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Aug 03

#ActiveAugust – Encouraging amputees and individuals with limb difference to get active and improve their physical and mental health

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Monday 3rd August 2020

The charity LimbPower are working throughout the month of August to encourage and engage with people with a limb difference, to help them kick start healthy and active lifestyle. Being active has so…

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Jul 25

Press Release - Physical impairment NDSOs launch the Virtual Challenge Series to encourage community members to keep moving

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Saturday 25th July 2020

CP Sport approached LimbPower about developing a series of challenges to support the community to keep engaging in activity at home over the coming months and the Virtual Challenge Series was born.…

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Jul 25

Let’s deliver an inclusive return to play!

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Saturday 25th July 2020

An open letter urging sport and leisure decision makers to put disabled people’s inclusion at the heart of plans and preparations as restrictions are lifted further. This weekend we will see…

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Jun 18

LimbPower Launches Online Fitness Sessions for Kids!

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Thursday 18th June 2020

Home workout for children with limb difference every Tuesday and Thursday mornings on LimbPower’s YouTube channel. LimbPower is proud to announce that it is running online ‘Adaptive Fitness Fun’…

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Mar 31

LimbPower launches new fitness and wellbeing resources

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Tuesday 31st March 2020

National Disability Sport Organisation LimbPower has launched a number of new resources, to enhance its exisiting online library, designed to support amputees and people with limb difference to stay…

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Mar 24

​News Release - LimbPower goes Virtual

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Tuesday 24th March 2020

Due to the ongoing public health issue caused by the Corona Virus (COVID-19) LimbPower have been required to make some incredibly difficult decisions including postponing all of our participation…

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Mar 23

​Corona Virus Update from Sport England 16th March 2020

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Monday 23rd March 2020

More and more of us are spending time at home and thinking about other ways of being active. Official advice recommends against non-essential contact and all unnecessary travel – including working…

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Oct 27

Kiera Roche has been included in the Disability Power List 100, for the second year running.

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Sunday 27th October 2019

Kiera Roche, from LimbPower, known for her work of improving the lives of individuals with an amputation or limb difference was announced as one of the most influential people with a disability in the…

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Oct 27

LimbPower create new player pathway resource to increase engagement in activity

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Sunday 27th October 2019

The new Player Pathway resource for athletes and non-athletes with a limb Impairment produced by LimbPower (with support from Sport England’s Inclusive Sport Fund and the Activity Alliance), answers…

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Oct 19

Amputee’s reach for the sky and settle for the top of the World!

Posted by LimbPowerAdmin on Saturday 19th October 2019

On Wednesday 2nd October a team of 21 people set off on the challenge of a lifetime to climb Kilimanjaro the World’s largest free-standing Mountain. This inspiring team included eight amputees (four…

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Recent Posts

​ReVAMP is revolutionising adaptive fitness for amputees and people with limb difference.

Since we launched ReVAMP in 2021 over 160 limb different people have benefited from this programme. When Jack Eyers (Lead…

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​New research raises concerns about motor development in children and young people with a vision impairment

British Blind Sport, funded by the Thomas Pocklington Trust and working with the University of Central Lancashire are publishing…

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​Beyond Boundaries in-Person Event

On Saturday 3rd December 2022, supporting European Limb Loss Day and the International Day for Persons with a Disability…

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FREE Wheelchair Sports Festival coming to London this November

The WheelPower Sports Festival will welcome disabled people of all ages to Brunel University Sports Centre, London on Tuesday 1…

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​LimbPower announces plans for National Fitness Day 2022 as campaign calls for UK to prioritise physical health to support mental strength

On Wednesday 21st September LimbPower is offering a day of FREE online exercise classes for everyone with limb difference and…

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