Special Olympics Sandwell

Special Olympics Sandwell Special Olympics Sandwell provides Sport and Leisure Opportunities for local people with Learning Disabilities.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children & adults with learning disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage. Experience joy and participate in sharing skills, gifts and friendship with their families & other Special Olympic athletes.

Well done to all the Boccia players who attended the competition at Doug Ellis yesterday. Although we didn’t win any med...
12/04/2026

Well done to all the Boccia players who attended the competition at Doug Ellis yesterday. Although we didn’t win any medals this time, everyone played really well so please be proud of yourselves.
Thank you to all the volunteers and parent/carers who also supported the event. Photos to follow, kindly taken by 2 of our volunteers. …

05/04/2026

absolutely amazing evening for everyone concerned. thank you Brian and Pauline for all that you have done for us over all those wonderful years from your friends at Sandwell.

Grand Easter Raffle ! Look at all these lovely Easter Eggs all ready for our Fundraiser- our Grand Easter Raffle which w...
22/03/2026

Grand Easter Raffle ! Look at all these lovely Easter Eggs all ready for our Fundraiser- our Grand Easter Raffle which will be drawn on Tuesday 24th March at Tipton Sports Academy at the end of our Badminton & Cricket Training Sessions. Lucky ticket winners can collect their prizes or they will be brought to swimming on Wednesday or Boccia on Friday at West Bromwich Leisure Centre. Many thanks to everyone who has donated these amazing prizes and especially to our dedicated Volunteers who have gift wrapped them so beautifully. well done everyone! All funds raised will be used for the benefit of Special Olympics Sandwell.

it is with great sadness that I share the news that one of our longest serving Athletes, Carl Patterson, has passed aw...
01/03/2026

it is with great sadness that I share the news that one of our longest serving Athletes, Carl Patterson, has passed away His Funeral took place at Rowley Regis Crematorium. Carl was 61 years old and enjoyed an active sporting life with his friends at Special Olympics Sandwell where he played Badminton and Boccia and was an excellent Athlete and confident swimmer.
His family are pleased to learn how much he enjoyed his sports and are happy to hear that we are going to present a Special Annual Trophy in Memory of our dear Carl R.I.P.

We all had a fantastic time at our Valentines Evening. Karaoke, darts, raffle and tombola, delicious hot buffet and lots...
13/02/2026

We all had a fantastic time at our Valentines Evening. Karaoke, darts, raffle and tombola, delicious hot buffet and lots of yummy cake. We all had so much fun !
Huge thanks to all of our volunteers who make these events happen. Also thanks to The lovely manager at the George Pub who let us use the room and provided lovely decorations too !

06/01/2026

Reminder:-
NO training this week as explained previously.
Special Olympics Sandwell training starts again on:-
Tuesday 13 Jan at Tipton.
Wednesday 14 Jan at West Bromwich
Friday 16 January at West Bromwich.

Please check the weather and road safety conditions before travelling and take appropriate travel safety advice if weather is bad. Please stay warm and safe. Norma

Happy New Year from Special Olympics Sandwell.Sports Training Sessions start back in January 2026 on:-Tuesday 13th at Ti...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year from Special Olympics Sandwell.
Sports Training Sessions start back in January 2026 on:-
Tuesday 13th at Tipton- indoors including Basketball
Wednesday 14th at West Bromwich for Swimming
Friday 16th at West Bromwich- indoors including Boccia.
Looking forward to seeing you all again. Thanks to our Coaches & Volunteers. Huge thanks to Volunteer Abdusalem for creating our very own surprise Special Olympics Sandwell New Year Greeting !

31/12/2025

Wishing you all a Very Happy Healthy New Year 2026.

25/12/2025

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year 2026.

What a lovely evening at our Christmas party, lots of fun, food, laughter and dancing. There was a lovely buffet, tombol...
13/12/2025

What a lovely evening at our Christmas party, lots of fun, food, laughter and dancing. There was a lovely buffet, tombola, raffle and a festive disco ( thanks Janet Beddall ) Thanks to our amazing volunteers who make all of these lovely events happen.
Merry Christmas to all 🎄🎉

Everyone had lots of fun at our last training session on Tuesday before Christmas. Our athletes played fun games with Ka...
13/12/2025

Everyone had lots of fun at our last training session on Tuesday before Christmas. Our athletes played fun games with Karl and Ben with lots of laughter too ! Thanks to all our coaches, volunteers and athletes for an amazing year, many achievements and fantastic memories made. Merry Christmas all, see you in the New Year !

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