The No Exceptions Training (NET) programme is a SPARC initiative, which is facilitated and delivered by the Halberg Trust through the Sport Opportunity Programme.
The programme’s purpose is:
‘to provide a national network of education and support for sport and recreation providers to enable them to increase their confidence, knowledge and skills, to created better opportunities for more people with disabilities’.
The main way the programme achieves this is through the delivery of sport and active leisure training workshops, that are designed to provide teachers, coaches and community leaders with comprehensive and direct practical support for including people with disabilities in regular sport and physical activity programmes.
The No Exceptions Training programme has six modules. These are:
Module 1: Count me in
A general community sport and awareness workshop for everyone interested or involved in the provision of sport and active leisure opportunities that include people with a disability
Module 2: Getting ready for school
A sport, physical education and disability awareness workshop focusing on the inclusion of young people with a disability into school-based sport and physical activity programs
Module 3: Opening doors for people with a disability
Opening doors for people with a disability — a practical workshop that assists sport and recreation organisations to develop strategies to attract and retain people with a disability as members
Module 4: Play by the rules
A workshop that helps sport and recreation organisations to understand and deal with issues of disability discrimination, and meet their obligations under the Human Rights Act etc.
Module 5: What is disability sport?
A practical workshop that demystifies what disability sport is all about, and covers issues relating to classification and Paralympic sport. This is a feeder workshop for Disability Sport Contact Officers and/or classifiers.
Module 6: Inclusive coaching
A coach-oriented workshop that enhances current knowledge and promotes the inclusion of athletes with a disability.
The workshops can be offered to individuals or groups with an interest or involvement in providing sport and leisure that includes or is likely to include, people with disabilities.
