![]() ![]() The Football Foundation allocates funding for improving sports facilities as well as funding projects that increase participation in football and other sports.BBC Children in Need is a national grant making trust that gives grants to help disadvantaged children and young people.Sport England makes awards to organisations running projects aimed at increasing participation in sports at community level.These groups can help fund disabled sporting activities. There are a number of riding venues across the West Midlands. Riding for the Disabled Association - The Riding for the Disabled Association gives disabled people the chance to learn how to ride horses and/or carriage driving.Dual-control cars are available and have been used very successfully by organisations working with visually-impaired people. Birmingham Wheels Park - The park gives young people the chance to drive and ride motor vehicles and try other wheeled activities and sports safely, including roller skating, karting, skateboarding and cycling.Skiing & Uphill Ski Club - The club is based at the Ackers Dry Ski Slope and has adapted equipment and fully-qualified instructors to enable disabled people to learn to ski.The activities are fully inclusive and children with special needs are welcome. Hamstead Hall Sports Acadamy - Sports and play sessions after school, at weekends and during the holidays.Phab Clubs - Phab clubs organise a range of sporting and social activities to bring together people with and without disabilities.For further information please contact April Barrett, 01 or Gateway Awards - Activities leading to awards for people aged 13 years and over with a learning disability. Dwarf Sports Association (West Midlands) - The West Midlands group organises sporting and recreational activities for people with restricted growth.English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is the national body responsible for developing sport for disabled people in England.For further information contact Sarah Brown, 07825 136354 or clubs They meet every second Saturday in the month between 9am and 10:30am at Langley Swimming Centre in Oldbury. The Orange Squad - This is a squad of junior and senior swimmers from county level through to National/International/Paralympic level.The club meets on a Sunday between 1pm and 2:30pm. For further information contact Mike Day, 01 or Alta Sports Club - Recreational and coaching swimming sessions at the Munrow Sports Centre, University of Birmingham, Selly Oak. The club meets on a Monday between 5pm and 7pm at Stechford Cascades. For further information contact Emma Love, 01 or City of Birmingham Special Olympics - Recreational and coaching swimming sessions for people with a learning disability. The club meet on a Wednesday (school terms only) between 6:30pm and 7:30pm. Birmingham Meerkats Sports Club - Recreational swimming at Wilson Stuart School, Perry Common. ![]() These disability swimming clubs provide a range of swimming opportunities, from recreational to competitive activities: There are specific swimming sessions for disabled young people at Tiverton Road Pool and Fox Hollies Leisure Centre. You can learn to swim on one of our Strokes for Life swimming courses.
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