Inclusive Fitnes
Initiative
.
Following on from
research in 1998, a pilot programme was set up by the English
Federation of Disability Sports (EFDS), designed to make
fitness facilities more accessible to disabled users.
The Inclusive Fitness
Initiative (IFI) has been in operation since 2001, receiving in
total £6million from the Sport England Lottery Fund.
The IFI operates around five key principles:
- Accessible facilities
- Inclusive fitness equipment
- Staff with appropriate training and skills
- Appropriate, inclusive marketing strategies
- The development of alternative inclusive sporting opportunities
The combination of
these elements ensures that the IFI creates not only
accessible facilities, but inclusive
environments.
There are three IFI
Leisure Centre's in Surrey:
2) Spelthorne Leisure
Centre
Contact:
01784
493493
3) The Edge Leisure
Centre, Waverley
Contact: Seb
Pope
01428 644577
To find other IFI
leisure centres in the region or across England, go to the IFI
website by clicking on the link below and type in your
postcode:
The IFI have recently
launced two further schemes to compliment the work of their
IFI scheme:
1) IFI Mark
Accreditation
This is relevant to any fitness facility in the UK wishing to become more inclusive and accessible More info>>
This scheme is to target and train volunteers to provide disabled gym users a one on one personnal 'buddy'
The buddy's role is to aid disabled participants using gym equipment, while also providing social support and interaction More Info>>
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