National Paralympic Day

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Turn your usual practice session into a National Paralympic Day (NPD) event and you and your club could get the chance to feature in your local newspaper!

If you host an NPD event we have a fantastic opportunity to give you coverage in your local newspaper, boosting your club’s profile and raising interest in your sport. Whether you want to hold a ‘come and try’ session or play a match for your fans, register your event on www.parasport.org.uk/npd and we’ll be in contact to talk about your event and could send the details onto your regional paper.

September 2013 marks one year on since the London 2012 Paralympic Games and to celebrate the occasion the BPA is launching the first
National Paralympic Day (#NPD2013) on Saturday, September 7, 2013.

#NPD2013 will celebrate all things Paralympic across the UK, from a deaf and disabled arts and sport festival in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to Boccia demonstrations in offices!

• Advertise volunteering and coaching opportunities within your club: do you need a ball boy to come down and help every Saturday morning? Or maybe you need a website building or the books balancing? We’ve teamed up with Join In, the volunteering network inspired by the fantastic efforts of last summer’s Gamesmakers. You can advertise the ways in which your club needs support to thousands of keen volunteers when you register for National Paralympic Day through Deloitte Parasport.
• Open up your usual practice session to the local community: on or around National Paralympic Day, invite neighbours, friends and even your local newspaper along to show off how fantastic your sport is. You could even give them the chance to have a go for themselves!
• Give a talk to a local business, school or community group about your sport and how it has benefitted you and your members.
• If you’re feeling adventurous, speak to your local council about whether you could put on a demonstration somewhere in your town to generate more support for your club.

Your club’s activity could even get the chance to feature in your local newspaper; we will be talking to lots of local media over the next five weeks to tell them about National Paralympic Day, so be sure to email or tweet us about your plans and we will try to let your local media know!

So don’t delay, sign up your club to National Paralympic Day and play your part!