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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Get involved on World Mental Health Day and #RunAndTalk
For World Mental Health Day on 10 October England Athletics is encouraging people to #RunAndTalk
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Blog: “Trampolining is a freeing sensation”
The EFDS website features a blog post every Friday through the year. Trampolinist Catherine discusses how she thrives at a friendly club.
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Inaugural GB Para-Badminton squad announced ahead of Tokyo 2020
GB Badminton announces the nation’s first ever GB Para-Badminton squad, on the road to Tokyo 2020.
Together We Will
Together We Will is an exciting new campaign supporting you to be active and stay active with your friends and family. Find out how being active can help you to become healthier, stronger and have fun.
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.
