Perth & Kinross Disability Sport

Building confidence, skills and community through inclusive sport

£5,000 of funding from SSEN Transmission’s East Coast Local Fund enabled Perth & Kinross Disability Sport to purchase additional adaptive equipment and run further wheelchair sport activity. 

Part of the funding was used to purchase a specialist boccia ramp and performance boccia balls for players with the most severe and complex needs. This equipment has been transformational, elevating performance while opening new competitive pathways.

Since using the new equipment, one participant has won two regional championships, with another finishing runner‑up on both occasions. Both players have been invited to train with the Scotland national squad and hope to compete at UK level this year, demonstrating how access to the right specialist equipment can turn potential into excellence.

The funding has also helped widen participation and remove barriers to taking part. Additional weekly sessions were introduced, all free of charge, alongside ‘come and try’ boccia sessions that attracted eight new participants, who are all now regular attendees.

This has meant that more people with disabilities are getting active, building confidence, learning new skills and forming friendships. By providing both opportunity and equipment, the project has supported physical and mental wellbeing, helped change perceptions of disability sport, and created sustainable pathways for people to participate and progress at their own pace.

Graeme Doig, Branch Coordinator from Perth & Kinross Disability Sport said:

“We are really proud of all the work we do to support local people with disabilities to get active in sport, although we can't do this by ourselves.

The funding provided by SSEN Transmission’s local fund has made an enormous difference in continuing our no cost participation approach, purchasing elite level adaptive equipment, training more volunteers and supported more people with disabilities to not only get active in sport and progress along the sporting pathway, it has given people a sense of belonging in sport, in our club and our community.”