Disabled people are less likely to take part in physical activity and sport with only one in six people playing sport regularly compared to one in three non-disabled people. LimbPower’s objective is to encourage amputees and individuals with limb impairments of all ages and all abilities to take up a physical activity, sport or arts based activity or to continue taking part in their pre-amputation activities post amputation.
Our events, activities, workshops, magazines, guides, toolkits and factsheets are designed to challenge and change this to enable disabled people to view taking part in sport as a viable lifestyle choice.
19% of attendees at LimbPower events want LimbPower to provide more local sport/physical activity.
To tailor LimbPower’s activities to the needs of our community we need to understand what the barriers to participation are and what the motivators to taking part are, we also want to understand if the work we are doing is making a different.
83% of people who have attended a LimbPower event took up a sport or exercise after their attendance.
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The impact of using a prosthesis on participation in sport and physical activity (2017)
This research consulted with people who have undergone an amputation or were born with a limb impairment, to explore their motivations and barriers to participating in sport and physical activity. With a specific focus on the role of prosthetic sockets and prosthetic components when taking part in sport or being physically active. LimbPower spoke to 249 amputees and people with limb impairments as…
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LimbPower Sport and physical Activity Survey (2016)
LimbPower embarked on this research to better understand the motivations and barriers to participation in physical activity and sport amongst people who have undergone an amputation or were born with a limb impairment. With a specific focus on the role of prosthetic sockets and prosthetic components when taking part in sport or being physically active. We spoke to 249 amputees and people with limb…
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Encouraging More Disabled People to Volunteer in Sport
There is a gap in knowledge around disabled people’s level and experience of volunteering generally, and specifically in sport. We have designed this research to compare and contrast disabled and non-disabled people’s experiences. It aims to help understand the barriers preventing disabled people from volunteering and how to help providers overcome these
to make their opportunities more appealing,…
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Leisure Time Physical Activity
A longitudinal examination of leisure time physical activity following
amputation in England
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Active Beyond Education?
Active Beyond Education? (December 2015)
The research explores young disabled people’s experiences of sport and physical activity, during their transition from education to adulthood. Key findings include why disabled people do and do not engage in sport and physical activity as they move on from education. Internal factors (such as individual physical and psychological capability) and external…
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Participation among disabled people
Our partners the English Federation of Disability Sport strive to increase participation among disabled people by providing advice and guidance to a number of partners and stakeholders. To learn about the latest research in disability sport please visit the English
Federation of Disability Sport’s Research and Insights page
(http://www.efds.co.uk/resources/research).
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