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...
by Mark | Aug 10, 2020 | In the Media, Involving disabled people, Mixed Ability Sports, News
Mixed Ability sports participants argue that the involvement of experts by experience in learning, producing teaching resources and delivering their training adds an extra ‘rung’ to the commonly used model, the ‘ladder of co-production. This 20...
by Mark | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog
“This past month Harriet and I have been on placement with International Mixed Ability Sport (IMAS). We are 3rd year medical students from the university of Sheffield. The aim of this attachment was to gain an understanding of how healthcare and social programmes can...
by Mark | Oct 8, 2019 | News
International Mixed Ability Sports are delighted to announce that they have teamed up with registered charity Sports Chaplaincy UK (SCUK). The partnership will see Mixed Ability clubs and their players have the opportunity to access additional support outside of their...
by Mark | Oct 7, 2019 | In the Media, Involving disabled people, Mixed Ability Sports, News, Rugby development
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) have been leading the national roll out of Mixed Ability Rugby since 2014, employing players with learning disabilities and autism to introduce and educate grassroots clubs on the benefits of the game. The Comic Relief ‘Try...
