International Mixed Ability Sports Director Mark Goodwin clinched a major award this week at the National Learning Disability and Autism Awards. The 'Sporting Chance Award' was presented for the work done by Mark both in the classroom as a WEA Tutor and on the...
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A delegation from IMAS - International Mixed Ability Sports and Bumble Bees RUFC was received Wednesday 4th of February by Sport and Tourism Minister Helen Grant MP. Kevin Pringle and Anthony Brooke presented Helen Grant with a Bumbles' shirt in return for the...
IMAS - International Mixed Ability Sports, in quanto promotrice ed organizzatrice del Primo Torneo Mondiale di Rugby Mixed Ability, è felice di accogliere gli Invictus Prato fra le delegazioni presenti a Bradford in Agosto. Per correttezza informativa, tuttavia,...
"Nothing about us, without us!", this statement used by the Independent Living Movement for disabled persons, best sums up this extraordinary story of people and sport. "Integrated rugby born in Wales during the '90, to include people with Learning Disabilities -...
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...
The brand new logo for the 1st ever Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament has been revealed! The logo has been designed by Chris Garbutt and Mark Barraclough as a two-hands shaped rugby ball, to emphasize the relevance that support and facilitation hold in playing...
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...
More than 50 people have attended the educational presentation delivered by the WEA Inclusion in Rugby Group last Wednesday at Middleton Leisure Centre (Leeds). The WEA trainers have shown once again a proven and engaging model of peer education, apt to attract new...
IMAS forged new links recently with an introduction from Anthony Waddington Participate Projects Director to Bradford Deaf Community Centre organisers. Mark Goodwin said “The community centre which is centrally located in Bradford offers IMAS the opportunity to...
IMAS Director Martino Corazza is pleased to introduce the new Patron of the 2015 first Mixed Ability Rugby World Tournament, Gerry Sutcliffe MP and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Sports. The international rugby festival scheduled to take...
The Bingley-based Bumble Bees have been awarded the prestigious Rugby Football Union President's Award for their innovative mixed ability approach to the game and for using rugby as a vehicle for social change. The player are working in partnership with the...
IMAS working with the WEA Class ‘Inclusion in Rugby’ took the top award. RFU Past President Bob Reeves selected the theme of “Beyond Rugby” stating: “Many people have talked about the capacity of rugby to change lives for the better. This new award will go to the...
