Students were given the opportunity to experience sports from a different perspective during their college's disability awareness week with a little help from Team GB.
Ahead of next year's Paralympics, Wandsworth's South Thames College hosted a variety of activities including blind football, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball, to give students a taste of playing disability sports.
Team GB Paralympic athlete and sitting volleyball player Andy Skinner was there to join in and help the students.
He said: “99 per cent of people don’t realise that sitting volleyball exists. It’s a sport for able bodied and disabled people. We’re here to bring the sport to the community and show that anyone can play it.”
Along with the sports, students were also able to find out about a range of topics such as volunteering, health care and sign language.
College learner support coordinator Claire Curley said: “The fun and interactive games will help students understand both the challenges and opportunities paralympic athletes face. The college has amazing support systems in place for people with disabilities and weeks like this help to celebrate their achievements.”
South Thames College Sports student Jake Mehdawi, 20, said: “People are not really aware that disabled people can play lots of sports so I thought I’d come along to find out more.”
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