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   <title><![CDATA[Sports clubs encouraged to bid for &#163;10 million legacy funding]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Sport England Chair Richard Lewis and Sports Minister Hugh Robertson today urged local community sports groups to bid for Olympic legacy funding to upgrade their facilities as they launched a £10 million National Lottery investment round.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Champions to defend their London Marathon titles]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[David Weir and Amanda McGrory will defend their Virgin London Marathon titles on Sunday 22nd April against the strongest fields ever assembled for the elite wheelchair races.
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   <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Riding for the Disabled Association and Special Olympics Great Britain announce partnership]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[The national governing body of the sport of equestrian for disabled people in the UK, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Special Olympics Great Britain, the country’s largest everyday sports training and competition programme for children and adults with a learning disability.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Ten strong Table Tennis Squad announced for ParalympicsGB]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[The British Paralympic Association confirmed today that the first ten Table Tennis players have been selected for ParalympicsGB at London 2012. The ten players have all qualified by right through regional championships and world ranking lists and are one of the youngest squads in the world at the moment. 
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   <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Funding boost for Sport in 2012 and beyond]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Changes to lottery share and increased ticket sales mean £500 million more for sport over the next five years. Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt has revealed that latest lottery projections show that sport will be £500 million better off over the next five years, leaving a lasting sporting legacy from London 2012.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Miller seeks ideas for government&#8217;s disability strategy]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[The government is urging disabled people to suggest measures they would like to see included in its new disability strategy. A discussion document, Fulfilling Potential, was launched today by the Office for Disability Issues (ODI). Now the government is asking disabled people to suggest “practical ways of making a real difference” to their lives.
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   <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Inclusive Sport programme supports NGBs to increase disabled participants]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Last year, the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) along with several of its member organisations (National Disability Sports Organisations) received National Lottery funding. One part of the funding will enable the NDSOs to support National Governing Bodies of sport to deliver more opportunities for disabled people, through impairment specific sports development advisors.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[New youth sport strategy will support young disabled people to be active]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Young disabled people are set to benefit from Sport England’s youth sport strategy launched this week. The new focus will encourage young people - whatever level of ability- to play sport for life.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Disability Cricket gains recognition in New Year&#8217;s Honours List]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[ECB Disability Cricketer of the Year Umesh Valjee and disability cricket pioneer Jeffrey Levick have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Disabled athletes shine at Nationwide Junior Sports Awards]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[The Lowry Hotel in Manchester played host to the Nationwide Junior Sports Awards on Tuesday 20 December, organised by Disability Sport Events (DSE), the events division of the English Federation of Disability Sport.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[British Judo Association and Special Olympics GB: Working together to promote inclusion]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[The British Judo Association (BJA) has become the first National Governing Body to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Special Olympics Great Britain – the country’s largest everyday sports training and competition programme for children and adults with learning disabilities. The Understanding sets out a common framework for the two national organisations to develop and promote the sport of Judo for people with a learning disability.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Sports participation figures indicate disabled people more active]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Sport England today published new participation figures which show a continuing strong performance by sports such as running, table tennis and boxing, but decreasing participation in other major sports such as swimming and tennis. Importantly, compared with APS2, the number of disabled adults participating three times a week, has increased from 594,500 to 640,600.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[BT&#8217;s disability survey results show two thirds of people avoid disabled people]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the 3,000 people canvassed for BT’s disability survey have admitted they avoid disabled people because they don’t know how to act around them, according to new research sponsored by BT.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[British Paralympic Association respond to Scope survey]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[The British Paralympic Association have released a statement in response to a recent survey by Scope. The controversial results of the poll, carried out by ComRes, were made public on Saturday 3 December- International Day for Disabled People.]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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   <title><![CDATA[Calling all volunteers for the 2012 School Games]]></title> 
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   <description><![CDATA[Do you enjoy sport? Have you ever volunteered in sport? This could be your chance to get involved in the 2012 School Games!]]></description> 
   <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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