London 2012 mass participation legacy plans unveiled
Places People Play will bring the sporting legacy to life in communities across the country, answering London 2012’s Singapore promise to inspire a new generation to play sport.
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School Sport Week kicks off
Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is now underway. Britain’s biggest school sporting event will see nearly 14,000 schools and 5 million children take part in an exciting week-long celebration of school sport. Schools will be bringing the magic and anticipation of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to their classrooms, sports halls and playing fields, inspiring young people to do more sport. Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms ensured the event kicked off in style at The City Academy in Bristol on Monday, 28th June.
Learn more about wheelchair sport
As a five minute online search will testify, people who use wheelchairs have a greater opportunity than ever before to be physically active.
GB wheelchair sport is just champion
Following on from their recent success at May’s Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, the GB Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team are hoping for similar success at the upcoming World Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
Win a school visit from Denise Lewis
Register for the Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week before April 30th and you could win a visit to your school by Olympic Gold Medallist Denise Lewis
3,000 new after school Olympic sport clubs
eenagers across the UK are to get the chance to join one of 3,000 new after school clubs offering Olympic and Paralympic sports, Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced.
Does ‘blade runner’ have a major advantage?
The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-metre race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs.
Olympic ban lifted
UKSA looks forward to working with Sports Governing Bodies, Paralympics GB and UK Sport to build a strong British Team for London 2012 and to creating a lasting legacy that includes people with learning disability well into the future.