Improve the accessibility and inclusivity of your club facilities

It updates and expands on the previous information originally published in 2010, replacing their previous Accessible Sports Facilities Design Guidance, with new standards aimed at ensuring sport and leisure facilities are safe, welcoming and accessible for everyone.

Launched in August, the new guidance offers valuable insights for clubs and regional and county associations on how to share their suggestions and expertise of the sport in order to make a facility fit for volleyball activities.

The guidance, in particular, encourages the design of spaces that remove barriers to playing sport.

Drawing upon best practice examples for accessibility and inclusion, it aims to increase awareness and encourage the use of these inclusive design principles:

• Placing people at the heart of the design process to reflect the needs of the community.
• Acknowledging diversity and difference to help make everyone feel welcome, safe and without anxiety.
• Offering choice where a single design solution cannot accommodate all users.
• Providing for flexibility in use.
• Providing convenient and enjoyable environments for everyone to use with dignity and privacy.

By embracing these guidelines, it is hoped clubs can foster a more inclusive culture, ensuring volleyball is accessible for everyone.

Further information on Sport England’s Accessible and Inclusive Sports Facilities Guidance can be found by clicking here.