Welcome to Sportability
Sport for People with Paralysis Sport for People with Paralysis Sport for People with Paralysis
Sportability, a registered charity, provides sport and challenging pursuits for people with paralysis around the UK. People with conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, MS and others, are able to participate in a whole range of sports - scuba diving, sailing, archery, angling, abseiling, quad-biking, gliding, canoeing, clay pigeon shooting, go-karting, land-yachting, wheelchair tennis and many more.
It is not about creating elite sportsmen and women. It is about trying something new and different. It is about the adrenaline rush, putting the buzz back into a life corralled by the wheelchair, taking the 'dis' out of disability and focusing on ability. To inspire the thought, "If I can do this, what else can I achieve?"
Dame Kelly Holmes MBE Double Olympic Champion says,
"I have seen how important sport can be in people's lives, both as athletes and fans. But the concept of using sport to rebuild a life shattered by paralysis adds another perspective. The work that Sportability does is not only fun, but it helps people to redefine themselves and achieve far beyond the confines of the wheelchair."
Read more about Dame Kelly Holmes and Sportability »
TV presenter and broadcaster Julia Bradbury endorses the Sportability ethos.
We're delighted to announce that tv presenter and broadcaster Julia Bradbury has also endorsed the Sportability ethos.
She says: In many of the challenges that I have undertaken both as a broadcaster and in my private life I have been taken well outside of my comfort zone. In fact it would be true to say that I have at times been terrifiedI therefore can't imagine how it could be for someone with a disability, and particularly paralysis, to undertake equally challenging pursuits and activities.
Latest News...
- Another Microlight Flying date - Friday 10th September 2010
Microlight Flying with The APT at the Old Sarum Airfield near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Click title to read more..... - Places Still Available for Shooting Event at the Riverside
Shooting Event at the Riverside Shooting Ground, Warwickshire on Wednesday 1st September. Click title to read more....... - Clay Pigeon Shooting & Archery in Kent - Wednesday 15th September 2010
A new addition to our activities in Kent. Clay Pigeon Shooting & Archery on 15th September 2010. Click title to read more....... - Three Days of Multi Events - Bristol and Glos - August 2010
Gliding & Blokarting, Quadbiking & Archery, or Sailing - The choice is yours. Click title to read more....... - Another Microlight Flying day at Enstone, near Oxford
Take to the Skies with Sportability on Thursday 16th September 2010. Click title to read more....... - Clay Pigeon Shooting & Archery - Oxfordshire - Tuesday 7th September 2010
Clay Pigeon Shooting & Archery with Greenfield Entertainment, Oxfordhsire. Click Title to read more....... - Quadbiking & Archery Wednesday 25th August 2010
Quadbiking Twinned with Archery at the Rural Skills Centre, Cirencester. Click title to read more....... - New Date for our Gliding and Blokarting Event
Gliding and Blokarting on the 24th August 2010 at the Cotswold Gliding Club. Click title to read more.......
