Accentuate

Our mission is "To be the united voice of disability sport seeking to promote inclusion and achieve equality of sporting opportunities for disabled people."

Our objective is to increase participation in sport and ensure disabled people can access the sport and physical activity of their choice, at a level of their choice and the venue of their choice.

English Federation of Disability Sport are delighted that one of the projects chosen to receive funding through Accentuate is Playground to Podium, a national initiative to ensure that disabled young people have the opportunity not only to participate but to excel in sport through high class coaching.

• Athletics
• Boccia
• Football
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Wheelchair – Basketball

Playground to Podium offers a framework to enhance existing player pathways and provide increased opportunities to achieve at the top.

1. The athlete bursary of up to £1,000 per person per year is designed to assist individuals with those expenses that are incurred in training and competition such as equipment, travel, accommodation, coaching and physiotherapy.

2. The Club development fund of up to £5,000 per club per year aims to support clubs in the delivery of disability sport within the six Playground to Podium sports by assisting in such areas as providing equipment, facility improvements and upgrades, fees for venue or equipment hire, coaching or transport costs and costs associated with sporting competitions or events that contributes to athlete development & retention within the Playground to Podium context.

3. The Workforce Development fund of up to £2,000 per person per year can be used to provide training that will up skill the workforce directly supporting Playground to Podium in the South East. This could include coaching and officials courses as well as disability awareness training.