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04/06/2026

04/06/2026

Participate projects is a Bradford based organisaition committed to helping new start up businesses 'for good'. This included IMAS waaay back in 2014! This year IMAS have been working alongside the Venturists, a Participate spin off dedicated to helping local children believe in themselves, thrive, and be kind to others as well as the planet. This is a great opportunity to support another year of Venturist activity.

Your donation to The Venturists is worth three times as much this month! 💰

We believe it’s incredibly important to raise the aspirations of young people at the earliest opportunity; to inspire them about the possibilities of positive action for the environment and provide rich, life-changing education experiences that stay with them for life. This is your chance to help us achieve that.

Thanks to the Aviva Community Fund and British Airways Better World Community Fund, your donation is about to go three times as far. Make a contribution towards The Venturists programme and your donation will be matched by Aviva and British Airways.

🪙 Made a donation at 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-venturists

02/06/2026

Sport has the power to change lives. We now have the proof. 🙌

The IMAS Social Value Report 2024/25 is here — and the numbers are extraordinary.

£22 million. 2,677 participants. 11 countries. One movement.

Mixed Ability sport brings disabled and non-disabled people together as equal members of the same club. Same sport. Same rules. Same team. The results speak for themselves:

✅ Reduced loneliness & social isolation
✅ Better mental health & wellbeing
✅ Stronger communities & belonging
✅ Shifted perceptions of disability
✅ Skills, volunteering & pathways to employment

For every £1 invested, £20.30 of social value is returned to society.

This is what inclusive sport looks like. This is what it does.

Read the full report — https://shorturl.at/GeE7h

Inclusion Disability SocialValue SportForAll Community Belonging MixedAbility

02/05/2026

01/05/2026

Our latest Disability Sports News article is out now!

Here we round up some of the latest news from the disability charities and sports organisations that we are proud to work closely with.

This month sees updates from IMAS, Sense, Access Sport, Special Olympics Great Britain, Dwarf Sports Association UK, LimbPower, UK Deaf Sport, British Blind Sport, Sport For Confidence, WheelPower and Disability Rights UK.

Read the article on our website: https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/10572-disability-sports-news-april-2026

17/04/2026

Excited to have the opportunity to share the Mixed Ability message with Rugby Ontario! And fantastic to see the participation of so many champions with lived experience!

Thanks Elliott Smith Ella Sky and Jayde! 🙏

10/04/2026

What a fantastic couple of days sharing our Mixed Ability journey with a super keen delegation from Ireland! 🇮🇪

Thanks to Horizons Cork Cork Sports Partnership, and Mixed Ability Sports Ireland for organising the visit as part of their Rethink Ireland project!

Loads of interesting discussions and a practical view of how the Mixed Ability system works across our District, intending to enable key drivers and champions in Cork to transfer the knowledge and adapt it to their community!

Special thanks to Sunnah Sports Academy Trust Bingley St Ives Golf Club Dr Mark Purvis and Active Bradford for taking the time to share their experiences 🙏

🏌️🏃🏻‍♂️🏉🏓🃏🏑🏒 St. Finbarr's AC Sunday's Well Rebels West Cork Jesters Rugby Beech Hill Table Tennis Club

02/04/2026

💙 World Autism Awareness Day 💙

Today, April 2nd, IMAS joins in raising awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and reminding everyone of the importance of building a more inclusive, understanding, and accessible society for all.

Autism is not an illness; it is a neurodevelopmental condition that is part of human diversity. Each person on the spectrum is unique, with their own abilities, talents, challenges, and ways of seeing the world.

True inclusion begins with information, respect, and empathy. Listening, understanding, and supporting makes all the difference.

Today and every day, we are committed to a society where diversity is a value, not a barrier.

📢 Because inclusion is not a gesture, it is a commitment.