Sport for all
WheelPower promotes equality of opportunity in sport for all people with physical disabilities by:
• Organising fun, introductory and competitive events for children and adults with disabilities aiming to increase the number of disabled people who actively participate in sports and physical activity on a regular basis
• Provide sporting experiences where talented young disabled people are offered quality coaching in appropriate settings.
• Providing world leading facilities and opportunities to enable more people with disabilities to lead an active lifestyle.
• Supporting disability sports associations helping to create new clubs and give professional advice and support to improve existing clubs
• Encourage and support the development of multi-sport and sport specific club opportunities within local communities.
• Support for national disability sports events
• Removing barriers to participation in sport in particular the provision of manual sports wheelchairs through the Wheel Appeal scheme
• Encouraging mainstream sports and leisure organisations to include people with disabilities in their programmes.
• Developing and delivering educational courses for people with disabilities and in disability sport through SMISE to improve the quality and number of coaches, officials and volunteers within disability sport
• Providing information and advice on disability sport.
• Work closely with the National Sports Organisations and other National Disability Sports Organisations to support their work in disability sport
• Create working partnerships with organisations involved in sports within the UK working towards shared and specific objectives including Governing Bodies of Sport