Pupils at a west London secondary school could hardly believe their luck when they got the chance to meet Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds last week.
The champion swimmer, who won two gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, was visiting Chiswick School as part of Sainsbury’s new Active Kids for All scheme.
The company launched its Active Kids initiative in 2005. It has now developed the Active Kids for All programme and will be investing £1 million to help ensure the inclusion of disabled children in PE and sport within mainstream schools throughout the UK.
The cash will fund a series of teacher training courses, enabling PE teachers to develop the skills and confidence to help more than 500,000 disabled children to take part in school PE lessons.
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