Sensory Sport

Creating meaningful sports activities for disabled people with complex needs.

What is Sensory Sport?

Sensory Sport is an award-winning initiative providing meaningful opportunities for disabled people with complex needs to be active. By simplifying sports like football, tennis and snooker we are able to build accessible activities that can be tailored to meet individual needs and abilities.

This person-centred approach means that more disabled people can enjoy the physical, social and mental benefits from taking part in sports activities.

We’ve reimagined sports that, for disabled people with complex needs, are often the most popular but also the most difficult to take part in.

For each Sensory Sport, we have created regular, local activities across England and created guidance for sports coaches to provide their own.

Sensory Rounders
A woman wearing a white jumper holds a tennis racket whilst a young man with blonde hair puts his arm towards the racket. They are on a green tennis court with a net in the background.
Sensory Tennis
A man leans over a snooker table aiming his cue at a ball, an instructor is over his shoulder helping to guide the shot
Sensory Snooker
A girl in a wheelchair is being pushed around an indoor court, she has a ball in her hands
Sensory Football
A boy with brown hair sits in a wheelchair holding a badminton racket. A woman stands behind him and a man with white hair holds a shuttlecock out for him to hit.
Sensory Badminton