Disability Sports Australia

Welcome to Disability Sports Australia! We're a National Sports Organisation and charity whose mission is to enable more Australians with disability to be more active, more often. Watch the video to find out more about us and what we do, and visit our website at www.sports.org.au With thanks to Adrian Szonyi and Zack Jay and the wonderful team at Vidzero for producing this video through their Charity NFP program. [Video ID - A video introducing who the national sporting organisation and charity Disability Sports Australia (DSA) are. Featured is General Manager - Ayden Shaw speaking about DSA and their purpose. Whilst Ayden speaks, footage of people with disabilities participating at DSA’s Abilities Unleashed event plays on top. Happy instrumental music plays in the background.]

As we start counting down to 2025, we couldn’t help but recap some of our 2024 achievements. This year we: 🔹 Introduced 3338 people with disability to sport 🔹 Delivered Bupa Try Para-sports events around Australia 🔹 Delivered 51 Abilities Unleashed events 🔹Welcomed 101 clubs to our Building Inclusive Clubs program 🔹Delivered four forums on disability employment & volunteering in sport to 125 sports administrators & 🔹Had 1000 people complete our Accessibility Champion training! Phew! It’s been a rewarding and busy year for our team and we can’t wait to do it all again next year! Australian Sports Commission [Image ID - five graphic tiles for a Disability Sports Australia wrap-up post for 2024. The graphics feature highlights and photos from the year of people playing sport at their events. The highlights include stats that are detailed in the caption. The final page includes a testimonial of a disability support service's positive experience at an event.]

At DSA, we constantly aim to have a positive impact and increase access to sport and recreation for people with disability. That’s why we now have an annual ‘Impact’ Report rather than an Annual Report. In the 2023-24 financial year we are proud to have delivered more events and opportunities than ever before in our community. Read the full wrap-up of our 2023-24 year in our Impact Report: https://loom.ly/k9WZCMI

Thank You! We have had an incredible year and are so grateful to have received your support in so many different ways. You have volunteered at events, liked and shared our social media posts, offered words of encouragement, written articles about us, partnered with us and sponsored us! Quite simply put, our goal of increasing inclusion and participation in grassroots sport for people with disability wouldn’t be achievable without your help. This year we have taken even greater strides towards this goal. And we can’t wait to share our plans for 2025 with you as we move into the new year. As for now, our team is taking a break for the holiday season. Our office will be closed from Monday 23 December until Friday 3 January. We will see you in 2025! ✨

Leeanne has been a dedicated Director at Disability Sports Australia since February 2018 until this year. During her tenure, she oversaw numerous successes, including navigating our return to operations during the pandemic and leading targeted advocacy with all levels of government and the development of numerous strategies that have impacted on the community. Her commitment to integrity and human resources on various subcommittees has been invaluable. We deeply appreciate Leeanne's hard work and dedication to Disability Sports Australia. Leeanne Grantham

We are pleased to share the results of our recent Annual General Meeting. It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of new two board of director members and the reappointment of two returning members. New appointees, Julie Turpie and Mark Streeting join the DSA board for a three-year term. Julie and Mark bring with them a wealth of expertise in disability sport, fundraising, sponsorship, finance and risk management.  Two returning board members, Kerri Griffiths and Nathalie Mann have been reappointed for a further one-year term. We also extend our heartfelt gratitude to our out-going directors, Leeanne Grantham and Erin Hoare. Who have both played a key role in DSA’s success and planning for the future. DSA now has nine Board Directors under the leadership of Co-Chairs Kerri Griffiths and Dr Renae Domaschenz. Julie Turpie, GAICD I Mark Streeting | Kerri Griffiths GAICD | Dr Renae Domaschenz PLY | Brett Bennett | Nathalie Mann | Garry Goodman | David Thompson | Simone Pearce | Leeanne Grantham | Erin Hoare The full wrap-up from the AGM is now on our website: https://bit.ly/3OU700a

Today we are PROUD to announce a new partnership between Proud 2 Play and Disability Sports Australia. This partnership is about working together for greater inclusion in sport and recreation while also increasing awareness and support for people navigating disability and LGBTQIA+ identifies. Our organisations will work together on initiatives that include education and training programs to support organisations creating inclusive environments, collective advocacy efforts to create a more inclusive sporting landscape and collaborative storytelling highlighting the journeys of athletes and participants who embody the intersection of LGBTQIA+ and disability identities. We look forward to working together to ensure everyone, especially those with intersectional identities, feel safe, supported and welcome in sport. Read the media release here: https://lnkd.in/g7GhfUUK Proud 2 Play 📸Nerissa Byrne Photography

So great to have your support at this event My Guardian - Aged & Disability Care!!

We are so proud to be a partner of Bupa!

This International Day of People with Disabilities, we reaffirm our commitment to inclusion and empowerment through sport. Guided by Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we strive to "promote the participation, to the fullest extent possible, of persons with disabilities in sporting activities at all levels." Together, let's create opportunities for everyone to thrive on and off the field. [Image ID: five images of people with disabilities at Disability Sports Australia events. 1-3: Abilities Unleashed events. 1: a participant holding a basketball preparing to throw it up above them. 2: a participant wheelchair user looking at a fit ball ahead of them being held by someone out of the frame. 3: two kids holding basketballs about to pass them. 4-5: Reimagining Disability Employment and Volunteering Sport Forums. 4: Elle Steele on stage smiling and looking at a presentation out of frame. 5: a photo of the back of a t-shirt worn reads 'We are all different and we are all equal'.]