Tel: 01473 836777
Fax: 01473 836778
Textphone: 01473 836779
Email enquiries@optua.org.uk
Tel: 01473 836777
Fax: 01473 836778
Textphone: 01473 836779
Email enquiries@optua.org.uk
Launch of new Waveney Disability Sports Forum marks 1,000 days to the 2012 Paralympics!
We are helping to launch a new Disability Sport Forum for the Waveney area on 03 December in Lowestoft. This event will coincide with the International Day of Disabled People and also marks 1,000 days until the 2012 Paralympic Games start in London. The forum aims to promote disability sport opportunities in the Waveney area. If you're interested in coming along or getting involved please download this invite or email activewaveney@waveney.gov.uk
East Anglian Sailing Trust (EAST) events for 2009
EAST provide sailing opportunities for disabled people on the River Orwell near Ipswich. For more information on their list of events for 2009 you can call 0333 088 3278 or visit their website at www.e-a-s-t.org.uk.
National Disability Sport Events Calendar for 2009
For details on some national disability sport events taking place in 2009 please click here.
Disability Martial Arts Association
The Disability Martial Arts Association is a wide ranging support network for people with all types of disabilities. The charity has its own website at www.disabilitymartialartsassociation.co.uk.
The Ipswich Charioteers Wheelchair Football team are holding monthly sessions in Ipswich and have recently been given their own charity status. The team is currently meeting using the Bramford Road Methodist Church in Ipswich until February 2010. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the sessions or taking part please contact Claire O'Brien-Ellington on 07786 062656. You can also email ipswich.charioteers@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.icwfc.co.uk. There is also a Video Nation film about Claire's aspiration to form a team at the BBC Suffolk website - click here to see it.
West Suffolk Tigers athletics club
West Suffolk Tigers is a new disability athletics club based at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre. The club meets every Wednesday from 4pm to 5pm. For more information call 01284 757495 or 01473 836770.
I-Sport Suffolk
A new forum to improve local opportunities and raise awareness of sports for people with visual impairments has been launched along with a new multi-sports club for people with a visual impairment. The I-Sport initiative has been organised by British Blind Sport and Optua. Please contact Optua Leisure if you'd like to find out more out about I-Sport. Call 01473 836770.
Babergh Athletics Club - Sudbury
An inclusive athletics club available to disabled people up to the age of 15. The club runs every Monday at Sudbury Sports Centre.
For more information about Babergh District Council's Be Active project please go to the Be Active website for more information.
New website for Ipswich Disability Sport
A new website has been set up by the Ipswich Disability Sports Forum. The site will be used to display up to date information about disability sport opportunities in Ipswich and the surrounding area. To access the site click here.
Disability Sport Events
The Disability Sport Events website is run by the English Federation of Disability Sport and has a comprehensive list of national and international sporting events. To find out what's coming up and if any are of interest to you click here.
Orwell Panthers
A successful athletics club for disabled people in the Ipswich area. Please go to their website for more information.
Suffolk Spartans Powerlifting Club
An inclusive powerlifting club based at East Bergholt Sports Centre, which was set up with support from Optua.
Their new website can be accessed at www.suffolkspartans.co.uk.
The Challengers
The Challengers are a club providing activities for disabled people. For more information you can email thechallengers@mail.com or call 01473 225772.
If you have any events or news you would like us to add please email james.powell@optua.org.uk . There are also further links to websites relating to leisure and sports for disabled people on our main links page.
