Accelerate the “Inclusive Club” program so that “everything is no longer based on luck”. On the sidelines of the second edition of Paralympic Day, Sunday October 8, Place de la République in Paris, the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) unveiled, during a press conference on September 20, the new campaign of its system launched at the end of 2022. This aims to raise awareness, train and support sports clubs so that they can welcome people with physical and/or psychological disabilities.
Among the twelve million French people affected, “less than one in two play disabled sports and they travel on average 50 kilometers to get to their place of practice because only 1.4% of clubs in the country are accessible to all”, deplores Marie-Amélie Le Fur. For the president of the CPSF, the issue is clear: we must create “a much stronger territorial network” so that local practice is no longer a matter of chance but is “possible and obvious, whatever the form of the disability. »
The former Paralympic medalist draws up an initial assessment: “At the end of the year, we should have 700 who will have been made aware of 70 sessions held across all territories.” If the objective of training 3,000 new clubs to welcome people with disabilities by the end of the 2024-2025 season is achieved, 8% of clubs in France will then be inclusive.
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Clubs and communities on the front line
This is already the case with the Archers des trois lys club, in Paris, which followed the very first session. Since then, the structure has welcomed people with disabilities who practice without distinction from able-bodied people. “The first fear was to know if we were addressing this audience correctly, with sufficient equipment, because archery is quite specific. The brakes are mostly in the head”testifies its vice president, Teddy Louison.
Another target of the campaign: communities. They are the ones who finance the training for the clubs, to the tune of 6,000 euros, while the CPSF covers the other half. “Even if it’s free for them, it’s difficult to get them involved in the process, they have to want it”reports Bouchra Fenzar-Rizki, vice-president of the Seine-et-Marne departmental council in charge of sports, who notes this same apprehension.
Relaxation handball in Rennes is one of the few exceptions. Created in 1978 with the desire to make handball accessible to all, the club has always regularly welcomed people with motor disabilities but also patients in day hospitalization at the city’s psychiatric hospital, or even young people. in psychosocial difficulty. Depending on their level of autonomy, they practice “hand’ensemble” – adapted to people with physical, mental and psychological disabilities – or join “classic” courses.
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2023-10-08 05:00:06
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