Thanks to the receipt of significant local funding, school-aged children in Aberdeen will have increased and improved access to boccia within their school & community environments.
The Active Aberdeen Partnership, which develops the sporting infrastructure and strategy across the whole of the city, granted Scottish Disability Sport enough funds to purchase boccia kits for each of the city’s Active Schools Coordinators and Active Schools Assistants, and to provide a Boccia Leaders’ Workshop for the recipients of the kit, local volunteers & school staff.
This project has been developed as a partnership between Active Schools Aberdeen & Scottish Disability Sport and aims to offer ongoing lunchtime boccia sessions in each primary & secondary school in the city, which are open to all of their pupils (both with and without disabilities). This will be achieved through the provision of the kit and training, and by linking with existing volunteering programmes within each community. In time, we also hope to be able to offer inter-school Boccia Bonanza Festivals and to launch after school & community clubs in several ASGs to provide a pathway for eligible players to develop in the sport.
If you, or someone you know, lives with a physical, sensory or intellectual impairment and would like to get more involved in sport, please get in touch with Alison Shaw (Regional Manager for Scottish Disability Sport) on 07828 744 848 or alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com