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The Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) aims to ensure disabled
people can access inclusive equipment in a targeted number of
sports facilities, thereby significantly increasing opportunities
for sports specific conditioning and training and improving general
levels of health and fitness.
The IFI has been in operation since 2001, receiving in total
£6million from the Sport England Lottery Fund. The IFI
operates around five key principles:
- Accessible facilities
- Inclusive fitness equipment
- Staff with appropriate training and skills
- Appropriate, inclusive marketing strategies
- The development of alternative inclusive sporting
opportunities
The combination of these elements ensures that the IFI creates
not only accessible facilities, but inclusive environments.
The IFI now boasts a network of over 180 inclusive facilities
across England. Every IFI Site has undergone an access audit to
ensure that their facilities most effectively meet the needs of
disabled people. These access audits focus specifically on the
fitness related services including changing and catering services
etc.
The IFI site in South Somerset is located at
Yeovil College.
Find out
more on the Inclusive Fitness Initiative website
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