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Sporting chance
December 1, 2019
WheelPower, the national charity for wheelchair sport, is inviting disabled children to join its Feel Inspired Primary and Junior Camps next year at Stoke Mandeville Stadium so they can enjoy a family friendly day of sport and activity. Children attending on 5 and 6 February 2020 will learn skills and meet new friends, which WheelPower […]
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Cauldron challenge
October 27, 2019
Aylesbury Vale District Council is offering an opportunity to students from Buckinghamshire, aged over 12, to become part of Aylesbury Vale’s Paralympic history. Students with a keen eye for design and engineering are challenged to help create a dynamic and dramatic cauldron that will be centre stage at the fourth Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony […]
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Kids’ sporting chance
September 19, 2019- Archery
- Basketball
- Charitable/fundraising organisations
- Charities
- Children's events
- Childrens Clubs
- Clubs and Groups
- Community
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Culture
- Disability / mobility equipment
- Events
- Games
- Golf Club
- Karate
- Racketball
- Schools
- Schools
- Sports Clubs
- Squash
- Tennis Club
- Tourism
WheelPower, the National Charity for Wheelchair Sport, is hosting its annual National Junior Games 2019 from 30 September – 3 October at Stoke Mandeville Stadium – birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. The primary focus of the Games is to encourage the disabled children who take part to lead a healthier and more active lifestyle, which improves […]
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Quidditch, anyone?
August 17, 2018
A council’s project has been shortlisted in the prestigious Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) Awards, to be held in October. The Active Bucks project was set up in 2015 by the county council to tackle inactivity across the county. It is innovative because it involves residents to help shape what types of physical activities are […]
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Boost for stadium
March 15, 2018
More Leisure Community Trust, and its managing agent Serco Leisure, has been awarded a 10-year contract to operate Stoke Mandeville Stadium, birthplace of the Paralympic Movement and the National Centre for Disability Sport, by WheelPower, the national charity for wheelchair sport. The new contract will come into effect on 3rd April. Serco Leisure’s experience of […]
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Torchbearers named
February 23, 2018
Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) and the Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony’s organising committee have announced Ali Jawad and Sophie Christiansen CBE as official torchbearers in this year’s event, ‘Spirit of Endeavour’. Paralympians, Ali Jawad and Sophie Christiansen, will take centre stage at this year’s Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony on Friday 2nd March at […]
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