Alcobenda Rugby gains Mixed Ability Accreditation!
Alcobenda Rugby Club received Mixed Ability training last weekend in Madrid. The educational team from IMAS Spain spent a day at the club, sharing knowledge and good practice...
Alcobendas Rugby gains Mixed Ability Accreditation in Madrid!
Alcobenda Rugby Club received Mixed Ability training last weekend in Madrid. The educational team from IMAS Spain spent a day at the club, sharing knowledge and good practice around the Mixed Ability model. The training began on Friday afternoon at the Anabel...
IMART Expressions of Interest now open!
The International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART) is the world cup for Mixed Ability rugby teams. After the incredible success of the 2022 edition in Cork, IMAS is seeking new expressions of interest from clubs, unions, cities, or other parties to host the...
“A strong commitment to Mixed Ability”
New clubs achieve accreditation. Two community clubs of very different sizes and sports were recently recognised for their dedication to inclusion through their Mixed Ability offers. People’s Park Bowls in Grimsby, supported by 2020 Community Sport have established...
Mixed Ability Golf
Two pioneering clubs and their journeys to becoming fully inclusive. Picturesque Bingley St Ives golf club in West Yorkshire overlooks the Aire Valley, a route to the beautiful Yorkshire dales. The club has come together with International Mixed Ability Sports...
Healthcare partnerships: Reaching new heights through Mixed Ability climbing!
Since 2019, IMAS has provided experiential learning opportunities for healthcare students and practitioners. The placements have been shown to equip participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to support disabled patients. This is crucial in reducing the...
The Mixed Ability model: contributing to the SDGs and a more sustainable future
The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an urgent call for action and are at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. There are clear links between IMAS work and the SDGs. Exploring these links is important given the...
CoorDown supporta il Manifesto Mixed Ability!
Lo sport può essere motore di cambiamento sociale, può abbattere pregiudizi, educare e creare nuovi modelli di partecipazione. Solo però se davvero riesce ad essere inclusivo. Per questo IMAS è grata di poter contare sull’appoggio di CoorDown, organizzazione da...
The 2nd MIXAR Magazine is online now!
The second issue of the MIXAR Magazine is now available! You can read about the development of Mixed Ability rugby in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, and the UK. Click on the picture to download your...
Social Prescribing: Emperor’s New Clothes or Paradigm Shift?
If you want to live a long and healthy life have good genes, be able (rich enough) to live in a healthy environment, have “good” health behaviours and access good healthcare – not too much and not too little. Timely, effective healthcare makes a difference but is...
IMAS Champion awarded Royal College of General Practitioners President’s Medal
IMAS celebrates the award of the Royal College of General Practitioners President’s Medal to Mixed Ability Health Champion Dr Mark Purvis. The Royal College of General Practice is the professional membership body for GPs in the UK. Its purpose is to encourage,...
What is Mixed Ability rugby?
Sundays Well RFC is home to the first Irish Mixed Ability Rugby Team – Sundays Well Rebels. The team began training together in January 2014 and almost 5 years later have experienced an amazing journey including two Mixed Ability World Tournaments (IMART) and...
Erasmus+ Sport “MIXAR” kick off meeting
Earlier last week, IMAS attended the Erasmus+ Sport MIX.A.R. project kick-off meeting at the University of Salamanca (Spain). IMAS, who has partnered with Federazione Italiana Rugby (Italy), Federación Española de Rugby (Spain), Rugby Vlaanderen (Belgium), INICO...
International Mixed Ability Sports: promoting social inclusion in rugby through European partnership
As the 6 Nations kicked off this weekend, International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS), a Bradford-based NGO who are challenging the way we think about sports, announced an exciting new partnership with rugby unions across Europe. The announcement was made on Saturday...
Changing the World through Mixed Ability
What is possible in 2019? To build upon the huge success of the 2nd International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament held in Vitoria-Gasteiz in August of this year, we are inviting bids to host the next International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART 2019) and...
IMART 2017 Conferences and educational Workshops
With IMART 2017 fast approaching, we are delighted to present the educational activities which will take place alongside the Tournament. You can find the full schedule here Cartel Via Académica IMART INGLES...
Barbarians to support 1st Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament
IMAS–International Mixed Ability Sports is pleased to announce that The Barbarians Rugby Charitable Trust has donated £ 5,000 to the 1st Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament–MARWT which will take place in Bradford West Yorkshire from the 17th to 21st August 2015....
Sports Minister welcomes World first Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament
Sport and Tourism Minister Helen Grant gave enthusiastic support this week for the first ever Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament. The tournament will see players with Learning or Physical Disabilities playing alongside non-disabled players in the same full...
Points of Light 2014 Award
Bumbles founder Anthony Brooke has been awarded with the prestigious 2014 Points of Light Award by the PM David Cameron. PM David Cameron said: 'Anthony was born with cerebral palsy. As a rugby fanatic he had always wanted to play the sport, but when he approached...
