Colleagues and students from the College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS) support the growth of wheelchair basketball.
Following hot on the wheels of our Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Bulls adult wheelchair basketball team, our campus Sports Hall now plays host to the newly formed children’s team, also called Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Bulls - thanks to the hard work of colleagues and students in CHLS.
Occupational Therapy lecturer Dr Mellissa Prunty and Physiotherapy lecturer Dr Meriel Norris identified a need in the West London area for a children’s wheelchair basketball club. They set up a partnership with therapists from Hillingdon Child Development Centre, part of the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Partners Academic Centre for Health Sciences. Players are recruited through the partnership but also from outreach with local schools and on campus.
Dr Prunty continues:
“We welcome all children with physical disabilities and their siblings to come along and play as it is a great source of physical activity and a lot of fun. We have some great students from Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Volunteers who work with the children each week to enhance their participation. These students stem from occupational therapy, physiotherapy, public health, sports science and sports psychology and are a great asset to the club."
There are opportunities for current students to with the children and adult teams.
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