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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.0M
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Spending
£967.0K
Public benefits
The Directors/Trustees believe that our purpose satisfies both elements of the public benefit requirement. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include: 1.The development of a more equal and inclusive society in Northern Ireland where more people with disabilities have the opportunity to participate, compete and excel in sport and
recreation at a level of their choice and 2.The improved health and wellbeing of people with disabilities. These benefits are demonstrated through the collation of statistical information on the number of people with disabilities participating in our sports and recreation programmes; the number of sports facilities which are inclusive of people with disabilities; the number of medals achieved by talented disabled athletes from Northern Ireland at European Championships, World Championships and Paralympics Games; the number of children participating in disability sports inspired education projects and the number of teachers, sports coaches, sports leaders and leisure services staff trained to be more inclusive of disabled people. A summary of this quantitative information is collated on an ongoing basis and reported in our Annual Report. These benefits are also demonstrated through the preparation of individual and project case studies which record how participation in our sports and recreation programmes improve the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities. Surveys of school teachers involved in our education projects also record the positive impact the projects have on challenging negative attitudes and misconceptions about people with disabilities. We also receive feedback from participants on our training courses through individual evaluation forms completed after each training course. In addition there are regular independent evaluations of our work by Sport Northern Ireland. Our purpose does not give rise to any harm. The beneficiaries of our purpose are people with disabilities living in Northern Ireland. A direct benefit that may arise from this purpose is that the children, siblings or partners of our Directors/Trustees may on occasions benefit through participation in our sports and recreation programmes or training and education projects. However, the beneficiaries access the programmes and services in the same way as all other beneficiaries and do not receive any preferential treatment. This benefit is therefore incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to all beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Disability Sport NI is Northern Ireland’s main disability sports charity working with children, young people and adults who would like to participate in sport and physical recreation. We work with people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities of all ages and with schools, disability groups, sporting organisations and clubs to ensure that
everyone can benefit from the health, social and education benefits of sport and physical recreation. We believe that every person with a disability has the right to participate in all aspects of life and are committed to building a more inclusive society where people with disabilities have the same opportunity as non disabled people to lead a full, active and healthy lifestyle through sport and physical recreation. We do this by: 1. Developing and delivering grassroots sports and recreation opportunities, projects and events for people with disabilities. 2. Working to ensure that sports facilities are accessible and fully inclusive of people with disabilities. Supporting talented sports people from Northern Ireland to train, compete and excel in international sport including national, European and World Championships and the Paralympic Games. 3. Supporting mainstream governing bodies of sport and clubs to be more inclusive of people with disabilities. 4. Developing the disability specific sports of Wheelchair Basketball and Boccia. 5. Developing and delivering training courses which provide teachers, coaches, sports leaders and leisure services staff with the knowledge and skills required to include people with disabilities in sport and physical recreation. 6. Developing and delivering disability sport inspired education projects which increase children’s understanding of disability and challenge and address negative attitudes and misconceptions about people with disabilities.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of amateur sport
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Disability
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
- Medical/health/sickness
- Research/evaluation
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
