Stories
These are stories from individuals and organisations about getting active and what it means to them.
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Timebanking UK
Timebanking Story
In this story, John from Timebanking UK discusses their blind golf project and its benefits for all who participate.
Khalsa Football Story
In this blog, Anna Denham talks about Khalsa Football academy, which has served the local community since 1988 and supports local children and adults with additional needs.
Brett’s story
In this blog, Brett Smith, Director of Research, Professor of Disability and Physical Activity at Durham University, discusses how the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines for sport and physical activity could prove a gamechanger for sports accessibility.
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.
Walk on Wednesday’s story
In this story Anna Denham discusses her collaboration with the Walks on Wednesdays (WOW) group, and Nene Park Trust.
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....
Anne-Marie’s story
The first in our “mini-series” of personal stories for the National Outdoors for All Working Group (NOfAWG)
