Disabilities proved no divide at an inclusive sports games designed to enable children to try out a wide range of sports.
Mixed teams of disabled and ablebodied children took part in everything from boccia to table tennis at the Hermit Road Recreation Ground in Plaistow.
About 100 people attended Saturday’s event which was designed to celebrate the Invictus Games and was jointly organised by Equator Connect and Community Links.
Melba Pálházy, director of Equator Connect, said: “We deliberately created an inclusive games so that everybody, both able bodied and the disabled, could work in teams collaboratively,” she explained.
“Since the Paralympics there has been an ongoing shift in perceptions about what can and can’t be done and this event was all about encouraging people to work with and talk to people that they normally wouldn’t.”
Read more:
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here