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Special Olympics GB

@sogreatbritain

Transforming the lives of people with an intellectual (learning) disability through sport

Charity No: 800329 & SC052090

#InclusionInAction

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linkhttp://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk calendar_today20-04-2009 09:03:14

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๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐Ÿ’ช SO Bradford Keighley Skipton athlete Tessa Lightowler today competes today in the Shot Put final of the Open European Championships for athletes with Down Syndrome You can watch Tessa live from 4.30pm UK time #InclusionInAction

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๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿธ Celebrating the incredible moments, friendships, and life-changing opportunities that this sport brings to people with an intellectual disability through the Special Olympics movement #InclusionInAction

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿธ

Celebrating the incredible moments, friendships, and life-changing opportunities that this sport brings to people with an intellectual disability through the Special Olympics movement 

#InclusionInAction
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Special Olympics City of York athlete and Athlete Leadership Team member Matthew Brough features in the latest episode of Special Chronicles Podcast Speaking with host Daniel Smrokowski, Matthew tells us how tennis has transformed his life #InclusionInAction

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๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จโ€‘๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Over the next 4 weeks you can support Special Olympics GB at Co-op stores nationwide! Thanks to our friends at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, 25p from every #MealsThatMatter, dine-in meal deal, helps fund our competitions #InclusionInAction

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Our new fundraising t-shirts ๐Ÿคฉ As shown off by Katie, these tops will be worn by 10 runners who are fundraising at Sundayโ€™s Saucony Saucony London 10K Huge thanks to our fundraising runners from Fullerโ€™s, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and UPS ๐Ÿ‘ #InclusionInAction

Our new fundraising t-shirts ๐Ÿคฉ 

As shown off by Katie, these tops will be worn by 10 runners who are fundraising at Sundayโ€™s Saucony <a href="/TheLondon10K/">Saucony London 10K</a> 

Huge thanks to our fundraising runners from Fullerโ€™s, <a href="/CocaColaEP/">Coca-Cola Europacific Partners</a> and <a href="/UPS/">UPS</a> ๐Ÿ‘

#InclusionInAction
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Could you help shape the future of Special Olympics GB? Weโ€™re seeking passionate, forward-thinking individuals to join our Board of Trustees Please get in touch if you have experience in governance, fundraising, education, advocacy, or lived experience of intellectual disability

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Meet Bleddyn ๐Ÿ‘‹ - #MealsThatMatter Ambassador Following the launch of the Meals That Matter Meal Deal at Co-op, athlete Bleddyn tells more about his journey in powerlifting ๐Ÿ’ช Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is donating 25p for every Meals That Matter sold ๐Ÿ‘ #InclusionInAction

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Good luck to athlete entrepreneurs CoolArt2021 and Niall Guite who are heading to Salt Lake City ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ to participate in a design challenge event Joining other Special Olympics athletes, Marcus and Niall will help design new shop merchandise #InclusionInAction

Good luck to athlete entrepreneurs <a href="/Art2021Cool/">CoolArt2021</a> and <a href="/niallguitesogb/">Niall Guite</a> who are heading to Salt Lake City ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ to participate in a design challenge event

Joining other <a href="/SpecialOlympics/">Special Olympics</a> athletes, Marcus and Niall will help design new shop merchandise  

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Huge congratulations Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Regional President & Managing Director, David Evangelista who will succeed Mary Davies as Special Olympics new Chief Executive Officer Following a transition period David will start in post from 1 January 2026 #InclusionInAction

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"๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™‰๐™Š๐™ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š!" What an inspiration Kiera Byland BEM is ๐Ÿ‘#InclusionInAction

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๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ? โšฝ๏ธ It's seeking a Manager and Coaches to support its weekly football sessions for local people with an intellectual disability Please get in touch ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected] #InclusionInAction

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ? โšฝ๏ธ

It's seeking a Manager and Coaches to support its weekly football sessions for local people with an intellectual disability

Please get in touch ๐Ÿ“ง Dan.Birchmore@ascotunited.co.uk

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๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ† Huge congrats to Special Olympics Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Chair Paul Ramskill ๐Ÿ‘ Paul was recognised with the marquee accolade at the recent York Sports Awards #InclusionInAction

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ†

Huge congrats to Special Olympics Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Regional Chair Paul Ramskill ๐Ÿ‘

Paul was recognised with the marquee accolade at the recent York Sports Awards

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Sport for Development & Pathways Webinar ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“… Thu 24 July โฐ 6pm Join our next members' webinar and learn about development plans for our competition sports, meet our National Sports Advisors, and an update on a 2026 national summer sporting event #InclusionInAction

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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ“ฃ Weโ€™re running 12 more FREE MATP Introductory Workshops Delivered online, these sessions support delivery of inclusive, athlete-centred sport for individuals with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) or complex needs

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๐•๐š๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’ผ We're recruiting a Corporate Partnerships Manager to deliver our great partnership with Fuller, Smith & Turner This is a fixed term contract to 31 March 27, with the possibility of this being extended, and requires travel to Fuller's venues 3 days each week

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โ€œ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ โ€“ ๐™’๐™€ ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™‰.โ€ Meet Katie Day โ€“ #MealsThatMatter Ambassador, athlete, and proud advocate for inclusion ๐Ÿ‘‹ With 8 shoeboxes of medals and a passion for Athlete Leadership, Katie lives by the motto: Eat. Sleep. Special Olympics. Repeat.

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Wishing the very best of luck to our Safeguarding Lead Adam Leathwood as he takes on the Hathersage Hilly Triathlon tomorrow ๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ The course includes a 420-metre swim, a 21km hilly cycle, and a 6km run in the Peak District #InclusionInAction

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๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง-๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ-๐จ๐ฉ For the past 12 days, 5 athletes have taken centre stage in Co-op stores thanks to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Alex, Katie, Bleddyn, Steph & Lloyd are #MealsThatMatter ambassadors, raising awareness and vital funds towards our transformational work

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Huge congrats to Angela Lydon & Kiera Byland BEM on their appointments to the MATP Global Advisory Resource Committee ๐Ÿ‘ They join 10 other MATP leaders to help guide, develop, and grow MATP as the signature Special Olympics sport for those who need the highest levels of support

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9 days ago, a team of runners from our partners took on Saucony London 10K to raise funds for Special Olympics GB Thank you to everyone from UPS, Fullerโ€™s and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners for your amazing commitment โ€” from training and fundraising to crossing the finish line ๐Ÿ‘ #InclusionInAction

9 days ago, a team of runners from our partners took on <a href="/TheLondon10K/">Saucony London 10K</a> to raise funds for Special Olympics GB

Thank you to everyone from <a href="/UPS/">UPS</a>, Fullerโ€™s and <a href="/CocaColaEP/">Coca-Cola Europacific Partners</a> for your amazing commitment โ€” from training and fundraising to crossing the finish line ๐Ÿ‘

#InclusionInAction