Events and exhibitions

National Sporting Heritage Day

Leading up to National Sporting Heritage Day there are several events taking place between 22-29 September; a photographic display, a Touch Tour, and our Pop-up museum at Aylesbury Market Square on Saturday 29th September 2018.Read more

Paralympic Heritage: Stories from Bradford

Opening in Jan 2019Read more

Stoke Mandeville Heritage Centre

Opening March 2019Read more

Latest

The Trust's September Newsletter

This is our second newsletter and we hope you enjoy catching up on all our work, which will culminate in the opening of a permanent heritage centre at Stoke Mandeville.

National Sporting Heritage Day

Commission for Bradford based disabled artist

We would like to commission a local disabled artist, based in Bradford or West Yorkshire, to create a piece of work in response to local and national Paralympic stories and objects.

Disability tennis in Norfolk

Disability tennis in Norfolk became popular after the '2005 Youth Games for children with disabilities' organised by Active Norfolk.

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

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

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

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