1. “Open Your Doors” Inclusion in tennis
Sept 2017

2. Aims & Objectives – Open your Doors
Learn something new
Gain an understanding of a new audience you can connect with
How to adapt your activities to include disabled people
How you can support us to achieve our vision
NO QUESTION IS INAPPROPRIATE!
SAFE ZONE!

3. Development Team Chart
Sam Perks
Co-ordinator
Disability Development
Jill Osleger
National Disability Development Manager
Matt Elkington
Regional Development Manager – North & Midlands
Harry Ash
Midlands Development Officer
Sadie Moran
Regional Development Manager - SW
Dave Hardman
Regional Development Manager – SE, East
Conor McBrearty
London Development Officer

4. Terminology! Disability Definition:
Someone that has a physical, mental or medical conditions that affect their movements, senses or activities lasting, or has lasted, more than 12 months.
Different Disability types:
Physical impairment or mobility issue
Learning difficulties
Learning disability
Hearing Impairment
Visual impairment
Mental Health problem
Long-term medical conditions such as; coronary heart disease, cancer, Diabetes

5. Mental Health Difficulty Partially Sighted Invalid Cripple
Handicapped ý
Disabled Person þ
Deaf
Non-Disabled
Impairment
Mental Health Difficulty
Partially Sighted
Invalid
Cripple
Person with a Disability
Mute
Deaf & Dumb/Dumb
Visually Impaired
Physical Disability
Retarded / Retard
Wheelchair User
Suffers from …
Spastic
Hard of Hearing
Blind
Normal
Learning Disability
Wheelchair Bound
Able-bodied
Dwarf

6. Disabled people – a new audience!
Over 11,000 disabled people playing
Over 350 venues currently delivering
Over 170 active disabled workforce
60% v 40% - majority of disabled people
want to play with non-disabled people
Tennis Foundation Support; Funding, Workforce
Development, advice, equipment provision

7. Disabled people – a new audience!
Being inclusive, what does this mean? Consider these when you put on your activities, competitions and events
Inclusion
Accessibility
= ensuring disabled people can access your facility, website, competitions and marketing materials without any barriers. If there are barriers to access the ‘standard’ offer you have provided alternatives.
= your offer reaching a broad and diverse audience as possible and they are involved together.
Accessibility = ensuring disabled people can access your facility, website, competitions and marketing materials without any barriers. If there are barriers to access the ‘standard’ offer you have provided alternatives. For example:
Your tennis courts have steps to reach them, however you have a ramp on an alternative route to the court.
Your marketing material has both the standard and an easy read version in a larger font.
Your website has an ‘accessibility’ feature which enables the user to change the print size and contrast to enable them to read and see it better.
Inclusive/Inclusion = your offer reaching a broad and diverse audience as possible and they are involved together. For example:
Your club competition has both disabled and non-disabled people competing against each other.
Your adult cardio tennis sessions have been adapted to suit the wheelchair user who regularly accesses it.
Your club open day leaflet inviting new players to join in for a day has been sent to a broad range of community groups and you have sessions open to all to join in together.

8. Disabled people – a new audience!
Do you have an accessibility feature on your website? Y / N
Do you have alternative formats of any marketing materials such as leaflets & flyers to make it easier to read and see? Y/N
Do you have disabled people in your tennis venues? Y / N / Don’t know
Do you have disabled people in your social play sessions/coaching sessions/competitions? Y / N / Don’t know
Are you actively promoting your activities to this group? Y / N
Do you have disabled parking bays? Y / N
Do you have some ramps, handrails or flat pathways to increase access to your venue and courts? Y / N / unsure
Do you have a hearing loop at your venue? Y / N
Have your coaches and any staff or volunteers at the venue attended any disability awareness training? Y / N

9. How you can help us achieve our Vision
TF Vision is:
“To open tennis up to anyone and everyone, making it possible for them to enjoy the many health and social benefits of the sport while maximising their potential”
We need your help:
Social impact & personal stories
Exit routes to Networks and/or clubs
Game On – talented players
More diverse coaching – grant scheme
Increase participation > monitoring
We offer you up to £200 to support you in developing more inclusive activities > the relevant regional manager for further advice on this. Offer expires 20th Dec 2018

10. Adapting to suit your customer
STEPS Principle:
Tool is a simple system for making changes so everyone can be included and participate together
Space > inc/dec size of court, zoning
Task > equal opportunity to participate. Break down complex to more simple chunks, change scoring, smaller groups etc
Equipment > rackets, balls, nets, wheelchairs etc
People > match ability levels rather than ages, groups may be uneven but match better ability wise. Ask the individual what they need
Safety / Speed > slow/speed game up, consider safety of the tasks
Jill Intro to STEPS & Matt assist
On court – print hand out of the above slide
Groups activity:
On court come up with 2 drills per group (different disability each time), show STEPS to include players with a physical disability, LD, Deaf and/or Visual impairment. Feedback to the group what adaptations you made & why. With a Wheelchair user they are in the chair from the room & have to negotiate their way to the court via the bathroom (?)
Wheelchair & Deaf together part 1
LD & VI part 2
Challenge them to think about this when they do Cardio Tennis & Touch Tennis later on in their training

11. THANK YOU Info@tennisfoundation.org.uk