Disability legacy

In its early stages of development, the Disability programme will be designed to inspire people with a disability to take part in Sport England’s mass participation legacy programme Place, People, Play

In addition to ensuring that the other strands of ‘Places, People, Play’ are accessible, the programme will target investment to reduce the barriers to and raise the motivations for taking part in community level sport.

To ensure that the funding is invested in those areas most likely to drive increased participation, a series of Focus Groups will be set up involving not only those working or volunteering within disability sport, but also current and lapsed participants.

Budget

Up to £8 million National Lottery funding will be invested in the solutions identified, and where possible, this will be used to complement and better align investment within disability sport.

Outcomes

Although still to be finalised during the consultation phase, the outcomes will relate to:

• Increasing the opportunities for young people and adults with a disability to regularly take part in sport. This is likely to include addressing specific barriers which make participation difficult.
• Raise the profile and interest in taking part in community based sport with a view to motivating potential participants
• Ensure the Places, People Play Legacy Plan is fully accessible to people with a disability.
• Learn and promote what drives participation amongst people with a disability.

Projects

The content of the programme is in the early stages of development, however, it will:

• Have the direct involvement of disabled people in its development
• Will be focussed at a community level
• Will seek to enhance and connect with existing provision where appropriate

Key messages

The Disability Programme is in early stages of development.It is hoped that further details on the Programme will be available later in 2011.