Open Games - Inclusive Sport
Every young londoners games
Inclusive & PARA Sport OFFERs 23-24
London Youth Games offers both competitions and festival opportunities for young people with disabilities in London. This growing area of work spans across our Open and School Games Programmes. We too encourage, any young Londoner with a disability to apply to our workforce opportunities.
1,820 disabled people participated, volunteered and coached across London Youth Games’s 5 core programmes in the 2023-2024 season. The 5 programmes include Open Games, School Games, Workforce, Inclusive Coaches and LYG33.
This number is higher than ever before.
This season, an additional 582 young people with a disability took part in London Youth Games events – boasting a 37% participation growth.
Adapted inspire festivals
This was the first of 5 Adapted Inspire Festivals of the 2023-24 season and included Paralympic sports, Wheelchair basketball, Pentathlon, Triathlon, Boccia-as well as hockey and dance.
The event was hosted at 2012 Paralympic venue, Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre.
In total LYG is delivering 5 Inspire and 5 Adapted Inspire Festivals targeting young people with disabilities and underrepresent groups in sport and physical activity.
This is doubling our offer from the 23-24 season, in which 541 young people were engaged across 5 Festivals.
We will be working with approximately 22 partners to deliver 18 different sports across the 10 Festivals.
TESTIMONIALS
“Our students loved being able to try a variety of different sports that they wouldn’t normally do in their PE lessons. Wheelchair basketball was a highlight as we have a wheelchair user in our group.” (Head of PE, George Mitchell School).
Ananya's story
ParaGames Athletics
ParaGames Athletics 2024
London Youth Games
Adapted Inspire Festival
London Youth Games
Stats/Numbers
| EVENT | AGE GROUP | VENUE | COMPETITION DATE | ENTRY DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adapted Inspire Festival Central | Years 7,8,9,10 | YM TO FILL OUT | ||
| Adapted Inspire Festival East | Years 7,8,9,10 | |||
| Adapted Inspire Festival North | Years 7,8,9,10 | |||
| Adapted Inspire Festival South | Years 7,8,9,10 | |||
| Adapted Inspire Festival West | Years 7,8,9,11 | |||
| Athletics | 11-16 years | |||
| BMX Wingz | 7-17 years (junior & senior) | |||
| Boccia East Region | 11-17 years | |||
| Boccia East Region | 11-17 years | |||
| Dance | KS4 & KS4 categories | |||
| Inclusive Basketball Boys | 14-17 years | |||
| Inclusive Basketball Girls | 14-17 years | |||
| Indoor Rowing | KS3 & KS4 categories | |||
| Kayaking | 11-17 years | |||
| ParaGames Athletics | 11-17 years | |||
| ParaGames Football Boys | 10-14 years | |||
| ParaGames Football Girls | 11-15 years | |||
| ParaGames Swimming | 11-17 years | |||
| Pentathlon | Years 7-10 | |||
| VI multi-sports Festival | Years 7,8,9,10 |
For all enquiries, please contact LYG’s Disability Activation Manager:
Emma Cranston, emma@londonyouthgames.org
