Sport for People with Disabilities DTTAS Accessibility Consultative Committee 28 November 2018 sportireland.ie
‘Perfect Week’ to Present to DTTAS ACC – lead in to International Day of PWDs 28 November 2018 27 November 2018 29 November 2018 sportireland.ie
Take Home Messages Sport and Physical Activity are good for you – National Physical Activity Guidelines Government of Ireland National Sports Policy 2018-2027 / Sport Ireland Policy on Participation in Sport by People with Disabilities (2017) Sport Delivery Infrastructure – Sport Ireland / National Governing Bodies of sport / Local Sports Partnerships / Local clubs Performance & Participation Sport – Success & Impact Challenging resilient gradient to be addressed in relation to people with disabilities in sport All agencies can play a role – what can yours do? sportireland.ie
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Benefits of Physical Activity sportireland.ie
Policy Context sportireland.ie
Sport Sector Structure/Delivery Designated Agencies: Performance – Paralympics Ireland Participation – Cara (Sport. Inclusion. Ireland.) Disability NGBs LSP Network (29) Mainstream NGBs • Deaf Sport Ireland Examples: • • Irish Wheelchair FAI Association – • Archery Sport • Angling • Special Olympics • Sailing Ireland • Swimming • Vision Sport • Rugby Ireland Local: Clubs, Schools, Centres, Community Groups sportireland.ie
Investment • 2017 - € 3.2M • National Sport Policy 2018-2027: € 1M in 2019 - SIDO to support all 29 LSPs sportireland.ie
Performance • Paralympics & World Games – Since 2000 • Hosted European ParaSwimming Championships 2018 • Equality of funding for athletes sportireland.ie
Participation • Sport Inclusion Disability Programme (2016) • Delivered 10,588 participation opportunities across 458 programmes • 129 training and education courses 2454 people being trained • Increase in participation – SPEAK Report 2017: sportireland.ie
Challenges • The 2017 Irish Sports Monitor (ISM) reports that 29.5% of adults with disabilities participated in sport compared to 46.6% of those without a disability - IMPACT! • Role of all agencies – including those on DTTAS ACC sportireland.ie
Take Home Messages Sport and Physical Activity are good for you – National Physical Activity Guidelines Government of Ireland National Sports Policy 2018-2027 / Sport Ireland Policy on Participation in Sport by People with Disabilities (2017) Sport Delivery Infrastructure – Sport Ireland / National Governing Bodies of sport / Local Sports Partnerships / Local clubs Performance & Participation Sport – Success & Impact Challenging resilient gradient to be addressed in relation to people with disabilities in sport All agencies can play a role – what can yours do? sportireland.ie
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Contact Details Declan O’Leary Coaching Development Manager Sport Ireland Coaching Tel: 086 - 2416698 Email: doleary@sportireland.ie sportireland.ie
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