Bright Ideas for Tennis was founded in 2013 by the former Great Britain Davis Cup player.
A charity that helps disabled people play tennis is celebrating its 10th anniversary by pushing to expand its programme further.
Our I Play 30 sessions are in full swing across the country. Banbury West End Tennis Club are hosting inclusive activities and doing a brilliant job engaging the Students of Frank Wise School. Let’s go!Bright Ideas for Tennis pairs clubs across the country with local special educational needs and disability schools and organisations to put on free sessions.
“I love going to the site visits to watch them. Quite often I’m driving three or four hours for a 45-minute session and in the car I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, what am I doing this for’? But it’s worth it just to see the smiles on their faces, it’s lovely.“The sessions that we run, as much as we’re teaching tennis, I think more than anything we’re teaching life skills.
Ariadne Katsoulis and Paul Valentine run coaching programmes at clubs in Banbury, Bicester and Brackley and work with two SEND schools through Bright Ideas for Tennis. “We give our time for free when we could have been earning money in other sessions but, seeing these children that have never had the possibility to do the sport – I was working with a blind child, and him achieving hitting the ball, and how he excited was, that’s the biggest reward that a tennis coach can wish for.”
Previously a one-man band, Sapsford now has a small team, while ambassadors include Tim Henman and Joe Salisbury, and he is hoping to increase the charity’s profile and budget to help introduce the sport to even more people.
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