Events and exhibitions

National Paralympic Heritage Centre

Open daily, free admission, all welcome. Read more

Paralympic Heritage: stories from Bradford and Keighley

22nd June - 4th November 2019 Read more

Pop-up museum events

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

Latest

Paralympic Heritage Exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum

The Paralympic Heritage Stories regional exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum ran from June to September 2019.

Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Summer Games

It had been expected that the 1968 Summer Paralympic Games would be hosted in Mexico City until 1965 when the International Stoke Mandeville Games Committee was advised that this would not be possible due to financial constraints and accessibility issues with the facilities. In 1966 the Games were awarded to Israel who were ‘most enthusiastic’ about hosting the Games, particularly as they would coincide with the twentieth anniversaries of both the state of Israel and Stoke Mandeville Games.

Autumn competitions and activities

Take part in our writing competition, quiz and origami making activity sessions.

Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Summer Games

The Heidelberg 1972 Summer Paralympic Games saw an additional fifteen countries competing for the first time and an increase of over two hundred athletes from the number competing in Tel Aviv four years earlier. The City of Munich’s plan to convert the Olympic Village into private housing prevented the Games from being held there after the Summer Olympics, so they were relocated to Heidelberg.

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

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

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

Archery

Archery was one of the sports at the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960.

Reports and policies

This is a list of all the reports and policies related to the website and its use