Promoting Active Lifestyles . . . . Developing Talent

AnnuAL rePorT April 2012 - MArch 2013

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Key Achievements 2012 - 2013 3 This has been Disability Sports NI’s most successful year to date with 18,371 children and adults in Northern directly benefitting from our programmes. Board of Directors & Staff 4 Key achievements included: Foreword 5 Community Sport Community Sport - Enabling Active Lifestyles 6 • Community participation initiatives, activity sessions & events involving 10,649 Community Events Programme participants organized. Active Communities Programme 7 • 17 sports facilities working towards Inclusive Sports Facility (ISF) Accreditation • An Inclusive Stadia Advisory Group (ISAG) established. 05 Fermanagh Inclusive Leisure Project 8

Craigavon Inclusive Leisure Project 9 Performance Sport Inclusive Sports Facilities 9 • Disability Performance Pathways for people with disabilities involving 643 competitive athletes further developed in 10 focus sports. Performance Sport – Developing Talent 10 • Funding for Wheelchair Basketball Performance Officer and programme secured. Focus Sports 10 • Pool of 16 sports wheelchairs purchased to support the future development of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby. Boccia 11

Wheelchair Basketball 11 London 2012 Athlete Investment Programme (AIP) 12 • Eight athletes qualified, securing 5 gold and two bronze medals, making the games the Mary Peters Trust 12 most successful Paralympic Games in history for athletes from Northern Ireland. • The organisation of two London 2012 training camps for Paralympics Ireland and the Athlete Classification 12 Paralympic Council of Jordan, in partnership with Antrim Borough Council and Sport NI. • 6,116 children participated in the ‘5 Star Disability Sports Challenge’ education project, London 2012 Paralympic Games – Inspiring Participation 13 increasing the total number of children to complete the project since it was first launched 5 Star Disability Sports Challenge Education Project 13 to 29,491. Pre Games Training Camps 14 Training & Coach Education Paralympic Celebrations 15 • 53 training courses courses involving 763 participants organised. Paralympic Games Information Guide 15 • Development of Sainsbury’s Active Kids For All Inclusive PE Course Performance of Northern Ireland Athletes 16 • Boccia ‘Leaders’ and ‘Level One’ coaching awards developed.

Training & Coach Education – Skilling People 18 Governance • Foundation level of the UK Equality Standard for Sport achieved. Governance, Finance & Representation 19

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BoArD oF DirecTors & sTAFF ForeWorD

Directors We are delighted to report that this has been Disability Sports NI’s most successful year to date with 18,371 children and adults in Northern Ireland directly benefitting from our programmes. Angela Hendra MBE (Chairperson) Barry Macaulay (Vice Chairperson) Grassroots sports and recreation provision for people with disabilities continued to grow during the year, with a second inclusive leisure project funded by Sport Northern Ireland introduced in the Janet Gray MBE (Honorary President) Craigavon Borough Council area. A third Active Communities coach was also employed in the Belfast City Council area bringing the total number of disability coaches deployed in Northern Ireland to six. This has enabled us to significantly increase the opportunities available to people with disabilities in Alan Crooks these areas. Jan Dinsdale MBE Jason Kennedy There was also further improvements in performance sport. Eight governing bodies of sport now have well established disability performance pathways in place and our most talented disabled 05 June Logan athletes are routinely accessing Sport Northern Ireland funding and the support services of the Noel Logan Sports Institute for Northern Ireland. In addition new pathways and structures are being developed in the disability specific sports of Boccia and Wheelchair Basketball. Niall Dempsey (Retired 30th November 2012) Steve McCrudden (Retired 30th November 2012) But of course the highlight of the year was the London 2012 Paralympic Games, which clearly demonstrated how much the disability sport system in Northern Ireland has improved. With eight Michael McAteer (Appointed 30th November 2012) athletes securing 5 gold and 2 bronze medals, the games were the most successful Paralympic Ian McAvoy (Appointed 30th November 2012) Games in history for athletes from Northern Ireland.

The games also resulted in unprecedented levels of media coverage and public interest in disability sport and a marked increase in demand from people with disabilities to participate in sport. Staff Unfortunately, despite the success of the Paralympic Games and the very welcome improvements in Kevin O’Neill, Chief Executive Officer the disability sports system, disabled people in Northern Ireland are still only half as likely to Karen Drennan, Finance, Personnel & Governance Manager participate in sport and physical recreation as the population as a whole, with only 19% of disabled adults participating regularly compared to 37% of all adults. Elaine Reid, Senior Development Officer, Performance Aubrey Bingham, Senior Development Officer, Community Participation The challenge ahead then is to build on the success achieved to date and to meet the increased Claire McVeigh, Senior Development Officer, Facility Access demand from people with disabilities to participate, by greatly increasing the scale of sports and recreation opportunities available across Northern Ireland. Roisin Henry, Inclusive Sports & Leisure Officer, Fermanagh Colleen Murray, Inclusive Sports & Leisure Officer, Craigavon We look forward to meeting this challenge, giving more people with disabilities an equal opportunity to lead a full, active and healthy lifestyle through sport and physical recreation. Linsey McKeown, Inclusive Community Coach, Belfast David Purdy, Inclusive Community Coach, Belfast Yours in sport Amy Scullion, Inclusive Community Coach, Belfast (Appointed November 2012) Anita O’Connor, Administrator Jonathan McCarthy, Assistant Development Officer (To March, 2013) Angela Hendra MBE Kevin O’Neill, Chairperson Chief Executive Officer David Telford, Project Assistant (RNIB Placement to October, 2012)

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Objective: To lead and support the New Age Kurling Schools Championships, Active Communities Programme partnership with Belfast City Council, with the development of locally available participation 8th November 2012, Antrim Forum Leisure work of 3 further disability coaches supported opportunities and facilities which enable people Centre - 124 participants. The Active Communities Programme is a Sport by Disability Sports NI in the Castlereagh & with disabilities to lead active and healthy Northern Ireland lottery funded initiative that Lisburn District Council Consortia area, the lifestyles. Northern Ireland Swimming aims to increase participation in sport and Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon District Council Championships, 20th October 2012 Lagan physical recreation. The programme involves the Consortia area, and the Cookstown, Magherafelt Key Achievements: Valley Leisureplex, Lisburn - 220 competitors. employment of a network of sports coaches & Dungannon District Council Consortia area. throughout Northern Ireland in partnership with During the year the five disability coaches • 8 Northern Ireland Community Events New Age Kurling Senior Championships, District Councils. collectively organised activity sessions and involving 1,102 participants organised. 22nd November 2012, Antrim Forum Leisure programmes involving 7,148 people, 65% of • Activity Communities Programmes and Centre - 128 participants. Following the introduction of the programme whom were people with disabilities. sessions involving 7,148 participants two years ago, Disability Sports NI continued to organised as part of the Sport NI Active Boccia Schools Championships, 24th directly deliver or support the delivery of the Communities Programme. January 2013, Antrim Forum Leisure Centre - programme in 4 of Northern Ireland’s 11 District • Over 20 events, participation initiatives 66 participants from 11 Special Schools. Council consortia areas. and weekly activity programmes involving 1,842 participants organised Boccia Senior Championships East, 12th In the Belfast area 3 full time disability coaches through the Fermanagh Inclusive Leisure February 2013, Lagan Valley Leisureplex, were employed directly by Disability Sports NI in Project. Lisburn Centre – 128 participants. • Second Inclusive Leisure Project Number of participants by area: established in Craigavon and 522 Boccia Senior Championships West, 21st participants involved to date in the February 2013, Cookstown Leisure Centre, 112 Area Participants developing programme. participants. • 17 sports facilities working towards Belfast (3 Coaches) 3,303 Inclusive Sports Facility (ISF) Sports Hall Athletics Championships, Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon, 1,942 Accreditation. 5th March 2013, Lagan Valley Leisureplex, Castlereagh & Lisburn 836 • An Inclusive Stadia Advisory Group Lisburn – 228 participants from 19 Special Cookstown, Magherafelt & Dungannon 1.067 (ISAG) established. schools Total: 7,148 North West Sports Hall Athletics Northern Ireland Community Events Championships, 6th March 2013, Templemore Programme Sports Complex, Derry - 96 participants from 8 schools. This long standing programme designed to give children and adults with disabilities the opportunity to participate competitively in a range of sports, attracted a record number of participants during the year. In total 8 community events involving 1,102 participants were successfully organised, representing a 17% increase in the number of participants. Details of each of the events are provided below:

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Fermanagh Inclusive Leisure Project Fermanagh District Council, and this year sport, with a particular focus on increasing the resulted in the organisation of over 20 different use of the fitness suite at Craigavon Leisure During the sixth year of this project, the participation initiatives, events, and weekly Centre. Lakeland Forum based Inclusive Sports & activity programmes in a range of sports Leisure Officer (ISLO), Roisin Henry, continued involving 1,842 participants, 63% of whom The newly appointed Craigavon Inclusive Leisure to increase the number of local people to were people with disabilities. Officer, Colleen Murray, has got the project off benefit from the initiative, which is designed to to a great start with 522 participants involved to give disabled people the opportunity to lead an Craigavon Inclusive Leisure Project date in the newly developed programme. active and healthy lifestyle in their local area, with a particular focus on increasing the use of Based on the success of the Fermanagh the inclusive fitness suite at the Lakeland Forum Inclusive Leisure Project, a second inclusive Leisure Centre. leisure project funded by Sport Northern Ireland was introduced in Craigavon during the year. Partly funded by Sport NI the project is a The project which is a partnership between partnership between Disability Sports NI and Supported by Fermanagh District Council Disability Sports NI and Craigavon Borough Council, has also been designed to give more local people with disabilities the opportunity to lead an active and healthy lifestyle through

Inclusive Sports Facilities Building on the success of the Inclusive Sports Facility scheme, the focus of the Facility Access Following the successful development of the Officer’s work this year was on the extension of Inclusive Sports Facility (ISF) Accreditation the scheme to cover the Department of Culture, Scheme in partnership with Sport Northern Arts & Leisure’s Regional Stadia Programme, Ireland two years ago, the scheme continues to which will see the major redevelopment of grow with 17 sports facilities audited and Northern Ireland’s three main Football, Gaelic currently working towards achieving ISF games and Rugby stadia by 2015. accreditation. To support this work an Inclusive Stadia Advisory The ISF scheme was developed to provide Group (ISAG) was established during the year to District Councils and other sports facility advise on stadia access issues at all three stadia operators with a mechanism to ensure that and to oversee the development of Stadia they meet the best possible levels of good Design and Management Guidelines and a practice in the design and management of related accreditation scheme. Work on these sports facilities, which are inclusive of people areas of work is progressing well and will be with disabilities. completed by December 2013.

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Objective

To support the development of ‘performance pathways’, and to manage support programmes which enable talented children and adults with disabilities to train, compete and achieve higher levels of performance in their sport. Northern Ireland Wheelchair Key Achievements: Basketball team at Sainsbury's UK School Games. • ‘Disability’ performance pathways for people with disabilities involving 643 Focus Sports competitive athletes further developed in 10 focus sports. In line with Sport Northern Ireland’s ‘disability mainstreaming’ policy Disability Sports NI • Athlete Investment Programme (AIP) continued to work in partnership with selected funding managed for 4 talented governing bodies of sport to improve the athletes. opportunities available to people with disabilities in 10 designated ‘focus’ sports. The ‘focus’ • Athlete classification service successfully sports have been selected because they have managed. the greatest potential to provide a full range of focus sports. The most significant programme • The relocation of ‘Taraflex’ competition participation and competition opportunities for during the year was the organisation of six standard Boccia courts, purchased for the • Boccia ‘Leaders’ and ‘Level One’ people with disabilities. successful talent identification days, organised in Boccia World Cup, to 6 District Councils, to coaching awards developed. partnership with governing bodies of sport in facilitate the development of regional Boccia The ten ‘focus’ sports are archery, athletics, the months immediately after the London 2012 squads. • Funding for Wheelchair Basketball badminton, boccia, cycling, football, table tennis, Paralympic Games. Performance Officer and programme sailing, swimming and wheelchair basketball. • The development of a UK wide ‘Leaders’ and secured Particular achievements in relation to the two ‘Level One’ Boccia Coaching Awards in The respective Northern Ireland Governing sports which Disability Sports NI has sole partnership with GB Boccia and other UK • Pool of 16 sports wheelchairs purchased Body for each of the ‘focus’ sports, is responsibility for, are summarised below: partners. to support the future development of responsible for the development of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair performance pathways which are inclusive of Boccia Wheelchair Basketball Rugby. people with disabilities in their individual sports , with the exception of the disability specific • The organisation of the NI Special Schools • The continued development of club sports of Boccia and Wheelchair Basketball Boccia Championships in Antrim in January programmes in partnership with British which are the responsibility of Disability 2013 and two Regional Senior Boccia Wheelchair Basketball (BWB) and local Sports NI. Championships in Lisburn and Cookstown in wheelchair basketball groups in February 2013. Antrim/Belfast, Enniskillen and Derry. Significant progress continued to be made in each of the focus sports throughout the period, • The organisation of a Boccia Development • The participation of the Northern Ireland with a total of 643 talented children and adults squad on a fortnightly basis, at the Ozone team in the Sainsbury’s UK School Games in with disabilities training and competing in the 10 Leisure Centre, Belfast. London during May 2012.

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disabilities in Northern Ireland currently receive In the build up to and during the London 2012 An additional 6,116 children in 35 schools and Sport NI funding and associated Sports Institute Olympic & Paralympic Games Disability Sports community groups participated in the project, for Northern Ireland support through their NI worked closely with Sport Northern and the increasing the total number of children to respective mainstream Governing Body of Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure to ensure complete the project since it was first launched Sport. This represents an important that people with disabilities in Northern Ireland four year ago to an amazing 29,491 children improvement in provision for talented disabled benefitted from the games. from 201 schools and community organisations. athletes. However, during the year the following 4 talented athletes with disabilities continued to Key achievements The project involved disabled sports people be managed and supported by Disability delivering an awareness raising presentation to Sports NI: • Eight athletes qualified, securing 5 gold pupils in schools, followed by a practical sports and 2 bronze medals, making the session where the children were given the games the most successful Paralympic opportunity to complete a circuit of 5 fun based • Jan Dinsdale, Golf B2 Games in history for athletes from challenges, each based on a Paralympic Sport. • Kelly Gallagher, Alpine Skiing Northern Ireland. • Paul McKillop, Wheelchair Basketball • 6,116 children participated in the ‘5 Star The project which is funded by the Department • Matthew Rollston, Wheelchair Basketball Disability Sports Challenge’ education of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Sport Northern project, increasing the total number of Ireland was designed to showcase disability children to complete the project since it sport in the build up to the London 2012 • The hosting of the BWB Celtic Cup in Mary Peters Trust Enniskillen in July 2012. was first launched to 29,491. Olympic and Paralympic Games and to • The organisation of two London 2012 positively challenge negative attitudes and The Mary Peters Trust awards scheme for young • Sport NI funding secured to develop a training camps for Paralympics Ireland misconceptions about people with disabilities. talented sports people was once again performance programme for the sport of and the Paralympic Council of Jordan, in promoted to athletes with disabilities during the wheelchair basketball in Northern Ireland partnership with Antrim Borough In recognition of the project’s success, the ‘5 year and four awards secured for Matthew over the next four year period. This will Council and Sport NI. Star Challenge’ was awarded the prestigious Skyes (Deaf Canoeing) and James MacSorley include the appointment of a Wheelchair • Paralympic Games Information Guide London 2012 ‘Inspire Mark’ which recognised (Wheelchair Basketball), Darrell Erwin (Hand Basketball Performance Officer early in the produced and disability sports exceptional community projects inspired by Cycling) and Louise Greer (Dressage). new financial year. demonstrations held in five locations London 2012., across Northern Ireland. In addition, funding was secured from Sport NI Athlete Classification during the year to purchase a pool of 16 sports 5 Star Disability Sports Challenge wheelchairs to support the future development Education Project Disability Sport NI’s Performance Officer of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair continued to provide a classification service to Rugby. individual athletes, parents and sports organisations throughout the period. This included organising the classification of local Athlete Investment Programme talented athletes in the sports of Boccia and (AIP) Swimming and managing the INAS FID Classification system for athletes with learning Disability Sports NI was delighted with the As a result of Sport NI’s ‘disability disabilities. During the period the Performance continued success of it’s London 2012 inspired mainstreaming’ policy and Disability Sports NI’s Officer also continued to represent Disability education project, the Northern Ireland Primary ongoing work supporting key governing bodies Sports NI on the Paralympics Ireland Schools ‘5 Star Disability Sports Challenge’ of sport, the majority of talented athletes with Classification Advisory Group. during the year.

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Pre Games Training Camps A four day training camp for 83 athletes and Paralympic Celebrations coaches from Paralympics Ireland, was hosted Building on the success of the two pre London by Antrim Borough Council in June 2012 and a Disability Sports NI played a key role in the 2012 tournaments held in Northern Ireland by two week long training camp involving all 15 Northern Ireland Paralympic Flame Festival on Disability Sports NI and its partners, the 2011 athletes and coaches from the Paralympic the 25th August 2012, one of a series of five Boccia World Cup and the 2012 International Council of Jordan team was also hosted in events held across the UK to celebrate the Wheelchair Basketball Challenge, two pre Antrim in August 2012. Both events were opening of the Paralympic Games. Disability games training camps were also hosted in organised by a partnership involving Antrim Sports NI Chairperson, Angela Hendra MBE had Northern Ireland in the immediate build up to Borough Council, Sport Northern Ireland and the honour of lighting the Paralympic cauldron the games. Disability Sports NI. at Parliament Buildings, Stormont on the morning of the event and Disability Sports NI Chairperson Janet Gray MBE led the Lantern The Irish Boccia Squad training at the Antrim Forum. Parade and lit the Paralympic cauldron at the main flame festival event at Belfast City Hall. A series of disability sports demonstrations and ‘5 Star Challenge’ events were also organised by Disability Sports NI staff in Strabane, Lisburn, Cookstown and in two locations in Belfast throughout the day.

Disability Sports NI Chairperson, Angela Hendra MBE and Chief Executive, Kevin O’Neill also had the privilege to present medals and flowers at victory ceremonies during the London 2012 Games.

Paralympic Games Information Guide

In response to the unprecedented level of public interest in disability sport in the build up to the Paralympic Games, Disability Sports NI teamed up with Paralympics GB and Paralympics Ireland to produce a Paralympic Games Information Guide. The guide which Carál Ní Chuilín and Mark Rohan included a profile of all eight Northern Ireland athletes participating at the games was widely circulated at London 2012 related events in the build up to the games. Paralympic stars Michael McKillop and Ellen Keane

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Performance of Northern Ireland Athletes the disability and performance sport system in Northern Ireland has improved in recent years, From a Northern Ireland perspective the as a result of the work of Governing Bodies of London 2012 Paralympic Games were the most Sport, Disability Sports NI, Sport Northern successful in history. Eight athletes from Ireland and the Sports Institute for Northern Northern Ireland, representing five different Ireland. sports successfully qualified for the games, six on the Paralympics Ireland squad and two on Local stars of the games were track athletes the Paralympics GB squad. The athletes secured Michael McKillop and Jason Smyth, who both a total of 7 medals, 5 gold and 2 bronze, making won two gold medals in spectacular Northern Ireland the most successful region of performances, closely followed by Bethany Firth the UK or Ireland in terms of gold medals who won gold in the 100m backstroke event. secured per million population. Northern Ireland athletes also broke 3 world records and set 2 Michael McKillop was also one of only two new Paralympic records in the process. Paralympians to be awarded the Whang Youn Dai award, a prestigious award made to athletes The success of the Northern Ireland who exemplified the spirit of the Paralympic Paralympians clearly demonstrates how much Games.

Disability Sports NI would like to congratulate all eight athletes on their performances:

Athlete Event Result Bethany Firth 100m Backstroke Gold (Paralympic Record) Eilish Byrne Equestrian – Overall Team Test Bronze Individual Championships Test 5th Individual Freestyle Test 4th James Brown Tandem Time Trial Bronze 4km Individual Pursuit 4th 1km Time Trial 9th Jason Smyth 100m Gold (World Record) 200m Gold (World Record) Northern Ireland Paralympic Gold Laurence McGivern 100m Backstroke 8th Medal winners, Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop and Bethany Firth Michael McKillop 800m Gold (World Record) 1500m Gold (World Record) Sally Brown 100m 9th 200m 6th Sharon Vennard Individual Recurve Quarter Finals

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Objective: Key Achievements: Governance Annual Accounts

To develop an infrastructure of trained • 53 sports training courses involving 763 To ensure the organisation was meeting An overview of the organisation’s financial development and leisure services staff, coaches, participants organised. optimum levels of good practice in governance, position for the year 1st April 2012 to 31st teachers and sports leaders, with the • 100% of participants rated their course Disability Sports NI reviewed and updated its March 2013 is provided below: knowledge and skills required to successfully as either ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’. board structure and membership system during Total income for the financial year was include people with disabilities in sport and • Development of Sainsbury’s Active Kids the year. Two EGM’s took place on 19th £481,282 compared with £487,629 in the physical recreation. For All Inclusive PE Course. October and the 23rd November 2012 to approve agreed amendments to the Articles of previous year. Association. The main change to the Articles was the introduction of skills based advisors to Total expenditure for the financial year was Training Course Delivery the Board of Directors for the first time. £480,707 compared to £459, 531 in the previous year. A total of 53 courses involving 763 participants were successfully organised and delivered at locations throughout Northern Ireland during the year. A breakdown of the type of courses UK Equality Standard for Sport The organisation had a surplus for the year of organised is provided below: £575 compared to a surplus of £28,098 in the During the year, Disability Sports NI became previous year. Accumulated funds at the end of one of the first sporting organisations in Course Number of courses the year therefore increased from £162,082 to Northern Ireland to achieve the foundation level £162,657. Delivered of the UK Equality Standard for Sport. The Disability Inclusion Training 10 standard, which was developed by Sport NI and A full set of the organisation’s audited accounts Inclusive Games/Skills 18 the other UK Sports Councils, recognises is available from the DSNI office. organisations who take positive measures to Sainsbury’s Active Kids For All Inclusive PE Course 10 widen access and reduce inequalities in sport by Representation Boccia Leaders Award 2 under represented groups. Volunteer Training 8 Disability Sports NI continued to represent the Other Workshops 5 interests of people with disabilities from Northern Ireland on the following key national Total 53 organisations and committees:

Course evaluations for each course were extremely positive with 100% of participants describing the • British Paralympic Association National courses as either excellent or very good. Paralympic Committee (Paralympics GB) • GB Boccia Federation Sainsbury’s Active Kids For All The project was launched in London in • UK Home Country Disability Sports Inclusive PE Course September 2012, and the first 10 Northern Organisation’s Chief Executives Officers Ireland courses involving 150 local teachers were Forum (UKCEO) • UK Disability Sport Coaching, Learning & During the year a new inclusive PE course was successfully organised by the end of the year. Leadership Group (UKDSCL) also developed in partnership with Disability Sport • UK Sports Association for People with Wales, the English Federation of Disability Sport Learning Disabilities (UKSAPLD) and Scottish Disability Sport, and funding of • London 2012 Northern Ireland Nations & £850,000 secured from Sainsbury’s to train Regions Group 20,000 teachers, trainee teachers and classroom DSNI Finance, Personnel & Governance Manager Karen assistants across the UK over a four year period in Drennan receives the UK Equality Standard for Sport from The organisation also maintained a close the build up to the next Paralympic Games in Rio. the Chairman of Sport Northern Ireland, Brian Henning. working relationship with Paralympics Ireland.

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