2019 marks ten years since the first Mixed Ability rugby club in Italy was established. Chivasso Rugby’s aim is to include players of any (dis)ability as full members of the club, without prejudice or special treatment, rejecting the use of special or adapted...
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...
Sport England announced a £40m investment to get families across the country active[1] earlier this year. As part of their ‘Towards an Active Nation’ strategy they identified that parents and families play a major role in creating sporting habits amongst children...
Sundays Well RFC is home to the first Irish Mixed Ability Rugby Team – Sundays Well Rebels. The team began training together in January 2014 and almost 5 years later have experienced an amazing journey including two Mixed Ability World Tournaments (IMART) and...
Last weekend, Sundays Well RFC hosted the 3rd Erasmus Plus #MIXAR project at the Irish Independent Park, in Cork. Over 40 delegates from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium and Ireland resumed the discussion started in Bradford few months ago, and shared...
It was a glorious autumn afternoon in Cork when Sunday’s Well Rebels stepped out onto Irish Independent Park to play their first match officially sanctioned by the IRFU. It was fitting that their opponents were Bradford’s Bumble Bees, England’s first Mixed Ability...
IMAS is proud to be the strategic partner of the EU-funded Erasmus+ Sport MIXAR (Mixed Ability Rugby for All) project. The project aims to replicate the success of Mixed Ability rugby in Italy, Spain, Belgium and Ireland, working alongside prestigious partners such...
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) and Chivasso Rugby Onlus are delighted to present the 3rd “Progetti Cup” which will see Chivasso Rugby take on former World Champion and IMART 2020 hosts Sundays Well Rebels next Saturday 26th of May in Turin. The event,...
England Rugby and Sport Relief have announced that Bradford based International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) are one of six latest projects to be awarded Try for Change grants. Aimed at supporting charities, community groups and grassroots rugby clubs in England,...
Earlier last week, IMAS attended the Erasmus+ Sport MIX.A.R. project kick-off meeting at the University of Salamanca (Spain). IMAS, who has partnered with Federazione Italiana Rugby (Italy), Federación Española de Rugby (Spain), Rugby Vlaanderen (Belgium), INICO...
As the 6 Nations kicked off this weekend, International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS), a Bradford-based NGO who are challenging the way we think about sports, announced an exciting new partnership with rugby unions across Europe. The announcement was made on Saturday...
IMAS Director Mark Goodwin was awarded the prestigious Social Impact Award at the 2017 Festival of Learning. The national event, which acknowledges the benefits of learning, celebrates the achievements of adults who have used learning to transform their lives and...
IMAS is proud and excited to be among the 2017 "Erasmus+ Sport "Collaborative Partnership" funded projects! The MIXAR programme (Mixed Ability Rugby for All) will see IMAS working alongside Federazione Italiana Rugby, Federacion Española de Rugby, Rugby Vlaanderen,...
With the 2nd International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament fast approaching (21st-25th August, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain), teams, fans and supporters can find more details in this very comprehensive information pack! Many thanks to the Asociacion...
The brand new logo for the 1st ever Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament has been revealed! The logo has been designed by Chris Garbutt and Mark Barraclough as a two-hands shaped rugby ball, to emphasize the relevance that support and facilitation hold in playing...
More than 50 people have attended the educational presentation delivered by the WEA Inclusion in Rugby Group last Wednesday at Middleton Leisure Centre (Leeds). The WEA trainers have shown once again a proven and engaging model of peer education, apt to attract new...
