Wheel Appeal Athletics Club Project - Expression of interest

Are you a club that would like to begin offering wheelchair racing or seated throws?

England Athletics and WheelPower are looking for clubs that are interested in making their club more inclusive for disabled athletes, and would like to begin offering wheelchair racing and/or seated throws as part of their training. One of the biggest barriers for clubs to providing opportunities for these adapted athletics events is finding and funding specialist equipment. The aim of this project is to remove this barrier forup to four clubs in 2017 and support them to develop new opportunities for athletes. This is further to the 3 clubs that have been supported in 2016.

The Wheel Appeal Athletics Club Project is looking for:

twoclubs that do not currently offer wheelchair racing or own any racing kit, to support them with a loan of Start-Up equipment including:2 racing chairs, helmets and gloves.

two clubs that do not currently offer seated throws or own any throwing frames, to support them with a loan of Start-Up equipment of a Protean Throwing frame (

This equipment would be onloan to the agreed clubs for 1 year to build interest and promote the new sessions. Support will be provided for coaches who would like to develop their knowledge of wheelchair racing and/or seated throws.

Support will also be provided throughout the year to ensure that the sessions become sustainable and are well promoted, with the loan equipment to be replaced by the club through external funding opportunities by the end of that agreement year.

If you are interested in applying for this opportunity please complete this expression of interest form in full providing as much detail about your ideas as possible.

Club name:……………………………………………………………………………………………

Your name: …………………………………………………………………………………………

Role at club:…………………………………………………………………………………………

We are interested in equipment for (please tick):

Wheelchair racingSeated throws Both

Please expand the boxes to fit your answers

Why does your club want to begin offering wheelchair racing and/or seated throws?

How will you promote this opportunity to disabled people in your area? For example, are you aware of local organisations that support disabled people? Please give examples:

Is/are the training venue(s) you use accessible for wheelchair users? Please give details:

Have you had enquiries from disabled athletes wanting to start wheelchair racing or seated throws? Please give details:

Have you identified a coach/coaches for your proposed sessions? If so what are their coaching qualifications and what (if any) knowledge do they have of wheelchair racing and/or seated throws)

Which ages would you cater for?

Would your sessions be separate or run in parallel with other training sessions? – Please explain your choice.

Have you got suitable storage facilities for the equipment e.g. container, storage room?

Conditions:

  • Clubs must be affiliated to England Athletics.
  • Clubs must use qualified athletics coaches who hold an in date UKA coaching licence and DBS.
  • Interested clubs must currently not be providing wheelchair racing or seated throws as part of their offer.
  • Interested clubs must currently not own any wheelchair racing or seated throwing equipment.
  • Clubs must agree to providing monitoring and data on: participant numbers, age, gender, impairment, a case study on year 1 progress, and ensure that participants register as affiliated club members completing their athlete profile pages in full.
  • Clubs will be required to agree to T&Cs as set out by Wheelpower and Wheel Appeal for loan of equipment.

The successful clubs for 2017 will automatically be eligible to become an England Athletics Wheelchair Start-Up group.

Please return this form to by 31st December 2016

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