by Mark | Jun 22, 2023 | Blog, In the Media, Involving disabled people, Learning Disability Week, Mixed Ability Sports, News
With new Mixed Ability activities beginning to spring up in Lancashire and the North West, IMAS were thrilled to be approached by Bidston Sports Ability (BSA) recently. BSA director Peter Jones explained “we run tons of activities out of Wirral Tennis and Sports Club...
by Mark | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog, News
New clubs achieve accreditation. Two community clubs of very different sizes and sports were recently recognised for their dedication to inclusion through their Mixed Ability offers. People’s Park Bowls in Grimsby, supported by 2020 Community Sport have established a...
by Mark | Aug 5, 2022 | Blog, News, Sport England
Two pioneering clubs and their journeys to becoming fully inclusive. Picturesque Bingley St Ives golf club in West Yorkshire overlooks the Aire Valley, a route to the beautiful Yorkshire dales. The club has come together with International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS)...
by Mark | Feb 14, 2022 | Blog, News
Cannons and Dynamite blast a road to inclusion in the South East. When Matt Kuhn and Medway RFC President Mark Marriott attended the England Rugby Mitsubishi Volunteer of the Year Award in August 2021, they couldn’t have foreseen how a conversation with players...
by Mark | Oct 6, 2020 | Awards, Blog, Involving disabled people, Mixed Ability Sports, News, Rugby development
In the beginning…In spring of 2017 following some earlier Mixed Ability training delivered to around ten of the Premiership community rugby teams, IMAS were contacted by former Gloucester Rugby and Samoan international player Terry Fanolua.Terry had identified a great...
