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
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Demand Fair Play for Deaf Athletes
UK Deaf Sport are asking the Government to end the discrimination against elite deaf athletes by funding them to compete at the Deaflympics, on par with their support for Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
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New Government Strategy Ignores Inaccessibility of Physical Activity
The government has launched a new strategy with an aim of getting 3.5 million people more active, but with very little acknowledgement of the current inaccessibility of activity for groups such as Disabled people.
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How Sport England are Uniting the Movement
Read about Sport England’s new impact report into the work they’ve been doing to improve physical activity.
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GYA contributes to new British Cycling Report
This is the latest report from British Cycling into Disabled people’s cycling experiences.
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Level Playing Field write to organisers of Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
This news story details the letter that Level Playing Field is writing to the organisers of the Olympics and Paralympics.
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