About Mencap Sport
We work together with Sport England, our Mencap groups, services and external
organisations
Organisations are groups like companies and businesses.
to develop sport and physical activity opportunities within local communities.
Through our
Learning Disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
and Sport workshop we work to make mainstream environments inclusive and we organise annual national competitions in swimming and athletics.
Inclusion Games 2024
In celebration of the Olympics, you can download Mencap's guide to the 2024 Inclusion Games here.
Move with Mencap activity pack
Get moving in and around your home with our physical activity cards. There are over 70 cards to choose from, with 3 different levels; easy, medium and hard.
Click on each of the activities below to download the cards:
- Blow up ball challenges (PDF)
- Chalk challenges (PDF)
- Dice challenges (PDF)
- Fitness activities (PDF)
- Walking activities (PDF).
Please share with us how you have been using the packs on social media using #MoveWithMencap.
We would like to thank Sport England, the National Lottery and BGC Partners for their help in creating the pack.
Advice on exercising from home
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak we are spending a lot more time at home. It is important that we stay active if we can.
Visit the Sport England
website
A website is a page you can go to on the internet like Google or YouTube.
for tips and advice on how to keep or get active in and around your home.
Let's Get Active
The government
The Government are the people who run the country. The Government decide how much tax people should pay and how things like the National Health Service (NHS) should work.
recommends that we should be doing at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week.
For advice and support, download our
easy read
Easy Read is a way of making written information easier to understand. Pictures are usually added next to the writing.
guide to physical activity and sport for people with a learning disability.
Contact us
Phone: 0207 696 5480
Email: sport@mencap.org.uk