Sport For Confidence

Sport For Confidence – Building Inclusion Through Access

Access is often the invisible barrier to participation. Through our support of Sport For Confidence, the League of Remembrance has helped provide training for disabled volunteers and funded a Boccia ramp so more people can take part in sessions.

Volunteers received Makaton training, enabling them to better support the communication needs of participants and create a more inclusive environment during activities. The impact is already clear. Volunteers now feel more confident assisting others during sessions, and participants who may previously have struggled to engage are joining in more easily.

This support goes beyond equipment and training, it helps remove barriers and sends a clear message that sport and activity should be accessible to everyone.

The results are already visible. Volunteers now confidently assist others during classes, and participants who previously felt excluded are joining sessions with ease. This improvement is not just physical, it’s symbolic. It sends a clear message: sport is for everyone.

About Sport For Confidence

Sport For Confidence is a pioneering community health service that places occupational therapists and coaches into leisure centres and community spaces. Their unique model reimagines physical activity by prioritising people furthest from sport and exercise, particularly those with learning disabilities, long-term health conditions, or complex social needs.

By embedding occupational therapy into sport, Sport For Confidence creates opportunities that go far beyond exercise. Activities become a gateway to improved health, greater independence, and a stronger sense of belonging. For many participants, these sessions are about friendship, confidence, and purpose as much as fitness.

One carer explained: “These sessions are so important for people with learning disabilities – they feel accepted and learn social as well as sporting skills.”

Why This Matters

Sport can transform lives. It improves fitness, boosts mood, and builds agency, but only if barriers to participation are removed. By supporting training and infrastructure improvements, the League helps ensure disabled people can access these benefits equally.

Together, we are helping to create communities where inclusion is not an afterthought, but the foundation, and where every individual has the chance to thrive through sport.