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About

CARA APA Centre TEAM

Pat Flanagan, Liam McDonagh, Linda Raymond, Tanja Fisher, Niamh Daffy

 

Mission Statement:

Coordinating, facilitating and advocating for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Sport, Physical Activity and Physical Education.

 

Vision:

To encourage and enable individuals with disabilities to be active participants in sport, physical activity and physical education

 

Objectives:

Participation:

  • To coordinate and support participation opportunities and encourage people with disabilities to lead active healthy lifestyles at a level of their choice.

Training and Education:

  • To coordinate, facilitate, develop and promote cost effective training and education workshops for coaches/instructors/teachers/para-educators/leisure professionals and students on the inclusion of people with disabilities in Sport, Physical Activity and Physical Education.

Information and Promotion:

  • To provide information and advice on opportunities for people with disabilities to participate through:
  • The promotion of the LSP Sports Inclusion Disability Programme and programmes within all agencies involved in the provision of sport, physical activity and physical education for people with disabilities.
  • The organising of National, European and International conferences to encourage and enable sharing of knowledge and expertise in Adapted Physical Activity (APA)/Adapted Physical Education (APE), to showcase practical programmes and to promote international collaboration between researchers and APA/APE specialists.

Advocacy and Policy Development:

  • To advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities and support developments of inclusive local and national sports and physical activity policies.

Research:

  • To coordinate, support and undertake meaningful research in relation to the participation of people with disabilities in sport, physical activity and physical education.

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