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Disability Pride Month: July 2025

02/07/2025

Disability Pride Month 2025 is taking place throughout the month of July. This month is an opportunity for individuals with a disability to have a… Read more

Poster that is advertising for a branch coordinator for Lothian Disability Sport. Hours: Part-time (17.5 hours per week) Hybrid working Deadline: Friday 11th July 2025. For more information visit the SDS website

Lothian Disability Sport is Hiring A Branch Coordinator

30/06/2025

Lothian Disability Sport is looking for a new Branch Coordinator –  Salary: £24000- £30000 per annum, dependent on experience (pro-rata) Hours: Part-time. 0.5 FTE – 17.5 hours… Read more

Poster that says, New Opportunity with Forth Valley Disability Sport, Coordinator. For more information or informal discussion, please email: Chairperson@fvds.org.uk. The poster is purple and has an opaque photo in the background of a girl trying canoe

Forth Valley Disability Sport is Hiring

30/06/2025

Forth Valley Disability Sport are delighted to announce that they are hiring for a new FVDS Coordinator. Their previous coordinator has been promoted into a… Read more

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SDS Annual Awards 2025: Nominations Open

27/06/2025

  Annual Awards 2025  Nominations are invited from those connected with SDS for the following awards that will be presented at the Annual General Meeting… Read more

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Scots Make Paralympic Squad for 2025-26 Milano Cortina Season

24/06/2025

By British Curling  British Curling has selected its wheelchair curling squad for the 2025-26 season, with its immediate focus on next year’s Milan Cortina Winter… Read more

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Coaching Skills Developed Through Young Start Programme 

08/06/2025

The Young Start Programme helps to empower young people with a disability to develop their coaching skills.  By William Moncrieff, Communications Officer.  To celebrate National… Read more

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Celebrating Marie Cheyne on #VolunteersWeek

07/06/2025

To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week (2nd–9th June), SDS are highlighting some of the many volunteers throughout Scotland, Who have devoted time and effort to help… Read more

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Scottish Squash: Head of Development – Job

06/06/2025

Job opportunity with Scottish Squash –  ROLE: Head of Development Scottish Squash are seeking an inspirational Head of Development (HoD) to lead the development team strategically… Read more

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Celebrating Kai Hunter on #VoluteersWeek

06/06/2025

To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week (2nd–9th June), SDS are highlighting some of the many volunteers throughout Scotland, Who have devoted time and effort to help… Read more

Photo montage of John McLelland with two different disability sport groups, smiling to the camera.

Celebrating John McLelland on #VolunteersWeek

05/06/2025

To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week (2nd–9th June), SDS are highlighting some of the many volunteers throughout Scotland, Who have devoted time and effort to help… Read more

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Celebrating Kat Gillies on #VolunteersWeek

04/06/2025

To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week (2nd–9th June), SDS are highlighting some of the many volunteers throughout Scotland, Who have devoted time and effort to help… Read more

Graphic for Volunteers' Week 2025 which shows Coby Keith with his arms over 2 wheelchair racers, on an athletics track

Celebrating Coby Keith During #VolunteersWeek

04/06/2025

To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week (2nd–9th June), SDS are highlighting some of the many volunteers throughout Scotland, who have devoted time and effort to help… Read more

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Paralympians Reunite at First Athlete Community Reunion

02/06/2025

ParalympicsGB’s Athlete Community Reunites Team Members from Across the Decades ParalympicsGB held its first ever Athlete Community reunion event in Stirling, Scotland on Saturday (31st… Read more

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Volunteers’ Week: Refereeing Is A Family Affair

02/06/2025

By William Moncrieff, Communications Officer    To mark National Volunteers’ Week (2nd–9th June), SDS spoke with the Thomson family, who have been dedicated volunteers in… Read more

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Lived Experiences Needed for New Research

26/05/2025

The CPIPS Research Conversation Group would like to hear from you! They are a team of researchers, looking at how range of movement information from… Read more

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RNIB Connect Radio: SDS National Exhibition Event Feature

23/05/2025

[Listen to the interview here.] Transcript for RNIB interview with Sam Gough and Laura Pilkington –  Amelia (Connect Radio Presenter): You’re listening to RNIB Connect… Read more

Photo of Stephen McGuire throwing a boccia ball. Text on the poster says, Clean Sport Week. 19th to 23rd May, the Next Generation: protecting and empowering young athletes.

Clean Sport Week 2025: The Next Generation

20/05/2025

The Next Generation: Protecting and supporting young athletes during Clean Sport Week, 19 – 23 May.  Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) is committed to clean sport… Read more

Ian Hepworth and Elizabeth Mills standing, smiling at a stall at a Grampian Disability Sport event

The Mindful Game: Sport and Mental Wellbeing

18/05/2025

By William Moncrieff, Communications Officer.  Ian Hepworth, a 54-year-old from Aberdeen, has experienced a remarkable journey through sport—one that spans volunteering and coaching across both… Read more

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A Light in the Dark: Alan Izzard’s Fight Through Sport

13/05/2025

“It’s like stepping out of the darkness and into the light.”  By William Moncrieff, Communications Officer. Alan Izzard, a 54-year-old archer from Angus, Tayside, found… Read more

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David Jarvis on Healing, Hope and Happiness

12/05/2025

“Sport is one of the many keys to happiness.” – David Jarvis’s story of sport and mental health.  By William Moncrieff, Communications Officer.  David Jarvis… Read more

A photo of a young girl in a wheelchair and her sister, sitting next to each other playing boccia. The young girl in the wheelchair is using a ramp to play boccia. They are both smiling

Shepherd recommits support to Scottish Disability Sport’s Boccia Development

28/04/2025

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has recommitted its financial support to Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) for the second year in succession to further aid boccia development throughout… Read more