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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Blog: “I feel proud to represent my team”
EFDS features a blog post every Friday. This week, Asa, aged 15, talks about athletics, football and swimming.
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Kinghorn and Lyle win bronze for Great Britain
Sammi Kinghorn and Maria Lyle both won bronze medals for Great Britain on day six of the World Para Athletics Championships in London.
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England learning disability side reaches T20 Final
The England learning disability side has qualified for Friday’s INAS Tri-Series T20 Final after a further two victories.
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.
