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Campaigners to quiz Paris 2024 on disabled fans’ safety after Champions League ‘disgrace’

By John Pring on 16th February 2023 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Campaigners to quiz Paris 2024 on disabled fans’ safety after Champions League ‘disgrace’
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A disabled-led charity is to write to organisers of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris to raise concerns about the safety of disabled visitors, following a damning report into last year’s UEFA Champions League final. An independent review into […]

Survey shows rise in negative attitudes that provide barriers to disabled sports fans

By John Pring on 17th November 2022 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Survey shows rise in negative attitudes that provide barriers to disabled sports fans
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Disabled sports fans are increasingly likely to be confronted by negative attitudes when they attend live sport, according to a new survey. The survey found the proportion of disabled fans who identified the attitudes of others as a barrier to watching […]

Wembley violence and chaos ‘could have been catastrophic’ for disabled supporters

By John Pring on 15th July 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Wembley violence and chaos ‘could have been catastrophic’ for disabled supporters
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The violence and chaos that preceded Sunday’s Euro 2020 final at Wembley could have been “catastrophic” for disabled supporters attending the game, according to a user-led campaigning organisation. Reports have emerged that ticketless England fans who forced their way into the […]

Football clubs can still do more on access, says Paralympian

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Football clubs can still do more on access, says Paralympian
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One of the country’s leading Paralympians has called on football clubs to do more to improve access for disabled supporters. Six-time Paralympian Stephen Miller, a founding member of Newcastle United Disabled Supporters Association (NUDSA), said there had been a “massive progression” on […]

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