Helping our disabled players access volleyball opportunities
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06, 2012: Justin Phillips of Great Britain plays a shot during the Men's Sitting Volleyball 7-8 Classification match against Brazil on day 8 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at ExCel. Brazil won the match 3-0. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
There are 11.5 million disabled people in England, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the total population.
There has been an increase of 1.1 million since 2013-14, according to the Sport England Active Lives survey disabled people are twice as likely to be physically inactive (43 per cent) than non-disabled people (21 per cent).
From 2012-14 disabled adults were much more likely to report being limited in leisure activities (27.9 per cent) than non-disabled people (2.8 per cent).
The Foundation believe that disabled people deserve the same rights to take part in sport and be active as everyone else.
THE FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE GRANTS TO REGISTERED VOLLEYBALL CLUBS CONSISTENT WITH ITS CURRENT FUNDING FOCUS
The current focus will run until DECEMBER 2022 and will support the development of SITTING VOLLEYBALL.
The next decisions on allocation of awards will be the 20th of September 2022.
Funding will be allocated to support future sitting volleyball development, encouraging young people and those with a disability or recovering from injury, into this inclusive part of our game.
Sitting volleyball campaign supported by Bruce Wake Charitable Trust
Sitting volleyball campaign supported by Movement For Good.
