In 2019/20 Disability Rights UK (DR UK) was commissioned by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to find out how Disabled people in the West Midlands feel about access to physical activity. This was with a view to discover Disabled people’s ideas about how these opportunities could be improved and to create a mechanism by which the Include Me West Midlands (IMWM) programme could be led and supported by Disabled people.
DR UK was asked to engage with Disabled people and community organisations in the West Midlands to scope out the interest and appetite in Citizens Network amongst Disabled people, as well as provide a potential plan to make it happen. This report comes from the voice of Disabled people within the West Midlands and takes a social model approach. It is aimed at Disabled people, groups and community organisations in the West Midlands, colleagues working on IMWM and sport sector providers.
