Solutions To Barriers

Question 1

What solution are there to the barriers for participation?

Answer 1

Provision
Promotion
Access

Question 2

How can provision be used to overcome barriers to participation?

Answer 2

Programming sessions for use by different user groups. (E.g. sessions for wheelchair sports, sessions for ethnic minorities and teenage clubs)

Providing appropriate activity options for the demands of specific information see groups.
(E.g. different age groups want different options, different genders want different activities)

Planning of if times to suit different user groups
(E.g. for parents with young children, mid-morning after the school run, 24 hour gyms, peak and off peak times)

Question 3

How does promotion overcome barriers to participation?

Answer 3

Targeted promotion
(Advertising in appropriate places to increase visibility to different user groups)

Using role models
(Sport stars visiting junior sports camps)

Initiatives aimed at promoting participation and inclusion.
(Free swimming for under 16s. Walking football for 50+ men).

Question 4

Describe how the concept of ‘access’ can be used to overcome barriers to participation?

Answer 4

Access to facilities

Access to equipment
(hoist for swimming pool access)

Sensible pricing/concessions (reducing charges for unemployed people or young children)