Disability Sports Coach

We achieve this through: 

• Running a network of inclusive pan-disability Community Clubs across London, regularly bringing disabled people together to keep active and reduce isolation

• Delivering specialist inclusive coaching activities at schools, colleges and community groups so disabled people don’t miss out on activity with friends

• Training teachers, coaches and volunteers with the lifelong skills to confidently deliver inclusive activities.

Our Community Club in Southwark has been running since 2012, ensuring disabled residents benefit from the same opportunity to enjoy weekly sport as their non-disabled peers. We’re proud to have won Best Charity at the 2019 Southwark Business Excellence Awards.

We also train disabled people to become volunteers, and support them into becoming coaches; we’re proud that 45% of our workforce have a disability. In recognition of our efforts, we won the Workforce Award at the 2019 London Sport Awards.

Across London, our charity has delivered sport and physical activity to over 21,000 disabled people and their families, trained over 5,000 people through inclusive workshops and supported over 300 organisations to make their sessions more inclusive.

By the end of our funding period with Team London Bridge, Disability Sports Coach will have:

• Set up the borough’s first Southwark Inclusive Activity Network, bringing businesses together to raise awareness of disability and inclusive sport

• Trained at least 50 employees from the network on disability awareness in the workplace and engaged hundreds more through a series of annual events

• Improved the physical and mental health of almost 100 disabled people who will attend our inclusive Community Club at the Castle Leisure Centre in Southwark.