CADS wins National Lottery Awards

Congratulations to Children's Able and Disabled Sport (CADS), who won the sports category of the National Lottery Awards at a special star-studded celebratory awards event, broadcast live on BBC One from London's Roundhouse on Saturday 4 September - The National Lottery's Big Night.

The winners were chosen by a public vote which took place earlier this summer. The total number of public votes cast for all the competing projects was in excess of 192,000.

CADS, based at the Seashell Trust in Cheadle Hulme and funded by Sport England, offers sporting activities to children in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, regardless of their ability.

It is completely inclusive, and everyone participates in the same activities, allowing those with severe and multiple disabilities access to the same opportunities as their peers.

The project began as a one-off event: an inclusive week of sports activities for 100 disabled and non-disabled children, after organisers felt that children and young people with more complex special needs had little or no access to quality sport.

The event was hugely oversubscribed and now, eight years later, the flagship event is even more popular. CADS also delivers a number of weekly sports clubs, multi-sports clubs and sport specific courses during term-time.

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