ project.

Sense will use the investment to continue developing a wide range of physical activity programmes for England’s growing deafblind population, who are among the hardest to reach within the disability sector.

Participation in sport has significant physical, mental and emotional benefits, yet over 300,000 people with dual sensory loss in England encounter a number of complex barriers to take part inactivity.

The funding from Sport England will enable Sense to develop the pathways that lead to appropriate, safe and accessible sport provision.

The ‘Sporting Sense’ project, launched in June 2016, is set to run until May 2018. The project will see Sense setting up targeted sports activities for three different groups of the deafblind population, whilst working across the sports, health and social care sectors.

The project will influence the development and delivery of local physical activity plans, which will include working alongside deafblind people. View the full news item