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 sport sector to be better equipped to involve Disabled people in the design, development and delivery of physical activity.
As part of this work, we have been developing and testing co-production workshops alongside Disabled People’s User Led Organisations to embed co-production in practice. We plan to educate the sport sector about the principles, values, and processes behind co-production through this work. This creates more opportunities for Disabled people to have a say in how physical activity is provided.
We also know there is still a lack of understanding of the importance of co-production in the sport and physical activity sector. We aim to work together with other organisations to develop a shared narrative around how we talk about co-production. This will include developing resources that sport organisations can use to support them to embed co-production in practice.
Latest news & resources
- Meet Our New Co-Production Lead!
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GYA’s Response to the Disability Action Plan
The Government has released its Disability Action Plan (DAP), claiming to take action across widespread policy areas to ‘improve Disabled people’s lives.’ They have included some commitments involving physical activity, but none tackle the root causes that are excluding Disabled people from being active ourselves.
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England Football Learning To Launch ‘Introduction To Coaching Disabled Footballers’ Module
England Football Learning has launched a new free online module, with its ‘Introduction to Coaching Disabled Footballers’ module aiming to help existing grassroots clubs become more confident and inclusive coaching Disabled footballers.
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Disability Rights UK’s Together Fund – Our Impact!
Disability Rights UK is launching our report into the delivery and impact of Sport England’s Together Fund, showing the vast and long-lasting impact this fund has on smaller organisations supporting Disabled people getting physically active across the country.
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Landmark Funding Announced for Second Stage of Moving Social Work Programme
Moving Social Work, a co-produced programme designed to encourage social workers to speak about physical activity with Disabled people, has been awarded a second stage of funding.
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