Ability Sports

1BIGD Reference number: 729


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General information

Address:
St Brandon's House
29 Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5QT (Multimap)

Opening times:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Telephone: 0117 9200090

Fax: 0117 9200091

Website: http://www.abilitysports.org.uk

Email: info@abilitysports.org.uk

Ages services offered to: 7 – 65

Contact person: Mike Robey

Costs: costs vary according to type of activity

Type of organisation: Charity/Community

Type of delivery point: Club; Community Delivery; School; Sport Centre/facility

Aims: Ability Sports supports several sports and active leisure clubs and training sessions in the South West in order to enable disabled and disadvantaged people to have access to sport. Each club has the support of qualified coaches. volunteers and a management committee. Ability Sports also organises festivals, tournaments and outreach services access the South West of England. Currently we have clubs in St Pauls Bristol, Brislington, Abbots Liegh ( Bristol City Ability FC ), Downend, Stroud and Swindon. We are developing new clubs in the Wiltshire and Devon areas. See our website for more details www.abilitysports.org.uk

Waiting list: No

Areas of support offered

Leisure and Personal Development: Adventure activities; Exercise; Sports activities; Trips/Days out; Festivals

Education and Training: Award Schemes; Qualifications; Training at work

Minority Issues: African; Caribbean; Somali

Disability, Special Needs and Additional Needs: Dyslexia and perceptual difficulties; Hearing Impairments; Learning Disability; Physical Impairments; Sight Impairments; Speech and Communication Impairments; Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Health Issues: Physical Health

Employment and Jobs: Employment; Volunteering Placements

Equal Opportunities: Black and other Minority Ethnic issues; Disability

Geographical Areas Covered

The whole of England: No

The South West Region: Yes

Locally (Bath and NE Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire): No

Bath & North East Somerset: The whole of the area

Bristol: The whole of the area

South Gloucestershire: The whole of the area

Disability and Access Issues

Bus stops nearby: No

Car park nearby: No

Parking for disabled drivers: No

Pedestrian route: No

Automatic external doors: No
Will doors easily open from a wheelchair: No

Glass doors clearly marked at the centre for safety: No

Doors 900mm or more wide, with flat thresholds: No

Doors light and non sprung: No

External ramps: No

External steps: No

Lobby/porch area: No

Interior of premises bright and well lit: No

Interior automatic doors: No
Wide doors: No
Wheelchair friendly doors: No

Door frames and handles clearly visible: No

Wide unobstructed corridors (min 1200mm): No

Lift for Wheelchair users: No

Internal ramps: No

Internal steps: No

Visual fire alarm: No

Floor contrast colouring for entrances and exits: No

Able to provide on request individuals who can:
– offer general assistance: No
– assist visually impaired people: No
– sign in BSL and/or MAKATON: No
– do lip speaking: No

Loop system for hearing aid users: No

Public telephone: No

Inductive coupler for hearing aid users: No

Provide pamphlets/leaflets: No

Provision for assistance dogs: No

Toilets that disabled people can access: No


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