It is the clear position of SportGuildford that we would like to encourage all levels of ability to take part in local sport and to establish recognisable pathways to enable people at all levels to progress.

 

In this instance, we will proactively encourage clubs to make all their facilities and programmes accessible to as wide a cross-section of the community as possible. If the main-stream activities can be made widely accessible, the relatively fewer people for whom they are not appropriate, can perhaps be more easily catered for and encouraged to take part in facilities and/or programmes that can be modified in some way.

 

Whilst it is evidently far easier for modern places such as the Surrey Sports Park and Spectrum to be able to accommodate all kinds of people with mobility issues, a number of other places have made considerable efforts in this direction. Notably these include Guildford Rowing Club, Papercourt Sailing Club and Frencham Ponds Sailing Club.

 

SportGuildford will actively encourage any facilities that are currently unable to offer full access for whatever reason to make this information as widely known as possible in order to avoid disappointment or other inconvenience. If you are in any doubt, please make sure that you make appropriate enquiries via the various club web sites or through other means of contact.

 

Guildford Sport for All is a major exercise in inclusion. The intention of the day is to open up facilities and to make them accessible in a way that may not be evident every day. Usually the first Saturday in October, the Spectrum Leisure Centre makes the facilities available for sports clubs and others in the Guildford area to attract new people to their sport. By any definition, these people may well have no previous knowledge or experience of the available activities and will need careful consideration, coaching/teaching and encouragement before they will know if they are likely to have a future interest in taking each activity further. Many clubs either use this day as a recruitment drive for new participants, administrators or officials, or run their own sessions at other times to encourage new members.

 

More information on clubs and activities for people with disabilities is available from the Active Surrey Sports Partnership website at:-

 

 

There is a wealth of information to be found on courses, existing sports programmes and other essential aspects from a wider view-point from the Active Surrey home page at:-