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English Federation of Disability Sport

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The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is the umbrella organisation for disability sport in the country, bringing together a network of 9 regional offices and the National Disability Sport Organisations (NDSO’s) recognised by Sport England.

EFDS mission is: “to be the united voice of disability sport seeking to promote inclusion and achieve equality of sporting opportunity for disabled people.”

EFDS works at a national level, and through its nine regional federations, to effect changes in the range and quality of sport and physical activity available to disabled people.

EFDS Events Division – Disability Sports Events (DSE) directly manages a programme of 12 major international, national and regional pan-disability competitions attracting over 5,000 participants. DSE is also the industry leader in terms of ‘Profiling’ and ‘Classification’ working with the British Paralympic Association and National Governing Bodies on talent identification and player pathways.

EFDS activities at national level include:

Inclusive Fitness Initiative
Gym/ Exercise Buddy: A programme in partnership with the Department of Health to provide disabled people with volunteer support to enable them to access physical activity in a gym environment.
Inclusive Training: To date 2,600 front of house leisure staff have attended EFDS Disability Equality Training, with 3,500 teachers completing the EFDS Including Disabled Pupils in PE courses.
Inclusion Toolkit: In partnership with Youth Sport Trust a web based toolkit to support teachers to included disabled pupils in PE.
Count Me In: A campaign backed by the Disability Rights Commission, aimed at developing sport and physical activity for disabled people.

At Regional level EFDS has:

Set up over 80 local and regional Community Disability Sport Development Forums.
Secured funding for a network of 53 local sports development officers with a disability remit
Developed infrastructures to ensure disabled people are a recognised group in Healthy Lifestyles – partnerships with Local Health Authorities, PCTs and Community Programmes.
Forged successful local community and regional partnerships and obtained funding for projects including Health Through Activity, Athletes as Advocated, Inspire to Lead, Removing Barriers, and Empowerment and Work Placement of Young Disabled People.

English Federation Of Disability Sport
Manchester Metropolitan University
Alsager Campus
Hassall Road
Alsager
Stoke on Trent
ST7 2HL
Tel: 0161 247 5294
Fax: 0161 247 6895
Minicom: 0161 247 5644

Email info@aidis.org
Visit: www.efds.net

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