The Xcessible Club Toolkit is a guided resource that will empower clubs to positively and meaningfully provide opportunities for people with disabilities to take part in sport and physical activity at a local level.
About Xcessible Club Toolkit
Sport and physical activity play such an important role in peoples’ lives, contributing positively to their physical and mental wellbeing.
Active Disability Ireland, recognise how valuable participation sport and physical activity can be for people with disabilities, whether that be through playing, participating, volunteering, coaching, officiating or other, there is a role for everyone in their local sports club.
Following the success of the Xcessible programme for NGBs and LSPs, Active Disability Ireland with the support of Sport Ireland, have developed an Xcessible Club Toolkit. The toolkit aims to support sports clubs to overcome the challenges experienced by people with disabilities who want to engage in sport and to develop and sustain inclusive practice within their club to ensure that people with disabilities in Ireland can access and enjoy regular participation in sport & physical activity at club level. Inclusive sports cubs will be able to facilitate the many benefits that people with disabilities can enjoy within their community such as; belonging to a group, the opportunity to volunteer, to make new friends, to learn a new skill, to develop leadership & coaching expertise as well as improving social, physical and mental wellbeing.
The toolkit is a guided resource that will empower clubs to positively and meaningfully provide opportunities for people with disabilities to take part in sport and physical activity at a local level.
The toolkit and supporting resources are available to download below. Please enter your relevant information and click download:
Xcessible Club Stages
The Xcessible Club Toolkit has been developed to support clubs in three stages of their journey towards creating a fully inclusive club for people with disabilities. The Sport Inclusion Disability Charter is the framework for the Xcessible Club Toolkit.
Stage 1: Develop
This stage of the toolkit aims to support clubs in developing or improving their structures and inclusive approaches to ensure people with disabilities have a positive experience within the club, and that club volunteers, coaches, and committee members feel confident and supported in developing inclusive environments.
Stage 2: Embed
This stage of the toolkit aims to support clubs to embed inclusive approaches and best practices to ensure people with disabilities have a positive experience within the club, and that club volunteers, coaches, and committee members feel confident and supported in developing inclusive approaches.
Stage 3: Sustain
This stage of the toolkit aims to ensure clubs are sustaining inclusive approaches and best practices to ensure people with disabilities have a positive experience within the club, and that club volunteers, coaches, and committee members feel confident and supported in sustaining inclusive approaches.
The toolkit acts as a guiding resource for the club to support them in a phased approach to becoming more inclusive. Guidelines, templates and resources have been developed to assist clubs in actioning the areas outlined in the toolkit.
Who Can Support
| National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB) | List of NGBs |
| Local Sports Partnerships (LSP)
Sport Inclusion Disability Officers (SIDO) |
LSP Contact Details |
| Disability Sport Organisations: | |
| Special Olympics | www.specialolympics.ie |
| IWA Sport | iwasport.com |
| Deaf Sports Ireland | www.deafsportsireland.com |
| Vision Sport Ireland | www.visionsports.ie |
| Paralympics Ireland | www.paralympics.ie |
Xcessible Club Resources
| Coaches & Volunteers Training Record Template |
| Facility List Template |
| Equipment List Template |
| Club Action Plan Template |
| Role description for Club Chairperson |
| Role description for Club Secretary |
| Role description for Club Treasurer |
| Role description for Club Disability Inclusion Officer |
| Sample Club Registration Template |
| Sample Club Easy Read Registration Template |
| Club Welcome Pack Guidance Document |
| Accessible Facilities Guidelines |
| Setting up a Club Constitution & Committee Guidance Document |
| List of key National & International Disability Events |
Download Xcessible Club Resources
Contact Us
For further information about Xcessible Club Toolkit please contact Ali Howick Sports Inclusion Officer: ahowick@activedisability.ie
