HEALTH and fitness professionals are invited to a disability training seminar hosted by the Matt Hampson Foundation to provide insights and skills related to working with people with disabilities and making gym space more welcoming to everyone.
The Foundation supports young people after life-changing injury in sporting activity and is based at the Get Busy Living Centre in Leicestershire where the team will host a free, full-day seminar on Friday, May 16 between 9am and 4.30pm aimed at increasing knowledge and skills within the fitness industry and making facilities more inclusive for all.
Matt Hampson created the Foundation as a charity to support others following his own experience of serious injury as a young professional rugby player and built its Get Busy Living Centre near Melton Mowbray to provide specialist physiotherapy, personal training, wellbeing and peer support for young people in similar circumstances.
The Foundation’s specialist team is uniquely placed to help improve accessibility and inclusion within the fitness industry through sharing its knowledge and expertise.
Beneficiaries of the charity regularly describe how inaccessible many gyms are for them and how they are not confident that they can attend these spaces independently.