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Have you made a difference to other people's lives? Or do you know a person with learning disabilities or autism who has?

 

We are introducing an exciting new award - the Erica Award - for someone with a learning disability or autism. The award is named after Erica Morton who always stood up for the people we support and sadly died last year. Erica was an influential member of the board and a friend and colleague to many in the organisation.

 

The Erica Award will recognise contributions made by people with a learning disability or autism to improve the lives of others with learning disabilities or autism.

 

Five shortlisted nominees will be awarded a trophy and a small prize . The winner will get up to £3,000 to spend on a learning experience or personal development. The award will be presented at Learning Disability Today in December. The closing date for entries is 15th October 2010.

 

 

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The British Table Tennis Association for people with Disabilities (BTTAD) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded funding support from UK Sport  to stage a Factor 40 International tournament in September 2011. The British Open will be one of not more than five similar major world disability table tennis international events approved by the ITTF Para TT Division for 2011.

 

BTTAD’s partners in this event will be UK Sport, Sheffield City Council and English Table Tennis Association (ETTA). With the 2012  Paralympic Games so close, this high rating event is likely to attract many of the top World ranked players. Only the European Championships (and similar  World Regional tournaments) in 2011 will carry a higher rating (50 ).

 

The event will be from Wednesday 14 - Saturday 17 September 2011 and will be staged at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield. EISS is one of Great Britain’s most impressive indoor sports event and training facilities; it is a state of the art venue with world class facilities and is a Sport England-Lottery funded initiative, managed by Sheffield International Venues.

 

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Between August 14 – 22nd 2010 The FA are hosting the 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championships at thePoint4, the new international standard sports centre at The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) in Hereford.

 

The event – the largest disability football event ever to be held in England – will act as a direct qualifier for the Paralympics in London 2012 and will showcase the very best blind footballers from across the world as they compete for the most prestigious prize in the Sport.

Ten countries will compete, these are:

• England (hosts)
• Argentina (holders)
• France (European qualifiers)
• Spain (European qualifiers)
• Greece (European qualifiers)
• Brazil (South American qualifiers)
• Columbia (South American qualifiers)
• China (Asian qualifiers)
• Japan (Asian qualifiers)
• South Korea (Asian qualifiers)

   

  Check out their website for more information.

   

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  Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA), the world governing body for Cerebral Palsy (CP) football, has awarded the 2010 European Football Championships to Glasgow.

  
  The event will be held at the new Regional Football Centre at Toryglen from the 17th-28th August and will feature nine European teams. CPISRA has also confimed that Australia will be invited into the tournament as guests - their involvement will have no impact upon rankings.

   

  The tournament draw, conducted on 4 May 2010 by Scottish FA president George Peat, national coach Craig Levein and youth teams national coach Billy Stark, is as follows:

   

  Group A	Group B
  Spain	Australia
  The Netherlands	Republic of Ireland
  Scotland	England
  Russia	Ukraine
  Denmark	Finland

   

  On awarding Glasgow the championships Alan Dickson of CPISRA said:

  
  “We are delighted that Glasgow will be hosting the European Championships next year. Right from the start of the bidding process it was clear that everyone in the city - and in the national sports agencies - were absolutelycommitted to putting on a first class event.

  
  “The first ever CPISRA event was held in Scotland in 1978 so, in some ways, these championships mark a Homecoming for CP Football.

  
  “I have no doubt that by selecting Glasgow we have made an excellent choice.”

   

  The following organisations are working in partnership with the Scottish FA to deliver this international competition.

   

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