Loughborough’s Para and Disability Sport Strategy (2024-2030) reflects our desire to create opportunity in disability sport, including performance, participation, and workforce development.

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Para and Disability Sport strategy (text only)
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How can I get involved?

We offer a broad range of para and disabled sport opportunities. Our disability sport offer supports a wide variety of activities, including boccia, goalball, sitting volleyball, and wheelchair basketball.
Wheelchair basketball players during a match with one holding the ball in the air

Performance

Loughborough University is home to one of the largest multi-sport communities of para-athletes within a higher education institute in the UK. We offer seven integrated AU para sport performance programmes and compete in eight BUCS para sports.
A parasport athlete in a wheelchair participating in research.

Research and innovation

Loughborough University is a world leader in Para and Disability sport research across a broad spectrum of interest areas.