Events and exhibitions

National Paralympic Heritage Centre

Open daily, free admission, all welcome. Read more

Pop-up museum events

Visit our Pop-up museum at sporting, heritage and community events around the UK. Read more

Paralympic Heritage: stories from Manchester

26th June 2020 - 4th January 2021 Read more

Latest

Meet the Paralympian Day

Come along to meet a Paralympic athlete and find out what it's like to compete at an elite level.

Highlights from 2019

We have been delighted to welcome a diverse range of groups to the Heritage Centre this year who have visited as part of a tour or attended one of our special event days.

BSL Tours

Join us for a BSL tour of the National Paralympic Heritage Centre.

Audio described tours

Join us for an audio described tour of the National Paralympic Heritage Centre.

What we do

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

The delivery team

Trustees

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