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Articles tagged with: Paralympics
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes
With the Paris Olympics and Paralympics now just one year away, Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes took time out from their busy training schedules to meet with MPs at a parliamentary reception, hosted by UK Sport. It was a chance to celebrate the contribution that elite sport makes to the UK and for our athletes to share how they are preparing to make the nation proud at Paris 2024.
Tribute to Baroness Masham
Obituaries
By Baroness Grey-Thompson
Tribute to Baroness Masham
A force of nature, Baroness Masham’s kind and gentle manner belied her steely strength in the fight for disability rights
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Culture
By UK Sport
UK Sport announces extra investment to support Paris Olympic and Paralympic preparations 
UK Sport has today confirmed an additional £4m of funding into summer Olympic and Paralympic sport as preparations gear up for the Paris 2024 Games.
The Olympic and Paralympic heroes inspiring communities Partner content
Health
By The National Lottery
The Olympic and Paralympic heroes inspiring communities
Since The National Lottery started to fund elite sport in 1997, National Lottery players have supported over 5,000 British Olympic and Paralympic athletes. This funding allows Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes to train full time and benefit from world class facilities, technology, coaching and support teams.
We must channel our Tokyo 2020 celebrations into combating the daily issues disabled people face
Communities
By Baroness Grey-Thompson
We must channel our Tokyo 2020 celebrations into combating the daily issues disabled people face
There has been much debate around what a delayed Tokyo Games would look and feel like. The buzz from the Olympics certainly fed through to the Paralympics and both Games raised the spirits of the nation at a time when it was sorely needed.
Paralympics reminds us of the progress still needed to improve the lives of disabled people
Home affairs
By Wera Hobhouse MP
Paralympics reminds us of the progress still needed to improve the lives of disabled people
Far too many disabled people have felt overlooked at every step of the Covid response. Without government action, we risk going backwards on the progress we have made towards equality.
British para athletes make history to end our extraordinary sporting summer on a high Partner content
Coronavirus
By UK Sport
British para athletes make history to end our extraordinary sporting summer on a high
An extraordinary summer is drawing to a close and, as I returned home from Tokyo last week, there was finally time to draw breath and reflect on a very special Paralympic Games. A Games that, in the words of Andrew Parsons, the International Paralympic Committee President, ‘many doubted would happen, many thought impossible’.
Our Paralympic athletes show that anything is possible
Home affairs
By Therese Coffey MP
Our Paralympic athletes show that anything is possible
As well as support for elite disability sports, the government is improving the everyday lives of disabled people with our National Disability Strategy.
From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them Partner content
Education
By UK Sport
From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them
As a new generation of athletes prepare to take to the sporting stage in Tokyo, backed by sustained support from the Government and the National Lottery’, Westminster is looking ahead to the Games with high hopes that Team GB will again provide extraordinary moments to unite and inspire the nation
The sports making an Olympic contribution to the UK economy Partner content
Health
By UK Sport
The sports making an Olympic contribution to the UK economy
Olympic and Paralympic sports are generating increasing value for the economy – and UK Sport believes they have an important part to play in helping the country Build Back Better from Covid.
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By UK Sport
UK Sport outlines mission to create greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments
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By UK Sport
UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport
Today officially marks the start of UK Sport’s new female coaches leadership programme with 27 coaches from 15 sports coming together as part of a plan to more than double representation in the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community by Paris 2024.
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By UK Sport
UK Sport outlines plans for £352million investment in Olympic and Paralympic sport
UK Sport has today signalled its intent for the UK to become successful in a wider range of sports and build a high-performance sports community which reflects the diversity of British society.
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By UK Sport
UK Sport will grant extra funding to help national governing bodies due to financial impact of COVID-19
UK Sport has confirmed it will grant another £438,000 worth of extra funding to help national governing bodies struggling because of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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By UK Sport
UK Sport & EIS outline ambition to make coaching UK’s competitive advantage
UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have come together to produce a paper as part of a joint ambition to develop coaching as the UK’s competitive advantage.