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Sport England launch £1m scheme to aid Paralympic sport Sport England launch £1m scheme to aid Paralympic sport
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Sport England, the grassroots sport agency funded by taxpayers and the Lottery, has announced a new £1m fund to invest in training sports coaches, carers and parents to develop skills to include disabled people in sporting activity. Sport England, the grassroots sport agency funded by taxpayers and the national lottery, has announced a new £1m fund to invest in training sports coaches, carers and parents to develop skills to include disabled people in sporting activity.
Amid ongoing scrutiny of the government's commitment to delivering a meaningful sporting legacy from the London Olympics and Paralympics, the culture secretary, Maria Miller, insisted that the new scheme – designed to complement a £1m investment from Sainsbury's in training teachers – could provide a new model for community sport. Amid continuing scrutiny of the government's commitment to delivering a meaningful sporting legacy from the London Olympics and Paralympics, the culture secretary, Maria Miller, insisted that the new scheme – designed to complement a £1m investment from Sainsbury's in training teachers – could provide a new model for community sport.
"The Paralympics made the UK think about disability differently and I hope that it is the first of many public/private partnerships aimed at developing disability sport at the grassroots," she said. "I am determined that disabled people of all ages get the chance to play sport, both at school and in community sport clubs.""The Paralympics made the UK think about disability differently and I hope that it is the first of many public/private partnerships aimed at developing disability sport at the grassroots," she said. "I am determined that disabled people of all ages get the chance to play sport, both at school and in community sport clubs."
But there are ongoing questions about the level of government investment in school sport and the impact of local authority cuts on facilities. The British Paralympic Association hopes that the momentum generated by the Paralympics can help improve access and inclusion for disabled people in community sport. But there are continuing questions about the level of government investment in school sport and the impact of local authority cuts on facilities. The British Paralympic Association hopes that the momentum generated by the Paralympics can help improve access and inclusion for disabled people in community sport.
The next £450m funding round for national governing bodies, to be decided within the next month for the next four year period, is likely to include a requirement to sign up to new commitments on disabled sport.The next £450m funding round for national governing bodies, to be decided within the next month for the next four year period, is likely to include a requirement to sign up to new commitments on disabled sport.
Sport England figures show that one in six disabled people play sport regularly, compared to one in three non-disabled adults.Sport England figures show that one in six disabled people play sport regularly, compared to one in three non-disabled adults.
The scheme was unveiled on Friday at a community sports centre in north London, at a launch attended by double Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockcroft. The scheme was unveiled on Friday at a community sports centre in north London, at a launch attended by the double Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft.
Jonnie Peacock, the 100m T43/44 gold medallist in London, said the scheme could make a difference. Jonnie Peacock, the 100m T43/44 gold medallist in London, said the scheme could make a difference. "Coaches play a big role in people's sporting experience so it's important they receive the training that gives them skills to include disabled people in sport and help them get the most out of it.
"Coaches play a big role in people's sporting experience so it's important they receive the training that gives them skills to include disabled people in sport and help them get the most out of it," said Peacock.
"This could make the difference in disabled people making sport a part of their everyday lives or not playing sport at all. Without the fantastic coaching I received I would not be the athlete I am now.""This could make the difference in disabled people making sport a part of their everyday lives or not playing sport at all. Without the fantastic coaching I received I would not be the athlete I am now."