Are you a sports person like me who likes to play sports as well as watch sports?
Here’s a few disability sports clubs in Yorkshire and where abouts they are, and what sport they do:
Wakefield Autism Leisure Club –Denhale Arc Wakefield.  The activities and sessions they do are as follows:
days and activities:
Mondays:
Adult Football: (16years +) 6pm – 7pm – £3 per session
Multi Sports: (12 years +) 7pm – 8pm – £3 per session
Sessions are held at Denhale Arc, Denhale Avenue, WF2 9EF
Tuesdays:
Bowls session (8 years +): 6pm – 7pm – £3 per session
Session is held at Denhale Arc, Denhale Avenue, WF2 9EF (September to April) & outdoor in Summer.
Wednesday:
Swimming (8 years +): 6.45pm – 7.45pm – £4.50 per session (paid in half term block payments)
Sessions are held at Sun Lane Leisure Pool, Wakefield.
Saturday:
Junior Multi Sports (5 years +): 9.30am – 10.15am – £2 per session
session is held at Denhale Arc, Denhale Avenue, WF2 9EF
contact details are: [email protected] or 07415708007.
Leeds United Ability Counts
Football coaching and competitive opportunities focusing on “ability”.
Opportunities for all disabled people to play football at a level they are comfortable with.
Runs during term time
Operates at both Football World and Thomas Danby Campus (LS7 3BG)
Inclusive of members who have: Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Physical Impairment
It’s based in Leeds and the address is Football World
Cross Green Trading Estate
Pontefract Lane
Leeds
LS9 0RA
Contact details are:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone 07540127683
Website
http://www.leedsunitedfoundation.com
Stanley’s Sports Club
Stanley’s is a multi-sports club based in Dewsbury which holds regular sports sessions for adults with learning disabilities and dementia. Sports include boccia, table tennis, football, basketball and pool, with other sports being added on demand.
Dewsbury
They cater for Ages 18+
Genders catered for Mixed
They are Inclusive of members with Learning Disability, Mental Health
Pontefract Pirates
Ponte pirates is a football club that offer weekly training sessions for young adults with learning disabilities and difficulties and their session are:
Saturday mornings for adults aged 16+ years from 10am to 11am at Pontefract Pirates.
Sunday mornings: Juniors training Children aged between 6 and 16 years from 10am to 11.30am
Contact is [email protected]
Wakefield Able2
The Able 2 group provides sport facilities and training for young people with disabilities living within the Wakefield District. The club is predominantly for people with a physical and/ or sensory disability, their families and friends. Multisport sessions are run on a Saturday 11am – 1pm at Featherstone Leisure Centre. They don’t do football anymore, but wheelchair basketball has ‘taken over’ …they have 8 teams across several Leagues, have GB players and even one guy who’s turned professional and plays in Spain.
They do direct players who want something other than wheelchair basketball to other clubs or whatever.
The address and contact details are below:
Address: Featherstone Sports Centre, Pontefract Road, Featherstone, Pontefract
Postcode: WF7 5AJ
Phone number: 01977 709576
Email: [email protected]
Wakefield Special Olympics
All about us
Wakefield Special Olympics is founded on the belief that people with a learning disability can enjoy and benefit from participation in individual and team sports. The Special Olympics aim is to provide year round training in sport and access to regular competitions.
Address: Corinthian House, 1st Floor, London (main special Olympics)
Postcode: EC2A 3N
Phone number: 01924 368360
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk/find-a-club/134
Wheelchair Rugby
The Able 2 group provides sport facilities and training for young people with disabilities living within the Wakefield district. The club is predominantly for people with a physical and/or sensory disability, their families and friends. The regular sessions are: Monday 7 – 8pm Wheelchair Rugby (Featherstone Rovers WRLC) held at Featherstone Sports Complex.
Address: Featherstone Sports Complex, Pontefract Road, Featherstone
Postcode: WF7 5AJ
Phone number: 01977 709576
Email: [email protected]
IM Leeds Boccia
Armley Leisure Centre,
Carr Crofts,
Leeds,
LS12 3HB
Wednesday 5pm to 6pm
Boccia is a sport that involves players rolling, kicking or throwing a ball towards a jack.
The game can be adjusted to suit the physical needs of different individuals.
Suitable for all ages, abilities and levels of experience
Equipment is provided
£3 per session
E-mail Lauren Cooper at: [email protected]
or call 0113 394 6755.
Sunshine FC
A football club for children and young people who have Downs syndrome.
Open to players aged 4 to 10
Supported by The Leeds United Foundation
E-mail: s[email protected] or [email protected]
www.sunshineandsmiles.org.uk
Football World, Pontefract Lane, Leeds, LS9 0RA
Monthly sessions
Sundays, 10am to 11am
