A Sporting Chance
From the collection of
The Sheffy Boys
- Sheffield
- 1993
A Sporting Chance
Jack Charlton may have won the football world cup, but he wants to change football forever.
Powerchair Football has been developing in a number of countries around the world since it was first played in France in the 1970s. Players use an oversized ball which they move around the pitch using a powered chair with four or more wheels. The first power wheelchair specifically designed for the sport was launched in 2012.
Jack Charlton was an internationally famous football player who brought England victory as part of the 1966 football world cup. He was a patron of the Percy Hedley Trust, and a campaigner for wider access to powerchair football.
A video presented by North-East footballing legend Jack Charlton, patron of the Percy Hedley Foundation, about a new wheelchair-adaptive version of football being pioneered in the UK by pupils of the Percy Hedley School in Newcastle. The current facilities are inadequate and the wish of Percy Hedley is to give the pupils 'a sporting chance' to develop in the sport with the creation of a specialist sports centre that would allow for the formation of a national and international squad to take part in competitive competitions.
Tags
Inclusive, Introspective, Inspiring.
Brave voices from historically marginalised groups share inspiring and uplifting stories of hope.
In the late 20th Century, people with a physical or a sensory impairment faced daily battles against a society geared to the needs of the able-bodied mainstream. Here we see authentic stories of affected individuals and institutions creating imaginative solutions, paving the way for a socially-inclusive model of disability which would benefit generations to come.
10 videos in this collection
1
The Sheffy Boys
2
Reality Sandwich
3
Central Taxis
4
Focus on Airs
5
Milan
6
The Visual Quiz
7
A Sporting Chance
8
Grasping the Future
9
Operation Easy Diner
10