The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is now operating as Activity Alliance. The charity is an umbrella organization promoting sport for disabled people in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

. Founded in 1998, the Federation brought together a number of organizations who had separately promoted

disabled sports Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing non-disabled sports, while others have been specifically created f ...

before its creation. EFDS promotes opportunities for youth with disabilities to participate in sport, in addition to its work with adult athletes. It is based at

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a popula ...

in Leicestershire and is a

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

. Disability Sport Events (DSE) was merged with the EFDS in 2005, where it became an events division. DSE was formerly known as Disability Sports England (DSE) and originally as the British Sports Association for the Disabled (BSAD),Sports for people with disabilities
Hammersmith & Fulham founded by

Ludwig Guttmann Sir Ludwig Guttmann (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish ...

in 1961.

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*{{official, https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/ Charities based in Leicestershire Parasports in England Parasports organizations 1998 establishments in England Sport in Loughborough Sports organizations established in 1998 Disability organisations based in England

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