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...
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Mixed Ability running project about to start!
"It's RUN-TRUST-IC" is the name of the latest Erasmus+ Sport Small Collaborative Partnership we are pleased to be involved with! The project is led by ASD Liberavventura, a running and canoeing club in Brescia (Italy), and includes also The Municipality of Valencia...
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...
Bowled Over – How Mixed Ability is Bringing New Members Into Bowls
In January 2018, York and District Indoor Bowls club threw open their doors for a Mixed Ability bowls taster day. Working with IMAS the club contacted local disability support services to promote a day of integration. The club has a history of involving disabled...
Becoming a Viking – Diary of a MA Player
My name is Ian Bourne and I was born in 1966 with Cerebral Palsy as a result of the umbilical cord getting wrapped around my neck at birth, leading to brain damage which affects both my speech and co-ordination. I have always strived to lead as normal a life...
Chivasso Rugby celebrate 10 year anniversary with IMAS Accreditation!
2019 marks ten years since the first Mixed Ability rugby club in Italy was established. Chivasso Rugby’s aim is to include players of any (dis)ability as full members of the club, without prejudice or special treatment, rejecting the use of special or adapted...
From Front Row Seat to Front Row Forward
As a profoundly deaf player with cerebral palsy Tom may have felt that contact rugby wasn’t going to be a possibility. However, it is just 3 months since his first training session and he has already represented Derby RFC in a full contact match and visited Sixways...
Who says 70 is old?
The 2018 Christmas blog contribution comes from John Higginson. John wrote to IMAS earlier this year asking what Mixed Ability activities were available for him and his wife after a period of inactivity. John chose not to take up full contact Mixed Ability rugby...
All in the same boat!
When Bradford Amateur Rowing Club (BARC) decided to give Mixed Ability (MA) rowing a go, they had no idea how it would transform their club. Fortunately, International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) decided to track the club’s Mixed Ability journey and this blog...
Mixed Ability Sports – A Family Affair
Sport England announced a £40m investment to get families across the country active[1] earlier this year. As part of their ‘Towards an Active Nation’ strategy they identified that parents and families play a major role in creating sporting habits amongst children...
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...
The benefits of inclusion – A MIXAR story
Last weekend, Sundays Well RFC hosted the 3rd Erasmus Plus #MIXAR project at the Irish Independent Park, in Cork. Over 40 delegates from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium and Ireland resumed the discussion started in Bradford few months ago, and shared...
Sunday’s Well Rebels celebrate best year ever for Mixed Ability rugby!
It was a glorious autumn afternoon in Cork when Sunday’s Well Rebels stepped out onto Irish Independent Park to play their first match officially sanctioned by the IRFU. It was fitting that their opponents were Bradford’s Bumble Bees, England’s first Mixed Ability...
Erasmus+ MIXAR Magazine issue 1
IMAS is proud to be the strategic partner of the EU-funded Erasmus+ Sport MIXAR (Mixed Ability Rugby for All) project. The project aims to replicate the success of Mixed Ability rugby in Italy, Spain, Belgium and Ireland, working alongside prestigious partners such...
Tracey Crouch Minister for Sport and Civil Society supports Mixed Ability movement to break down barriers
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) is celebrating the launch of its new ‘Mixed Ability Awards Scheme’ at the House of Commons this evening by recognising those who have created opportunities for people to overcome barriers to participating in sport. The...
Chivasso Rugby v Sundays Well Rebels
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) and Chivasso Rugby Onlus are delighted to present the 3rd “Progetti Cup” which will see Chivasso Rugby take on former World Champion and IMART 2020 hosts Sundays Well Rebels next Saturday 26th of May in Turin. The event,...
Cork Chosen to Host IMART 2020 International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament
The home of Munster Rugby will partner with IMAS for a third fantastic showcase of Mixed Ability rugby On Saturday 12th May, in Bilbao’s Fan Zone for the European Rugby Cup Finals, IMAS (International Mixed Ability Sports) will announce that the 3rd International...
IMAS note on The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Annual Report
IMAS is at the forefront of a global movement challenging the orthodoxy of grassroots sport provision. We campaign to break down the barriers which prevent people from joining mainstream clubs, teams or activities. IMAS notes the publication of The Learning...
Europe comes to Halifax to sample Mixed Ability Rugby
The 2nd Erasmus+ transnational meeting was held in West Yorkshire last weekend! With over 30 participants from 5 countries sharing stories, presentations and practical training, before a real Mixed Ability game experience with mud, tackles, torrential rain,...
