Sign: Petition for fair funding for deaf athletes (BSL)

Sign the petition at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/650923 and find out more about #FairPlayForDeafAthletes at https://ukdeafsport.org.uk/fairplayfordeafathletes/

UK Deaf Sport is currently asking the Government to end discrimination against elite deaf athletes and fund and support them as they do Olympic and Paralympic athletes, and there is now a petition that is aiming to get the issue considered for debate in parliament.

Watch the videos below from Stuart Harrison for more information.

 

£600 million is spent every four years supporting athletes who compete in the Olympics and Paralympics. But no funding is allocated to deaf athletes.

UK Deaf Sport is requesting that the Government initially invest £3 million into deaf sport and athletes over the next four 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 also says: ‘[we] 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.’

There is also this video from UK Deaf Sport explaining their campaign:

Sign the petition at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/650923 and find out more about #FairPlayForDeafAthletes at https://ukdeafsport.org.uk/fairplayfordeafathletes/