Introduction

The Active Inclusion programme is responsible for developing, co-ordinating and promoting high quality sport and physical activity opportunities for disabled people across Gloucestershire.

What is Playground to Podium?

Playground to Podium (P2P) is a series of targeted interventions aimed at helping all young disabled people progress from PE and community sport to high-level performance and competition.

The aim of Playground to Podium is to produce our next Paralympians and elite disabled athletes, by focusing on the identification, development and support of young disabled people. However, it's essential that all young disabled people get the chance to take part in high-quality sports provision. Six sports have been identified as priorities for the P2P programme. More information concerning these sports is available by clicking here.

Playground to Podium is aimed at young disabled people from mainstream and special schools (KS 2&3 Aquatics / KS 3&4 Dry-side), including:

• Physically impaired athletes
• Blind or visually impaired athletes
• Deaf or hearing impaired athletes
• Athletes with an intellectual/learning disability

Playground to Podium framework

In Gloucestershire P2P now encompasses everything from talent identification though to inclusive PE within individual schools and a community club structure which includes grass roots multi-sports clubs and competitive sports specific clubs, inline with the aims of the scheme.