Campaign for sports funding

Mencap's campaign for equal opportunities for athletes with a learning disability.

Since the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, events for athletes with a learning disability have been suspended from Paralympic competition. As a result, all funding for athletes with a learning disability has been withdrawn.

This means they are faced with a choice - either spend thousands of pounds to carry on training and competing or drop out of competitive sport altogether.

Mencap believes that:

• the banmust be lifted on athletes with a learning disability competing in the Paralympic games
• the Department for Culture, Media and Sport must work with national governing bodies to fund training and support for these athletes immediately

Support athletes with a learning disability!

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