Our charity is working to make active lives possible with a vision that disabled people are active for life.
Support
We enable organisations to support more disabled people to be active.
Engage
We build partnerships to increase the number of disabled people taking part.
Improve
We work with organisations to enhance their work with disabled people.
Advocate
We team up with partners and our members to make active lives possible.
We can enable your organisation to support more disabled people
We develop our support through ongoing research. Our programmes and resources can help you to include disabled people more effectively.
How We HelpFacts and Statistics
Psychological barriers play the biggest role in preventing disabled people from taking part in sport.
Seven out of ten disabled people want to be more active.
One in five people in England have an impairment - around 9.4 million disabled people.
We support disabled people to find opportunities to get active
Being active is good for everyone's health and well-being. There are many ways for people to enjoy an active lifestyle.
Get ActiveLatest News
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Sainsbury's Inclusive PE training shortlisted for global award
Sainsbury's Inclusive PE training has been shortlisted for the annual Beyond Sport Global Awards.
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Gordon Reid wins Japan Open and returns to world No.1
Reigning Paralympic and Wimbledon champion Gordon Reid made history again on Sunday, becoming the first Brit to win the Japan Open.
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Deaf Awareness Week blog: “I always feel good during & after exercise"
EFDS features a blog post every Friday. To mark Deaf Awareness Week, Philippa Merricks tells us what she gets out of being active.
Get Out Get Active
Get Out Get Active (GOGA) is an exciting new programme that supports disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy being active together. Funded by Spirit of 2012, it aims to get some of our least active audiences moving.
EFDS Media Guide to reporting on disabled people in sport
Our Guide supports journalists and sports providers to produce news content on disabled people in sport. It explores six areas- tailoring content, story type, style and placement, language, media formats and ambassadors.
