The recent Marmot report 10 years on, highlighted how health inequalities related to disabilities arestill stark. This has been even more apparent during the Covid pandemic, which it is now clear has disproportionately affected disabled people and exacerbated...
Introducing Ellen Buttrick, two-time world champion and our newest IMAS Ambassador! Ellen Buttrick has recently joined the team of IMAS ambassadors, helping to spread the word about the benefits of Mixed Ability rowing. We caught up with Ellen to find out more...
Produced by IMAS Trainers, Katrina, Bronte and Rachel, and Development Managers, Kelly and Imogen. What does International Women’s Day mean to you? International Women’s Day is about celebrating women and what they can achieve if they’re given...
Exciting times recently for Llanelli Warriors Mixed Ability rugby team who were featured on BBC Scrum V on BBC2 at the end of December to celebrate their incredible 25th season. If you missed it, you can watch it again here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gkhxhMffSe4...
IMAS is delighted to announce a new partnership with The Brain Foundation for the promotion of Mixed Ability activities in Malta, starting with rugby. The Brain Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation set up in 2015 and registered with the Voluntary...
Based in Swindon, Sam at Inclusfit runs fully inclusive fitness classes for a wide range of participants. Sam is an experienced, award-winning fitness instructor, personal trainer and a UK Disability Fitness Expert. We caught up with her to find out more about her...
This year, IMAS have offered placements to medical students from the University of Sheffield. Max Landsborough reports on what he has learned, and how the placement might influence he practises medicine in the future... On my placement with International Mixed...
Our latest video series has launched with the focus on #PandemicPositivity IMAS is helping to break down barriers and inspire positivity during the pandemic Rupert & Tom - our first 2 video stars Our IMAS trainers have all experienced barriers to participation...
At IMAS, we want to make sport inclusive for everybody who faces barriers to participation. With World Diabetes Day coming up, IMAS team member Imogen spoke to two IMAS Trainers and Bumble Bees Rugby Club members – Cam and Paul - about how diabetes affects their...
From today until Saturday the European Union celebrates the ‘Erasmus Days 2020’, a grand showcase of the Erasmus+ Programme in Europe. What better occasion to share our experience and reflect on the role the European support has played for the creation and...
In the beginning…In spring of 2017 following some earlier Mixed Ability training delivered to around ten of the Premiership community rugby teams, IMAS were contacted by former Gloucester Rugby and Samoan international player Terry Fanolua.Terry had identified a...
Tarucas Mixed Ability nace en marzo de 2019, bajo el nombre de “Rugby inclusivo Chile”. Esta idea viene de noviembre del año 2018, cuando en Chile se hizo la primera jornada de rugby inclusivo, donde participaron más de 200 personas. A partir de ese día, comenzaron...
Mixed Ability sports participants argue that the involvement of experts by experience in learning, producing teaching resources and delivering their training adds an extra 'rung' to the commonly used model, the 'ladder of co-production. This 20 minute live webinar...
Written collaboratively by the IMAS facilitators Here We Go Again... The 2019 LeDeR Annual Report was published 16th July 2020. “Our updated data suggest that the disparity between age at death for people with learning disabilities (aged 4 years and over) and the...
IMAS is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with Abilities Centre, based in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Abilities Centre is an internationally renowned, innovative community hub where people of all ages and abilities can enrich their lives by engaging in...
Desde IMAS, agradecemos y felicitamos el trabajo de investigación que María Florencia Limas hizo por su tesis de Licenciatura en Psicología (Universidad de Aconcagua). La tesis asesoró la experiencia de participación de jugadores con y sin discapacidad del proyecto...
Rugby World, the world's best selling rugby magazine, has dedicated its June issue to inclusion and diversity, celebrating rugby for all! We are delighted to see that 6 central pages cover the growth of Mixed Ability rugby worldwide, alongside the pivotal role IMAS...
Mixed Ability was conceived to promote social inclusion and a meaningful interaction between individuals and groups who wouldn’t necessarily share paths in their local communities. At least not in ‘normal’ circumstances. Many of our participants have experienced –...
It is with great sadness that the IMAS and IMART 2020 Project Team have to announce that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures affecting travel, borders and large gatherings across the world the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament is...
“This past month Harriet and I have been on placement with International Mixed Ability Sport (IMAS). We are 3rd year medical students from the university of Sheffield. The aim of this attachment was to gain an understanding of how healthcare and social programmes...
