Inclusivity

Inclusive Tennis in Berkshire

INCLUSIVE TENNIS OPPORTUNITIES IN BERKSHIRE - OPEN COURT PROGRAMMES

Berkshire LTA’s aim is to have all clubs in the County being able to offer inclusive tennis through an Open Court programme.  This depends on facilities, availability of LTA Accredited coaches, volunteers, equipment, and training opportunities.

Open Court Programme

The LTA Open Court Programme is a national programme funded by Sport England and the LTA, which is delivered at a local level made up of; a collaboration of key partners actively promoting and delivering opportunities for disabled people to get involved in tennis through a customer focused approach.

The main option provided is disability specific sessions such as; learning disability tennis, wheelchair tennis, visually impaired tennis, and deaf tennis. However, we are expanding our offer into other long term health conditions such as Mental Health and Parkinson’s.

Our programme is a vehicle for improving mental and physical health as it aims to increase opportunities to play, socialise and compete with similar people in the sport. We work with various tennis venues to put on tennis activities for a range of impairments.

Further information can be found on the LTA website by clicking here.

Lesley Cundy, our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Lead, is working in partnership with the LTA and other disability organisations, for the delivery of various programmes across Berkshire and can be contacted by email: office@berkshiretennis.org.uk

At present, there are a range of activities that focus on improving mental and physical health, through our inclusion and disability initiatives. These include: