Archive | August, 2017

Make Disabled Parking Great Again!

Published August 31, 2017

I made a promise to myself on how long I could go on and not talk about disabled parking, a topic that many disabled people know and love…. Unfortunately, today’s the day I break my promise. While I was having my usual breakfast of Shreddies cereal watching the news, one particular news story caught my attention. The Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford has announced controversial plans to start charging the use of disabled parking regardless of if they have a disabled badge. The news story had an accompanying interview with Nick Markwick who represented the Surrey coalition of the disabled. […]

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PACE Boccia: The Journey

Published August 23, 2017

Recently, Pace Boccia were crowned the National League champions. It is the biggest achievement in Pace’s history (so far…) so I thought it would be fitting to look back and remember the key events that helped us become National League Champions. Let’s take a look back at some highlights that got us to where we are today! PACE Charitable Trust was formed in 2004 with the goal of delivering sport and leisure activities to young disabled people.  When PACE started it was a small group of close friends and one of the sports was proposed was Boccia, along with cricket […]

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