Alcobenda Rugby gains Mixed Ability Accreditation!
Alcobenda Rugby Club received Mixed Ability training last weekend in Madrid. The educational team from IMAS Spain spent a day at the club, sharing knowledge and good practice...
Alcobenda Rugby Club received Mixed Ability training last weekend in Madrid. The educational team from IMAS Spain spent a day at the club, sharing knowledge and good practice...
Saski Baskonia, one of the most prominent basketball clubs in Europe, remains firm in its commitment to social inclusion through basketball. Baskoia has been developing the Mixed Ability model for four seasons, with the creation of two men’s teams and one women’s...
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) is thrilled to announce that the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament is returning in 2025 and will be hosted by the City of Pamplona, Spain. Located in the north-east region of Navarra, Pamplona is a historic town...
IMAS is delighted to announce that Barry Horne MBE has joined the IMAS Board and the Mixed Ability family! Barry is the Chief Executive of Activity Alliance, the National charity which works to get more disabled people active across England. Over the past 12 years,...
The International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART) is the world cup for Mixed Ability rugby teams. After the incredible success of the 2022 edition in Cork, IMAS is seeking new expressions of interest from clubs, unions, cities, or other parties to host the...
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...
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...
The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an urgent call for action and are at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. There are clear links between IMAS work and the SDGs. Exploring these links is important given the...
The recent Marmot report 10 years on, highlighted how health inequalities related to disabilities arestill stark. This has been even more apparent during the Covid pandemic, which it is now clear has disproportionately affected disabled people and exacerbated...
A few weeks ago, Mixed Ability Accredited rowing club, Bradford ARC, left the chilly climes of the north of England and headed to Turin, Italy, for the first International Mixed Ability Rowing Exchange. Rowers of all abilities shared their experiences and knowledge...
Nel febbraio 2021, come anticipato durante l’ultima campagna presidenziale, la Federazione Spagnola di Rugby (FER) ha presentato ufficialmente il suo nuovo Piano Nazionale di Rugby Inclusivo (PNRI). Questo piano include un regolamento, nonché una serie di normative...
This year, IMAS have offered placements to medical students from the University of Sheffield. Max Landsborough reports on what he has learned, and how the placement might influence he practises medicine in the future... On my placement with International Mixed...
Written collaboratively by the IMAS facilitators Here We Go Again... The 2019 LeDeR Annual Report was published 16th July 2020. “Our updated data suggest that the disparity between age at death for people with learning disabilities (aged 4 years and over) and the...
Mixed Ability was conceived to promote social inclusion and a meaningful interaction between individuals and groups who wouldn’t necessarily share paths in their local communities. At least not in ‘normal’ circumstances. Many of our participants have experienced –...
It is with great sadness that the IMAS and IMART 2020 Project Team have to announce that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures affecting travel, borders and large gatherings across the world the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament is...
International Mixed Ability Sports is excited to announce that the European Commission, through the Erasmus+ Not-for-profit European Sport Events, has agreed to support a week of Mixed Ability activities to coincide with the 3rd International Mixed Ability Rugby...
Siamo lieti di annunciare che la Città di Torino ha deciso di comparire tra i firmatari del Manifesto IMAS per lo Sport Mixed Ability, che lotta per l'abbattimento delle barriere alla partecipazione delle persone in condizioni di svantaggioo o di disabilità. Per...
International Mixed Ability Sports è lieta di annunciare che la nostra organizzazione e il Comune di Settimo Torinese hanno sottoscritto un protocollo d'intesa per promuovere il modello Mixed Ability nello sport. La partnership si basa sulla visione condivisa che...
A series of workshops aimed at coaches who want to make boxing at their clubs more inclusive are being launched this October. International Mixed Ability Sports, Unorthobox and England Boxing have teamed up to run the three-hour sessions in three locations –...
As part of National Learning Disability week and at a special ‘Sport You Can’ event, members of the International Mixed Ability Sports team were invited to London to present their vision for a fairer, more inclusive society and how that can be achieved through...