Over the last year the Volleyball England Foundation has been working hard to establish itself. Foundation chair Simone Turner tells us that “ During the 2019 -20 period the Board of the Foundation have been working hard to raise its profile, develop our infrastructure, including our website and social media platforms and secure additional funding. It’s now time to use that funding to support the Volleyball family. This first round of funding is to support existing volleyball clubs that want to establish a sitting volleyball team as part of their club.”

Simone Turner has announced that: “As we come out of lockdown we will be looking to work with a number of clubs, who are keen to add sitting volleyball to the menu of activities offered in their club.”

The Foundation will be offering a maximum of £1000 per club, through this scheme, which will be used for equipment and training.  Steve Matthews, Trustee at Volleyball England Foundation, has suggested, that a successful applicant will receive, some or all of the following:,

• Posts and net for sitting volleyball

• Resource packs for Clubs

• Training for coaches and officials

Interested parties, should complete the Application Form that can be requested by sending an email to foundation@volleyballengland.org .

Please ensure that when you return your competed application form all specified documentation requested are included and sent your Form, to ensure your application can be considered by our Assessment Panel.

For more information go to our Funding for Clubs page

Please contact the Foundation Company Secretary with any queries and/or to submit your Application Form and supporting documentation to: foundation@volleyballengland.org

To find out more about Sitting Volleyball, the rules, the format go to the ParaVolley Volleyslide website.

This has a tool box of resources about how to introduce and develop sitting volleyball in your club.

More information about sitting volleyball is also available on the World ParaVolley site.