Maintaining your sports wheelchair

To ensure that your sports wheelchair maximises your performance and to reduce the chance of the wheelchair becoming unusable when you need it most, maintenance is vital.

Maintain your TriRide

We have developed a series of videos with our partners T riride UK which will help you get the best out of your equipment.

THE CLASS OF 2035 : Promoting a brighter and more active future for the youth of tomorrow (YST)

Author: Youth Sport Trust ( LINK ) There are few issues of greater importance to the future welfare of UK society than the physical and emotional wellbeing of young people. The Youth Sport Trust commissioned Future Foundation to examine the future of PE and sport in the UK’s schools. More...

Physical activity benefits outweigh risks for people with long-term health conditions (Sport England)

Author: Sport England ( LINK ) A new consensus statement from health experts has determined that physical activity is safe – even for people living with symptoms of multiple conditions. The benefits of taking part in physical activity “outweigh the risks” for people with long-term health conditions...

Our Impact in 2019

What an extraordinary year 2019 was for WheelPower and for disability sport as we continued our passion for sport and physical activity and provided many opportunities for disabled people to lead healthy active lives. Sport can develop confidence and improve fitness but it’s also a great way to...

Sport England: Uniting the Movement

Uniting the Movement is Sport England's 10-year vision to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity. As we adapt and rebuild from the huge disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, we need to collectively reimagine how we keep movement, sport and activity central to...

Active Lives Children and Young People Survey

The number of children and young people who were physically active fell during the 2019/20 academic year in England, as first storms and then the Covid-19 pandemic restricted the type of activities available. The figures, published Sport England's latest Active Lives Children and Young People...

Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport

The centre aims to improve knowledge of Paralympic sport through a wide range of research topics, in addition to promoting the substantial health and quality of life benefits that can be gained through participation in disability sport. There are two strands of research that are incorporated into...

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WheelPower is an operating name of The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation Limited registered in England & Wales under charity number 265498 and company number 01059490 at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Guttmann Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, HP21 9PP.

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