30 JANUARY 2019 COG COMMUNITY BUILDING SESSION #2 COG Community Series #2: Sharing by Sports Council (SDSC)

Yee Ting Wee, Executive, Communications Disability Should Never Disqualify • Set up in 1973 to champion sport accessibility for persons with disability (PWDs) to realise their potential

• Believes in the dignity, capability and value of PWDs, we want to enable our sportspersons to excel in sports both recreationally and competitively • SDSC aims to continually work with neighbouring countries on disability sports development, and to raise the PROFILE and STANDARDS of disability sports. 1. Integrate PWDs into the community through recreational sports and activities; promote mental and physical benefits of sports

2. Increase public awareness of and promote widespread support for para sports

3. Provide PWDs with opportunities to realize their potential to train, participate and excel in sports for local, regional and international competitions Promote INCLUSIVENESS towards nation- Nation building

Involving SOCIAL CIRCLE for greater awareness & support Family

EMPOWERING individuals with Individuals possibilities Sports Excellence Pathway 8 Our participation 10 - 20 athletes

Asian Youth Para 50 - 80 athletes Games Paralympic s 100 - 160 athletes ASEAN Para Games

National Inclusive National Inclusive Swimming Athletics Singapore National Championships Championships Para Games 200 - 1500 athletes National Youth Para National Youth Para Athletics Swimming Championships Championships

9 Sports Offerings Types of

Physical Intellectual Sensory

IQ Level below 75 Spinal Deaf / Cerebral Muscular Short Visually Amputee Bifida / Hard of Palsy Dystrophy Stature Impaired Injury hearing Autism / Down Syndrome

11 We offer 20 disciplines in total for development across all disability groups: 1. Athletics (Track & Field) 11. Lawn Bowls 2. 12. Powerlifting 3. 13. Sailing 4. 14. Shooting 5. Cerebral Palsy Football 15. Swimming 6. Chess 16. Table Tennis 7. Equestrian 17. Tenpin 8. Football 5 a-side 18. 9. 19. Wheelchair Rugby 10. Cycling 20. How You Can Help Motivational talks by athletes Athletes from SDSC are often invited to give talks and share their inspiring stories at organisations and schools. Corporate School talks engagements

Sports activities SDSC also organises sports try-outs and carnival games that let participants experience disability sports and try out new sports like and Goalball. Support the sports pathway from beginners to high performance athletes.

SDSC is a registered charity which receives only partial funding from the government.

Funding Utilisation • Coaching, Equipment, Logistics • Sports Science & Medicine Support • Sports Development (including beginner programmes) • Athlete Development (including overseas training and competitions) • Administration, development and organisation of competitions and outreach programmes

15 16 A World-Class Event on this Little Red Dot • from 10 to 12 May 2019, Singapore would lock its global reputation as we stage the 1st Asian edition of the World Para Swimming World Series

• fifth leg of this Series and the only Asian host of this prestigious event

• more than 100 top swimmers from all over the world

17 “ I think because sports has played such a big part in my life, I can very confidently say that it has made me who I am today.

It has given me a lot more confidence, allowed me to be more active and to just generally have better physical health. Sports have helped me physically, mentally, socially, everything. It helps me in every aspect of my life.”

Yip Pin Xiu 3-time Gold Paralympic medallist

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