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Rothschild Foundation Impact Grant

With support from the Rothschild Foundation’s Impact Grants programme, the National Paralympic Heritage Trust will work with local disability organisations, individuals and participating schools to build their 3D digital and sports heritage research.

VE celebrations

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE day we've created a Paralympic heritage jigsaw puzzle.

The Trust's April 2020 Newsletter

Welcome to the sixth edition of our Newsletter. It's just over a year since we opened the Heritage Centre, the first museum dedicated to the Paralympic Movement and from April 2019 to February 2020 we attracted over 35,000 visitors

Digital Explorations Project

This dynamic new project, funded by the Rothschild Foundation, Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Paralympic Heritage Trust will see a group of participants from local disability organisations trained in the use of 3D photography, sports journalism and history research.

What we do

The National Paralympic Heritage Trust was established on 11th November 2015 to protect and share British Paralympic Heritage.

The delivery team

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Virtual research volunteer

Would you be able to help us keep the content on our website fresh and up-to-date?

Ice Sledge Hockey player, Naomi Adie

Naomi Adie is an Ice Sledge Hockey player for the Peterborough Phantoms

Timeline

Paralympic Games Timeline

1960s: Part of the Olympics

In Rome 1960 the International Games were held for the first time in the Olympics venue immediately after the Olympic Games. They are now seen as the first “Paralympic Games”

Interview with Nick Webborn, Chair of the BPA

Interview with Professor Nick Webborn, Chair of the British Paralympic Association and Clinical Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Brighton

Events assistant

Are you interested in helping people to discover more about the evolution of the Paralympics and disability sport?

Chloe Hixson's volunteer story

We are lucky to have some great volunteers who help us in the work we do. Chloe Hixson, joined us as an Access Assessor and more recently has helped as a Virtual Volunteer