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Sport for People with Disabilities

DTTAS Accessibility Consultative Committee 28 November 2018

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‘Perfect Week’ to Present to DTTAS ACC – lead in to International Day of PWDs

28 November 2018 27 November 2018 29 November 2018

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Take Home Messages

 Sport and Physical Activity are good for you – National Physical Activity Guidelines  Government of Ireland National Sports Policy 2018-2027 / Sport Ireland Policy on Participation in Sport by People with Disabilities (2017)  Sport Delivery Infrastructure – Sport Ireland / National Governing Bodies of sport / Local Sports Partnerships / Local clubs  Performance & Participation Sport – Success & Impact  Challenging resilient gradient to be addressed in relation to people with disabilities in sport  All agencies can play a role – what can yours do?

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Benefits of Physical Activity

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Policy Context

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Sport Sector Structure/Delivery

Designated Agencies: Performance – Paralympics Ireland Participation – Cara (Sport. Inclusion. Ireland.)

LSP Network (29) Disability NGBs

• Deaf Sport Ireland
• Irish Wheelchair

Association – Sport

• Special Olympics

Ireland

• Vision Sport

Ireland Mainstream NGBs Examples:

• FAI
• Archery
• Angling
• Sailing
• Swimming
• Rugby

Local: Clubs, Schools, Centres, Community Groups

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Investment

• 2017 - €3.2M
• National Sport Policy 2018-2027: €1M in

2019 - SIDO to support all 29 LSPs

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Performance

• Paralympics & World Games – Since 2000
• Hosted European ParaSwimming

Championships 2018

• Equality of funding for athletes

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Participation

• Sport Inclusion Disability Programme (2016)
• Delivered 10,588 participation opportunities across 458 programmes
• 129 training and education courses 2454 people being trained
• Increase in participation – SPEAK Report 2017:

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Challenges

• The 2017 Irish Sports Monitor (ISM) reports that 29.5% of adults

with disabilities participated in sport compared to 46.6% of those without a disability

• IMPACT!
• Role of all agencies – including those on DTTAS ACC

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Take Home Messages

 Sport and Physical Activity are good for you – National Physical Activity Guidelines  Government of Ireland National Sports Policy 2018-2027 / Sport Ireland Policy on Participation in Sport by People with Disabilities (2017)  Sport Delivery Infrastructure – Sport Ireland / National Governing Bodies of sport / Local Sports Partnerships / Local clubs  Performance & Participation Sport – Success & Impact  Challenging resilient gradient to be addressed in relation to people with disabilities in sport  All agencies can play a role – what can yours do?

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Contact Details

Declan O’Leary Coaching Development Manager Sport Ireland Coaching Tel: 086 - 2416698 Email: doleary@sportireland.ie