Topics

Classification

Classification determines who is eligible to compete in a Paralympic sport.Read more

Equipment

How the evolution of the wheelchair changed the shape of ParasportRead more

Treatment

Ludwig Guttman's regime was not merely medical and surgical but also rehabilitative.Read more

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Founders and partners

Founder member organisations

Funding partners

Support from Trusts and Foundations

Sporting Heritage Week

Leading up to National Sporting Heritage Day on the 30th September 2018 we organised several events; a photographic display, a Touch Tour, and our Pop-up museum at Aylesbury Market Square.

70th Anniversary of the Paralympic Movement

At the end of July 2018 we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Paralympic Movement which began as the Stoke Mandeville Games on the 29th July 1948.

What we do

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

Trustees

The delivery team

Virtual volunteer

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Stoke Mandeville Heritage Centre

Opening March 2019

Timeline

Paralympic Games Timeline

Ice Sledge Hockey player, Naomi Adie

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

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

Research volunteer

Are you interested in the history of the Paralympic movement and would like to get involved in carrying out research projects?