Saturday, 31 July 2010

Sport and disability

Dave MacCalman

Sport Opportunity Adviser

Chloe Wickman

SportsForce ParaFed Development Officer

Sport Waikato believes that all people have the same right and should be given the same opportunities to participate, enjoy and achieve in their choice of sport or active living pursuit.

People with a disability have traditionally participated in sport and active leisure within a disability environment. But with the education system now integrating children with disabilities, many of these young people now expect the same opportunities in sport.

Sport Waikato’s Sport Opportunity programme links people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities into community sport and will work with schools and community initiatives to ensure inclusive sport and active living philosophies are adopted.


After School Programmes

Sport Waikato is pleased to offer more Sport Opportunity initiatives designed to provide sporting opportunities for children and young people with disabilities and their families.

By utilising clubs within the community, we will provide an environment that will allow children and young people with a disability the opportunity to participate and develop skills in a variety of sports and activities.
 

Tuesday, 20 April 2010
For young people with a disability
Thursday, 22 April 2010
For young people with a disability
Events
Monday, 23 August 2010
No Exceptions Training

The No Exceptions Training (NET) programme is a SPARC initiative, which is facilitated and delivered by the Halberg Trust through the Sport Opportunity Programme. A NET workshop is a free professional development that will enhance teaching and coaching skills and opportunities for people living with a disability to become more active, more often.

The workshops will focus on inclusion of all participants into their physical education programmes, adaptation of games and some ideas for new games that can be used with children. The workshops deliberately use a practical approach, and the promotion of positive attitudes toward disability, sport and physical activity.

The workshops can be offered to individuals or groups with an interest or involvement in providing sport and leisure that wholly or partly includes, or is likely to include, people with disabilities. Workshops are designed for particular target groups (e.g., Module 2 - Success in Schools is aimed at teachers). Workshops can also be customised to suit the needs of particular sports and/or interest groups.

For more information about these workshops contact the Sport Opportunity Advisor Dave MacCalman.

Halberg Trust Activity Fund

The following are the policies to ensure the Halberg Trust's basic ideals will be met:

  • Applications are welcomed from caregivers, parents, teachers and advocates on behalf of children with a disability that are 18 years and under.
  • The minimum age to apply for swimming lessons is 5 years old, however for all other applications the minimum is 8 years of age.
  • Two pieces of equipment funded by the Activity Fund is the maximum allowable over a person’s lifetime (provided they fit the age criteria).
  • All applicants must contribute towards the cost of equipment. E.g. A bike for an able bodied child would realistically expect to cost $300.00, this is expected to be the minimum amount contributed by the applicant for this piece of equipment.
  • The maximum grant allowable for equipment related funding applications is $1500.00.
  • The maximum grant for lessons is $200.00. All applications for lessons must include a Physical Activity Plan or a lesson plan.
  • The Activity Fund will pay for a maximum of one activity per 12 month period and the fund will pay for one activity type per life time. (e.g. only one set of swimming lessons, only one set of skiing lessons).
  • All applications are processed by the grants committee and are subject to the discretion of the committee.
  • Organisations will not be funded via the Activity Fund.
  • Costs associated with attending a school camp are funded.

For more information on this fund, contact Dave.

Resources
Links
Adaptive Rowing New Zealand
Altogether Autism
Attitude Disability TV show
Australian Sports Commission
Back-Up New Zealand
Blind Sport New Zealand
Boccia New Zealand
Cerebal Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association
Disabled Bowls New Zealand
Disability is Natural website
Disabled Snow Sports
DPA NZ - The National Assembly of People with Disabilities
International Blind Sports Federation
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity
International Federation for sport for athletes with an intellectual disability
International Wheelchair Fencing
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation
International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
ITF Wheelchair Tennis
Lifestyle Unlimited - Disability Services
Mamaku - for Boccia balls
Movement Based Learning
Mt Ruapehu Adaptive Learning Centre
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
New Zealand Disabled Lawn Bowls
New Zealand Wheelchair Tennis
No Exceptions Policy
Office of Disability Issues
Palaestra
Independence Games, Hawkes Bay
Parafed Auckland
Parafed Canterbury
ParaFed Waikato
Paralympics New Zealand
Paralympic Sport TV
PE Central
Powerchair Hockey
Shooting for Disabled
Special Olympics New Zealand
Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC)
Sport n Spoke
The Halberg Trust
Variety Club - the children
Wheelblacks
Photo Gallery

Downloading PDF Files
To view Adobe files you need to have the free Acrobat Reader on your computer. If you do not have the reader you can download it by clicking here.

About Us | Contact Us | News | Events | Jobs | Awards

Copyright © 2010 Sport Waikato | Terms and Condtions | Privacy Policy | Send to a Friend | Print this Page