We want to help organisations reduce the negative impacts of Covid-19 and address any widening inequalities in participation rates in sport and physical activity.
The Get Yourself Active team has been working to influence the sports sector to be better equipped to involve Disabled people in the design, development and delivery of physical activity.
In the previous phase of Get Yourself Active, we undertook a crucial initiative-developing and testing co-production workshops alongside Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs). This work was instrumental in embedding co-production in practice and benefiting organisations. However, it also revealed a lack of understanding around co-production in the sport and physical activity sector.
We have been working with other organisations as a collective voice to produce a shared narrative for co-production, aiming to improve knowledge, guide action and influence policy and practice. It is hoped this resource can enable the sector to be on the ‘same page’ regarding what co-production is and what it might look like in sport and physical activity. We are currently developing case studies to ensure the resource is relatable to the sector and aim to run more roundtables to further the development of the resource. When complete, we will assess the effectiveness of the narrative and create a plan for how we will support the sector further with co-production – whether that be further resources, training, or support sessions. We hope to launch the narrative in Autumn 2024.
Latest news & resources
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Building a more inclusive future: Supporting Disabled people to move more in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin
At the end of 2024, Disability Rights UK’s Get Yourself Active (GYA) programme partnered with Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin to launch GYA Local across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
The ambition was clear: to enable more people with a Disability and/or long-term health conditions to move more in ways that work for them
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Nike’s Alienating Physical Activity Messaging: Our Response
Disability Rights UK and Get Yourself Active’s response and perspective on Nike’s recent advert, ‘runners welcome, walkers tolerated’, that exemplifies the long standing exclusionary narratives that are unfortunately still present within the sport and activity sphere.
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Reflections from Social Work Day at the University of Chester
Helen Black, our Moving Social Work Training Officer, wrote about her recent trip up to the University of Chester to taking part in their Social Work Day. It was a day full of insightful and reflective conversations with social work students interested in how they can better centre the lived experience of Disabled people in their practices! Read on to hear more about the day.
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A Day Trip to Durham – Co-production and Physical Activity Event
Our Co-production Lead, Liddie Bone, wrote about her recent trip up to Durham University for a day-long co-production event. Read on to find out about the interesting conversations on the day and her reflections on wider co-production work!
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Why It Mattered for a UK Disabled People’s Organisation to Be in Rome
Laura Horton, GYA Programme Manager, speaks about her experience in Rome at the Innovation for Inclusion: the Power of the Paralympic Legacy event, championing Disabled voices and demanding that every room that speaks about us, has us at the forefront!
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