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Spinal Cord Injury has a devastating effect on the 1,200 people who become paralysed each year.
The individual affected will lose muscle and sensory control and the vast majority become full time wheelchair users for the rest of their lives. Historically, the majority of spinal cord injuries have been sustained by those aged 15 to 40, with men outnumbering women, although increasingly it is affecting more older people too.
Through its projects and programmes, Aspire offers practical support to the 40,000 people living with a spinal cord injury in the UK so that they can lead fulfilled and independent lives in their homes, with their families, in work-places and leisure time.

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The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust was set up as part of the Tennis Foundation's commitment to make tennis accessible to everyone.
Its aims are to raise money to help disabled people to play tennis in three main areas:- wheelchair tennis, deaf tennis and tennis for people with learning disabilities.

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Wheelchair Tennis
Both manual and electric wheelchairs can be used for playing wheelchair tennis. Local sessions include mobility/co-ordination skills on court together with technical and tactical playing methods which cater for players from beginners to top performers. All sessions aim to be fun whilst improving playing standards and cater for a range of age groups.

Visually Impaired Tennis
Tennis for those with visual impairments began in Japan and is relatively new in Britain. It uses special balls and has its own set of rules. Plymouth is amongst the first areas in Britain to develop a VI Tennis programme which is still in its infancy.

Deaf Tennis
There is currently no specific tennis coaching or clubs for those who are deaf although individual coaches may coach people with hearing impairments. This group aims to set up specific community clubs in Devon, initially within Plymouth and Exeter.

Learning Disability Tennis

Other disabilities Tennis

This site will help you to understand the work we do in providing a service for adults and children with a physical disability in the Black Country area’s of Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and surrounding counties.

Wolverhampton Rhinos over the last 10 years have been developing sports sections in Paralympic sports. We have 3 well established wheelchair teams in wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby, and hope to develop the sports of wheelchair tag rugby league and wheelchair tennis along with multi sports sessions for the community.

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To achieve our goal of One Game all we enable providers of tennis and recreational players.
We want to improve tennis delivery in all Local Authority facilities; that includes Parks, Schools and municipal facilities. Our Hotspot and Parks activities will introduce millions of new players to the game, and allow them to play and enjoy tennis on a regular basis.

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We try to ensure that the facilities at Wimbledon are accessible to all our visitors with a disability; however, by the nature of the site, some areas may be physically challenging and we strongly recommend that those with a significant disability and/or those using a wheelchair are accompanied by an able-bodied helper.

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