Stories
These are stories from individuals and organisations about getting active and what it means to them.
Moving Social Work: Ensuring Physical Activity for Disabled People as a Human Right
Isaac Samuels speaks about the importance of Disabled people's lived experience when shifting social care practices arou...
Meet The Newest Member of the GYA Team: Amarjit!
We’re excited to be welcoming the newest member of our GYA team, Amarjit Randhawa. She’ll be taking on the programme management of Moving Social Work, after nearly a decade working as a social worker in local authorities. We’re looking forward to having her expertise on board whilst we taking Moving Social Work into its second phase!
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Moving Social Work collective
Activity and the cost of living crisis
In this story, Javier from Moving Social Work considers the impact that the cost of living crisis has had and will have on Disabled people’s chances to stay active.
School story
In this story, Elliot Watson, Programme Officer at Get Yourself Active, talks about his experiences as a young Disabled person of the lack of inclusion in school sports.
Karen’s story
In this story, Karen explains how she set about making sure her local green space remained accessible and open to all.
Emily’s story
In this blog, we spoke to Emily from Sense in Rotherham to learn how she and her team have used the Get Yourself Active Social Care Activity pack to support Disabled people to get active.
Wheels for Wellbeing story
In this story, we discuss what we saw and learned on our visit to Wheels for Wellbeing in South London....
