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DSE creates opportunities for participation in sport for people with all disabilities. We are the number one events agency, providing events in various sports. Founded in 1961, our knowledge and experience is respected worldwide. This means, we welcome international sports people at some events in our established annual events programme. DSE ensures that from grass roots level to international standard, disabled sportspeople can participate in sport. From beginners, who want to develop their talent, to top British disabled sports people, who get high competition at our events- we are actively increasing sporting prowess.

Comments: 0; Added: 11-10-2007)

http://www.disabilitysport.org.uk/ - Details

British Paralympic Association (BPA) 4.0

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is a registered charity which is responsible for selecting, preparing, entering, funding and managing Britain' s teams at the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games. The invitation to participate in the Paralympic Games is to the BPA as the National Paralympic Committee for Great Britain. The Paralympic Games take place once every four years (with a Winter Games two years after each summer edition of the Games) in the same city and year as the Olympic Games. They are an elite multi-sport event for athletes with a disability and are a direct "parallel" to the Olympic Games - hence the name.

Comments: 0; Added: 02-10-2007)

http://www.paralympics.org.uk/ - Details

Access 4 Fitness (A4F)
A4F is an information service established to provide public and private sector fitness facility operators with information on conforming to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). As a centre of information, access4fitness can also used by disabled people to locate centres which provide inclusive fitness equipment and to find out more about the benefits of fitness training.

Comments: 0; Added: 03-10-2007)

http://www.access4fitness.org.uk/ - Details

British Ski Club for the Disabled (BSCD)
Information and contacts of disabled skiing clubs in the United Kingdom

Comments: 0; Added: 24-01-2008)

http://www.bscd.org.uk/ - Details

Disability Snowsport UK
At the heart of our plans is our desire to increase the opportunities, fitness, mobility, freedom, social interaction, independence and skill of people with disabilities, and to identify and nurture the abilities of young potential athletes.

Comments: 0; Added: 23-03-2008)

http://www.disabilitysnowsport.org.uk/ - Details

British Disabled Water Ski Association 4.0

Water Skiing opportunities for people with all disabilities, the British association has numerous venues around the UK. Our aim is to introduce newcomers to the sport who, due to their disability would not have considered the challenge previously possible. Amputee, blind, deaf, sufferers of partial paralysis, paraplegic other wheelchair users, people with Multiple Sclerosis and learning disabilities have all graduated from the British Disabled Water Ski Association.

Comments: 0; Added: 22-03-2008)

http://www.bdwsa.org/ - Details

Dean Birders
Birdwatching information, gallery, and reports from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire maintained by and for disabled and elderly birdwatchers.

Comments: 0; Added: 23-03-2008)

http://www.deanbirders.co.uk/ - Details

English Federation of Disability Sport 4.0

English Federation of Disability Sport

Comments: 0; Added: 10-10-2007)

http://www.efds.co.uk/ - Details

Dwarf Athletic Association (DAA)
DDA to promote regular sporting opportunity accessible and enjoyable to anyone and everyone of restricted growth in the United Kingdom. We also provide opportunities for dwarf athletes to train for and compete in the World Dwarf Games, the Paralympic and the Olympic games.

Comments: 0; Added: 03-10-2007)

http://www.daauk.org/ - Details

Action for Blind People (ABP)
A national visual impairment charity which provides practical support and advice on employment,legal and housing issues for blind and partially sighted people. We also offer holidays breaks and children's sports clubs for visually impaired people. We introduce over 22,000 people with sight loss to our service each year.

Comments: 0; Added: 08-10-2007)

http://www.afbp.org/ - Details

Enabled-Disabled
The online community website for disabled people and their carers. Here at Enabled-Disabled you can: > Find people who share your interests > Find events of interest in your area > Create your own event and invite others > Write a blog or write in the forum > Create clubs and invite people, who share your interests

Comments: 0; Added: 02-10-2007)

http://www.enabled-disabled.com/ - Details

Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) 5.0

RDA is a federation of Member Groups, which are dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities, through the provision of opportunities for riding and/or carriage driving. Groups enable people to improve their health and wellbeing, delivering a real and lasting therapy that not only benefits mobility and co-ordination, but encourages confidence and self worth whilst having fun.

Comments: 0; Added: 23-03-2008)

http://www.riding-for-disabled.org.uk/ - Details

English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS)
EFDS was established in 1998 as the umbrella organisation for disability sport in England, and has, over the last 9 years, built up a remarkable track record - working with public, private and voluntary sector partners to increase the range and quality of sport and physical activity opportunities for disabled people.

Comments: 0; Added: 06-10-2007)

http://www.efds.net/ - Details

WheelPower - British Wheelchair Sport
Each year many thousands of men, women and children become disabled due to an accident or illness. WheelPower is the national charity for wheelchair sport and helps these people and many others with disabilities to achieve their sporting dreams.

Comments: 0; Added: 03-10-2007)

http://www.wheelpower.org.uk/ - Details

Sportability
Sportability, a registered charity, provides sport and challenging pursuits for people with paralysis around the UK. People with conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, MS and others, are able to participate in a whole range of sports - scuba diving, sailing, archery, angling, abseiling, quad-biking, gliding, canoeing, clay pigeon shooting, go-karting, wheelchair tennis and many more.

Comments: 0; Added: 04-10-2007)

http://www.sportability.org.uk/ - Details

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