​Students from the Department of Sport Science's Adapt2Move programme participated in the Bridging Abilities Day recently.

Bridging Abilities is a non-profit organisation. Its main goal is to organise camps or sports days to create opportunities for persons with disabilities to be active and to improve their quality of life. Bridging Abilities does all the paperwork related to the day and the Department of Sport Science facilitates the programme and provides the facilities.

"It is the responsibility of third-year students specialising in matched motion programmes (adapt2move) to present the programme. It is also a community engagement project for the group of students," says Dr Suzanne Ferreira of the Department of Sports Science.

"In terms of student training, the purpose of the day is to expose students to the abilities of persons with disabilities and to give them an opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice. Overall, it is important that both groups have fun."

Toni Mould, director of Bridging Abilities, adds: "I think the day went really well. The students do a great job at these events. We had a lot of new faces and Senecio joined us for the first time. It is great to see new children and organisations join as we want to grow the events each year."