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...
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...
“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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
England Rugby and Sport Relief have announced that Bradford based International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) are one of six latest projects to be awarded Try for Change grants. Aimed at supporting charities, community groups and grassroots rugby clubs in England,...
Gli atleti del Chivasso Rugby, del VII Torino e del Villorba incontreranno la squadra della Benetton Treviso per un allenamento congiunto alla Ghirada, martedì 10 novembre. IMAS sarà presente con il direttore e coordinatore internazionale Martino Corazza e il...