A
SP
INAL
char
ity
from
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
is
encour
aging
people
to
get
involv
ed
in
wheelchair
spor
t
ahead
of
the
Be
ijing
Ol
ympics
.
Fe
wer
than
two
per
cent
of
UK
wheelchair
users
re
gularly
take
par
t
in
any
kind
of
spor
ting
activi-
ty
,
a
statistic
Oldbr
ook-based
char
ity
the
Sp
inal
In
jur
ies
Association
(SIA)
would
like
to
see
dr
amatically
incr
ease
.
Ha
ving
been
elected
official
char
ity
of
the
2008
London
Ma
ra
thon,
SIA
elected
to
augment
its
commitment
to
incr
easing
spor
ts
par
ticipation
by
ploughing
50
per
cent
of
the
money
ra
ised
by
its
ru
nners
dir
ectly
into
gr
ass
ro
ots
wheelchair
spor
t.
Thr
ough
its
new
initiative
,
Re
building
Liv
es
Thr
ough
Sp
or
t
(RL
TS
),
SIA
hopes
to
pr
omote
and
suppor
t
the
development
of
par
a-
lympic
spor
ts
across
the
UK
and,
would
like
to
re
ceiv
e
applications
for
funding
from
clubs
and
soci-
eties
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
.
Ma
ri
anne
Pr
ior
,
spokesman
for
SIA,
said:
8220W
ith
the
Be
ijing
Ol
ympics
fast
appr
oaching
and
Br
itain
8217s
par
alympic
team
contin-
uing
to
outshine
its
able-bodied
equiv
alent,
the
impact
spor
t
can
ma
ke
on
di
sa
bl
ed
pe
op
le
8217s
lives
has
never
been
quite
so
appar
ent.
8220T
o
wheelchair
users
in
par
ticu-
lar
,
par
ticipating
in
spor
t
can
pr
ov
e
a
re
al
life-line
by
boosting
confidence
,
nur
tur
ing
indepen-
dence
,
alleviating
isolation
and
impr
ov
ing
physical
fitness
.8221
Gr
ants
va
ry
fr
om
1631,000
to
16350
,00
0
and
re
cipient
pr
ojects
must
be
endorsed
by
the
re
lev
ant
go
ver
ning
bod
y.
While
successful
pr
ojects
must
include
wheelchair
participants
,
re
cipients
need
not
be
spinal
cor
d
injur
ed
and
applications
fr
om
a
br
oad
ra
nge
of
or
ganisations
and
individuals
ar
e
we
lcomed.
SIA
is
also
keen
to
give
local
re
si-
dents
and
businesses
first
re
fusal
on
its
last
few
re
maining
places
in
the
London
Tr
iathlon
(A
ugust
9
and
10)
the
Ad
idas
Wo
men
8217s
5k
Challenge
(S
eptember
7
in
Lond
on,
Live
rpoo
l
and
Bi
rm
ingham)
and
the
10m
Gr
eat
So
uth
Ru
n,
in
Po
rt
smouth
on
Oc
tober
26.
9632
Fo
r
mor
e
infor
mation
visit
www
.spinal.co
.uk
or
call
0845
678
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out
to
boost
wheelchair
sportYo
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