Useful Contacts

Stratford-on-Avon District Council Active Communities Team

Tel: 01789 260115

Email: leisure@stratford-dc.gov.uk

CSW Sport

Tel: 024 7657 4711

Website: www.cswsport.org/

Centre for Accessible Environments

Tel: 0207 357 8182 (020 7822 8232)

Website: www.cae.org.uk

Sport England

Tel: 0207 2731500

Website: www.sportengland.org

Email: info@sportengland.org

Activity Alliance

Website: www.activityalliance.org.uk/

What does our club or facility need to do?

1. Be aware of the DDA and begin to take positive steps to ensure your club, service or facility is accessible

2. Consult with local disabled people through access groups, disability sport forums, disability organisations, etc.

3. The club could facilitate or commission a basic access audit. The latter is a detailed inspection and may be undertaken by an access auditor. An access audit highlights the barriers for disabled people and offers practical solutions

Draw up an access plan to be stored with other documentation acting on the results of the audit, which shows how and when the plan will be implemented

Look at funding opportunities i.e. Awards For All, Local Authority, Lottery Funds, etc.

Provide or commission Disability Awareness Training for staff/coaches and volunteers Consider marketing/promotion of the club. Clubs could look to provide auxiliary aids or services to help disabled people, such as a hearing loop, large print promotional material, use of audio tape or other media

The Equality Act 2010

For information about this please visit - www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance#history