Cara Sport Inclusion Ireland has announced a new partnership with Ireland’s leading ‘athleisure’ brand, Gym+Coffee.
The partnership will support Cara’s annual ‘Fit For All’ week taking place in October. The initiative takes place every year and was developed to increase awareness among people with disabilities, families, carers, and disability services on the benefits of regular exercise, healthy lifestyles as well as create much needed opportunities to participate within the local community.
It also gives fitness professionals and leisure centres the chance to enhance their skills and learn more about working with people with disabilities through online training workshops delivered by Cara.
At the Launch of ‘Fit For All’, Adele Biggs, Content Manager at Gym+Coffee said “We are incredibly excited to partner with Cara for their ‘Fit For All’ week and we believe our Make Life Richer ethos is in perfect alignment with Cara’s values.”
“The strength of our brand has always been in our ever-growing community, and we are committed to creating and facilitating an inclusive space for everyone.”
‘Fit For All’ events are delivered by instructors in centres, gyms and activity providers all over Ireland, with the support of Sport Ireland’s Local Sports Partnership Network who help with planning and delivery of inclusive events. It is backed up by support from the sector through Ireland Active.
“The main objective of Cara is to create opportunities to ensure people with disabilities can lead healthy and active lifestyles,” said Niamh Daffy, CEO of Cara.
“In 2020, ‘Fit For All’ events were delivered online, due to restrictions, yet over 50,000 people engaged with activities throughout the week. With Gym+Coffee as a new partner, we hope to be able to give greater visibility and awareness to this initiative.”
Fit For All is funded through Sport Ireland and the Dormant Accounts Fund, and is run in partnership with Ireland Active.
As well as events organised in registered venues, online events will include inclusive exercise sessions from Sarah Kerrigan, swimmer, instructor and instagram influencer at ‘troubleonapegleg’.
There will also be online Inclusive Fitness Training for leisure centres and a webinar with key people from the fitness and disability sectors.
This year, events will be both online and in-person, depending on each centres capabilities to adhere to strict health guidelines.
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