Support UK Deaf Sport’s Fair Play for Deaf Athletes Campaign by signing our petition to ask the Government to end the discrimination against elite deaf athletes and fund and support them as they do Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
The petition can be found here:
UK Deaf Sport is requesting that the Government initially invest £3 million into deaf sport and athletes over the next 4 years to develop deaf talent pathways, training, coaching and wider support for elite deaf athletes and to send a strong, competitive DeaflympicsGB Team to Tokyo in 2025 and also let our athletes have access to the same support that Olympic and Paralympic athletes get through UK Sport.
UK Deaf Sport feel the time is right to readdress this discrimination so that we are able to create strong and successful deaf athlete pathways that mirror their Olympic and Paralympic peers. Deaf athletes as role models on the world stage will inspire the deaf community to engage in sport and activity and gain the associated physical and mental health benefits.
The areas in yellow on the letter template need completing or deleting if not relevant to you.
Insert your MP’s email into the top of the letter. For example: Neil O’Brien Neil.obrien.mp@parliament.uk
Fill out the letter with your details, including your home address, and remember to fill in why this campaign is important to you, for example, you are a deaf athlete and get no funding.
The letter already asks the MP to attend our event in parliament to hear more about the campaign and we can let you know if they attend.
Send the letter to your MP using the email address listed on the page. When you email it to your MP, please also send to ukds@plmr.co.uk to help us keep track of the campaign.
You should get a reply from your MP within one to four weeks. Please forward the reply to ukds@plmr.co.uk and our team can help you with any next steps to keep you MP updated on our campaign.
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This letter is for deaf athletes/members of the deaf community to send to their MP to get their support for the fairness for deaf athletes campaign being led by UK Deaf Sport.
UK Deaf Sport are asking the Government to end the discrimination against elite deaf athletes and fund and support them as they do Olympic and Paralympic athletes and support the DeaflympicsGB Team to compete at the Deaflympics.
The campaign will launch on 15th November and this letter invites your MP to a drop in session on that date in Parliament so we can brief them further on the current discrimination and the ambitions for the future of sport for deaf people.
It provides some key statistics such as £612 million is allocated every four years to Olympic and Paralympic sport through UK Sport but the current Government policy excludes deaf athletes from accessing it.
UK Deaf Sport is requesting that the Government initially invest £3 million into deaf sport and athletes over the next 4 years to develop deaf talent pathways, training, coaching and wider support for elite deaf athletes and to send a strong, competitive DeaflympicsGB Team to Tokyo in 2025 and also let our athletes have access to the same support that Olympic and Paralympic athletes get through UK Sport.
UK Deaf Sport feel the time is right to readdress this discrimination so that we are able to create strong and successful deaf athlete pathways that mirror their Olympic and Paralympic peers. Deaf athletes as role models on the world stage will inspire the deaf community to engage in sport and activity and gain the associated physical and mental health benefits.
