International Mixed Ability Sports is excited to announce that the European Commission, through the Erasmus+ Not-for-profit European Sport Events, has agreed to support a week of Mixed Ability activities to coincide with the 3rd International Mixed Ability Rugby...
Prior to the final event in Rome, the third 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...
International Mixed Ability Sports are delighted to announce that they have teamed up with registered charity Sports Chaplaincy UK (SCUK). The partnership will see Mixed Ability clubs and their players have the opportunity to access additional support outside of...
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) have been leading the national roll out of Mixed Ability Rugby since 2014, employing players with learning disabilities and autism to introduce and educate grassroots clubs on the benefits of the game. The Comic Relief ‘Try...
Siamo lieti di annunciare che la Città di Torino ha deciso di comparire tra i firmatari del Manifesto IMAS per lo Sport Mixed Ability, che lotta per l'abbattimento delle barriere alla partecipazione delle persone in condizioni di svantaggioo o di disabilità. Per...
International Mixed Ability Sports è lieta di annunciare che la nostra organizzazione e il Comune di Settimo Torinese hanno sottoscritto un protocollo d'intesa per promuovere il modello Mixed Ability nello sport. La partnership si basa sulla visione condivisa che...
"No hay camino fácil para la libertad en ningún lugar y muchos de nosotros tendremos que pasar por el valle de las sombras una y otra vez antes de llegar a la cima de la montaña de nuestros sueños" Nelson Mandela Bajo la atenta mirada de “Madiba”, Nelson...
A series of workshops aimed at coaches who want to make boxing at their clubs more inclusive are being launched this October. International Mixed Ability Sports, Unorthobox and England Boxing have teamed up to run the three-hour sessions in three locations –...
By Dr Jen Dyer, Dr. Rachel Sandford and Dr. Angharad Beckett The Mixed Ability Sport Development Programme (MASPD) aims to promote social inclusion through sport, education and advocacy. The Mixed Ability model is being developed and championed by the...
Earlier this week we posted the latest #WhoSays misconception around disabled people’s inclusion within sport, specifically, ‘who says disabled people might get hurt?’ This concept clearly resonated with a lot of readers and at the time of writing has been shared...
This week see’s the launch of a new campaign by Activity Alliance entitled ‘Who Says?’. The campaign focuses on challenging misconceptions around disability sport and inclusion with a new theme to be announced each week over the next month and a half. Barry Horne,...
As part of National Learning Disability week and at a special ‘Sport You Can’ event, members of the International Mixed Ability Sports team were invited to London to present their vision for a fairer, more inclusive society and how that can be achieved through...
Almost 3 years after their first visit by IMAS and on the hottest day of the year so far, the Gloucester Griffins Mixed Ability (MA) rugby team were awarded with an accolade only held by four other teams across Europe. Based at Longlevens RFC in Gloucester, the...
Historia En Marzo de 2017, durante un entrenamiento del equipo de Yaguares Rugby Club, apareció un joven con síndrome de Down llamado Fernando, que para sorpresa de todos, quería entrenar a rugby. “Chayanne”, como le gusta que lo llamen, había vivido en España y ...
Mike O’Regan began a life changing journey as he assisted his son, other players and their families, his own rugby club and now a Rugby Union Premiership side to join the Mixed Ability movement. I started the Surrey Chargers after reading an...
On a typically rainy English summer day IMAS welcomed over 100 Mixed Ability players from across the country to Derby RFC to take part in the first ever ‘XRugby7’s Mixed Ability’ tournament. XRugby7’s is the RFU’s newest full contact, half-pitch format of the game...
For many Mixed Ability participants, the team or activity they join will often be the first sport they’ve ever been involved in outside of school. This of course brings with it a new set of skills, a new group of friends and a new sport to throw themselves into....
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...
“Mucha gente pequeña, en lugares pequeños, haciendo cosas pequeñas, puede cambiar el mundo” Eduardo Galeano El movimiento de cambio social, de inclusión social y de reivindicación de los derechos humanos, va haciendo eco en el panorama social gracias al trabajo de...
IMAS is pleased to announce a new Partnership with Activity Alliance. Previously known as the English Federation of Disability Sport, over the past seven years, Activity Alliance has become the go-to source of research and insight on disabled people’s inclusion in...
