Publications

Kent Disability Sports Strategy 2008-2012

Picture of front cover of the Disability Strategy This document outlines the current structure of disability sport in the UK. Details the resources delivering disability sport in the County and sets out a framework for development, along with a number of recommendations.

Work will take place over the coming years with a host of partners to deliver disability sport in Kent and to work towards meeting the aspirations of the strategy.

If you would like to receive a printed copy, or a copy in some other format please contact; mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk or tel 01732 525389

A number of publications are available, providing background information for developing and promoting disability sport.  

These include:- The Strategy for Disability Sport in Kent, sports specific fact sheets, and a series of 5 promotional posters promoting positive images of disabled athletes,- boccia players, wheelchair basketball players and swimming ,athletics and a general multi-image poster.

Email jennifer.taylor@kent.gov.uk to request a copy or telephone Jennifer Taylor on 01622 605055

We no longer produce the Kent Directory of Disability Sport - this information and more is available on the pages of this website.

However a number of Local Authorities do produce local Sports Directories which may include information on the accessibility and user-friendliness of clubs and opportunities, these include;

  • Canterbury City Council
  • Thanet District Council - available on-line on their website
  • Medway Council Sports Development Team produce a printed directory
  • Maidstone Borough Council - available on-line on their website
  • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
  • Ashford Borough Council at ;- www.activeashford.co.uk

 

The Kent Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service now produce:

 

Many of the following newsletters or magazines have regular articles on Disability Sport

Disability Now (the magazine of Scope, includes regular articles on sport for disabled people)
www.disabilitynow.org.uk . For a free copy call 0845 120 7001.

Congratulations to Disability Now on their 20th anniversary of publication

Disability View (magazine covering many issues relating to disabled people, including sport)
www.disabilityview.co.uk

Inclusive Sport (the magazine of English Federation of Disability Sport)
www.efds.co.uk

Videos

'Murderball' - action packed documentary, featuring wheelchair rugby, rivalry, smashes every stereotype - price £19:99 - Aspire price £12.99

 

Books

'Walking on water'

A voyage around Britain and through life - by Geoff Holt.

In 2007 Geoff became the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail single-handed around Great Britain. His book tells that story and what lead him to take on such a challenge.

Available from Seafarer Books, 102 Redwald Road, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk. IP12 2TE. Tel ;- 01394 420789 from £9:45 a copy + p&p

 

Athlete First; A History of the Paralympic Movement

This book provides a thoroughly researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organisation of the International Paralympic Committee. As well as recounting factual achievements and events, the book examines the position of sport and international competition for people with a disability, within the changing historical context an din relation to the Olympic Movement and non-disabled sport.

 

Gimp by Mark Zupman

Now a Paralympic athlete, Mark explains in his memoir that, in a way, getting hurt was the best thing that could ever have happened to him. Gimp will appeal not only to fans of Murderball (Wheelchair Rugby), but also to anyone ready to be motivated by a touching, captivating and heartfelt story about triumphing over adversity.

Tanni Grey-Thompson - my autobiography 'Seize the Day'

Tanni Grey's book Hardback - ISBN no 0-340-81971-5. Published by Hodder & Stoughton

Price £17:99

Paperback - ISBN no 0-340-81972-3

Price £7:99

 

 

 

Tanni Grey-Thompson - 'Aim High'

front page

Publisher; Accent Press Ltd.   ISBN no 1905170890.   Price £1:99

A 96 page paperback which reveals what has motivated Dame Tanni through her best and worst times.

You can order a copy by going to ;   www.tanni.co.uk

 

 

 

'Paralympic Winter Games' - from the International Paralympic Committee

Co-authors Britta Jahnke and Klaus Schule, with assistance from a number of experts within the Paralympic Movement have produced this new book.   The book commemorates 30 years of Paralympic Winter Games, spanning from Ornskoldsvik 1976 to Torino 2006.

A copy of the book can be ordered on www.paralympic.org for 30 Euros

 

'Raising the Bar' - Independent Sports Review

This publication has looked into sport in the UK, including disability sport, and makes a number of recommendations for the future

Available from ;- Independent Sports Review, 9th floor, Prince Consort House, 27-29 Albert Embankment, London. SE1 7TJ.

tel;- 020 7840 9582

e-mail ;- info@independentsportsreview.co.uk

price ;- £10:00

 

The Biggest Fight

This is the story of Michael Watson's life. Starting with his childhood, it describes how he began fighting at the age of 14. It goes on to explain why he turned professional, before covering all his fights, including the build-up to and story of the 1991 Super Middleweight title fight that left him brain damaged

Michael Watson with Steve Bunce, Time Warner, £16:99

FA access guide

The FA has produced a guide to help football clubs meet the requirements of part three of the Disability Discrimination Act. Recommendations include carrying out an audit of facilities to ensure they comply with the new legislation, and a review of ticketing policies to make sure they do not discriminate against disabled people.  www.thefa.com
(from Disability Now January 2004 edition)

Access to Football Grounds

Covers the Premiership and First Division clubs. With detailed ground descriptions, for the wheelchair user or disabled walker. Also, how to get a ticket, and where to get information about traveling to the ground.
Published by PHSP, ISBN 0-9544598-0-6.
Also available from Access Project, 39 Bradley Gardens, West Ealing. W13 8HE.
They are distributed free, but a donation of £10 a copy is requested.

Active

The Sports, Leisure and Arts directory for the physically impaired in the UK has been out for a couple of months now and is getting great reviews. Active, sponsored by Cyclone, lists a hundred different organisations that provide a variety of activities for wheelchair users ranging from the robust to the more genteel. Rugby and basketball are featured, as are gardening, photography, fishing and dancing. Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE wrote the forward in which she said "The most important effect that exercise has had on me is that I feel healthy and fit and on a personal level I feel strong enough to do all the things that I want to do. Even everyday things like getting in and out of the car, pushing up ramps or bathing my baby is easier because of the physical activity I have been involved in…".

If you have ever considered archery, bowls, handcycling, fitness training, motorsport, sailing, flying, or the arts, then why not splash out £3 plus 50 pence postage. Telephone 0800 980 0501 with a credit card or send a cheque to SIA, 76 St James Lane, London. N10 3DF.