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Blog, Press Release

Pandemic Positivity

Our latest video series has launched with the focus on #PandemicPositivity IMAS is helping to break down barriers and inspire positivity during the pandemic Rupert & Tom - our first 2 video stars Our IMAS trainers have all experienced barriers to participation...

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Blog

World Diabetes Day

At IMAS, we want to make sport inclusive for everybody who faces barriers to participation. With World Diabetes Day coming up, IMAS team member Imogen spoke to two IMAS Trainers and Bumble Bees Rugby Club members – Cam and Paul - about how diabetes affects their...

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International, Rugby development

Os presentamos los Tarucas!

Tarucas Mixed Ability nace en marzo de 2019, bajo el nombre de “Rugby inclusivo Chile”. Esta idea viene de noviembre del año 2018, cuando en Chile se hizo la primera jornada de rugby inclusivo, donde participaron más de 200 personas. A partir de ese día, comenzaron...

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Blog, News

LeDeR Report 2019: Expletives Deleted

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...

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European Projects, Events, IMART 2020, In the Media, International, Mixed Ability Sports, News, Rugby development, Tournament

Mixed Ability rugby shows the sport at its purest and it’s going worldwide

Rugby World, the world's best selling rugby magazine, has dedicated its June issue to inclusion and diversity, celebrating rugby for all! We are delighted to see that 6 central pages cover the growth of Mixed Ability rugby worldwide, alongside the pivotal role IMAS...

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Blog, Mixed Ability Sports, News

Mixed Ability Connects!

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 –...

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News

IMART Cork 2020 postponement

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...

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Blog

My Journey to becoming a Mixed Ability Coach

  Mike O’Regan began a life changing journey as he assisted his son, other players and their families, his own rugby club and now a Rugby Union Premiership side to join the Mixed Ability movement.     I started the Surrey Chargers after reading an...

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Blog

From Front Row Seat to Front Row Forward

As a profoundly deaf player with cerebral palsy Tom may have felt that contact rugby wasn’t going to be a possibility. However, it is just 3 months since his first training session and he has already represented Derby RFC in a full contact match and visited Sixways...

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