Erewash Disability Sport Group awarded £9,000 to help sports clubs become more inclusive

2 March 2010

Erewash Disability Sport Group has been awarded £9,030 from Sport England to help local sports clubs become more inclusive.

The money will be used to help three clubs, Riverside Football Club, Long Eaton Judo Club and Church Wilne Water Sports Club, to offer coaching sessions for people with a disability.

Coaches and volunteers at each of the clubs will receive training to help them become more aware of the issues faced when coaching disabled people, and cash will also be used to buy specialist equipment to allow the clubs to be able to meet the needs of people with a disability.

The project will allow disabled people to take part in football, judo and water skiing.

Erewash Disability Sport Group applied for the cash from Sport England’s Small Grants Programme after feedback from local clubs showed that they would like help to become more inclusive.

The funding will be drawn down in April and all projects within the clubs will begin shortly after.

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