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: “CP has never stopped me – it’s made me more determined”
In this Friday's blog, 17-year-old Ben from Liverpool talks about being a goalkeeper and supporting other young people to be active.
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EFDS signs Partnership Charter with Lions Club International
Today EFDS was delighted to sign a Partnership Charter Agreement with the Lions Club International
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Three Lions into World Championship semi-final
England secured their place in the semi-final of the CP World Championship on Monday afternoon following a 2-1 win over the USA.
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.
