Annual Accounts 2017-18 Scottish Charity Reference (SC020994)

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Disability Sport – 2017-18 Review of the year

The core business of DSF is to offer weekly opportunities for individuals of all ages and abilities to be active in safe, inclusive environments within their local communities. Over the year past DSF has offered over 40 single and multi-sport options led by committed coaches, volunteers and peer mentor volunteers. The involvement of enthusiastic athletes in the delivery of the DSF programme has been a high point of the last year.

DSF places great emphasis on delivering a robust coach education programme and during the year opportunities have arisen in Fife for volunteers to access training in inclusive sport, communication, multi sports, coaching participants with disabilities, safeguarding etc. A well trained volunteer workforce is important to DSF and the coach education programme reflects current interests and needs.

DSF has once again delivered a diverse indoor and outdoor events programme throughout the year attracting large numbers of participants of all ages and abilities. The flagship track and field championships attracted the largest entry to date and DSF has experienced exceptional growth across all four bowls events we offer to members at different times of the year. Inclusive club development is important to DSF and Fife Athletic Club, Carnegie Swimming Club, Dovecot Bowling Club, East Fife Indoor BC, Headwell Bowling Club, Abbeyview Bowling Club, Enigma gymnastics club, Strollers FC and Dunfermline Tennis Club plus others are models of exceptional practice.

The Get Out Get Active (GOGA in Fife) programme supported by Spirit of 2012 has come to an end of its second year of three. This programme has made a significant difference to how we deliver physical activity including sport to members and potential DSF members. GOGA in Fife has enabled DSF to establish a new data base and robust registration process. For the first time DSF has a clear picture of its membership, their interests and patterns of attendance. Active recreation is now part of our thinking and not simply sport. GOGA in Fife concentrates on inactive individuals and engaging them in inclusive settings. GOGA in Fife is one of 14 UK wide programmes and was showcased this year at the annual GOGA conference in Manchester.

In addition to GOGA, DSF is supported by Fife Council and Fife Sports & Leisure Trust as well as grants and contributions from various bodies and individuals, and the association continues to deliver the Regional Development role for SDS which is grant funded. In governance also DSF has made lots of progress in the past year. DSF is in the final stages of becoming a SCIO with a new constitution and a new charity Board to be approved at the 2018 AGM. This development has been an 18 month project and a worthwhile exercise.

As always DSF athlete members have excelled in the local, national and international arena. Highlights are the achievements of in Para triathlon and in Para Athletics. Team Fife retained the Inter Area Bowls title and the National Team trophy at the Scottish Track and Field Championships. Fife bowlers picked up numerous titles throughout the year. DSF fielded teams for all national championships organised by Scottish Disability Sport.

In all aspects of our work it has once again been a most successful year.

Chairman, DSF, 30 April 2018

6 General Management Committee 2017/18 Office Bearers Chairman/Hon Treasurer Hon Secretary Hon President

Athlete Representatives

Member Organisations East Fife CSS West Fife CSS

Active Fife

Member Organisations 2017/18 , Glenrothes , Kirkcaldy , Calaiswood School, Dunfermline Hyndhead School, Buckhaven Kilmaron School, Cupar Pitreavie Primary School, Dunfermline Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline Rimbleton Primary School, Glenrothes Rosslyn School, Kirkcaldy , Dunfermline Central Fife Community Support Services East Fife Community Support Services West Fife Community Support Services

DSF Administrator and Registered Address

Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre Viewfield Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RD

Independent Examiner FCCA

Scottish Disability Sport Liaison Officer , Opportunities and Events Manager, SDS

DSF on Facebook www.facebook.com/disabilitysportfife DSF website www.fifeleisure.org.uk/sports/disabilitysportfife

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