The collection of Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club dating back to its formation in 1877.
Find out more Dragon Boating is the mass participation paddle sport of today, with an ancient past and a very bright future
Find out more The BPA's colleciton is looked after by the National Paralympic Heritage Trust.
Find out more Marbles have been used to play games for thousands of years. This is a collection of books, equipment and photographs
Find out more The Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) records date back to 1864. CSSC had an early vision to have sports ground around the UK and at one stage had 65 sports ground.
Find out more DMU’s Special Collections is based in Library and Learning Services. In partnership with the International Centre for Sports History and Culture we are developing our holdings relating to sports.
Find out more Goalball dates back to 1946 – when it was devised as a simple rehabilitation/recreational exercise for blinded war veterans. Goalball UK are celebrating their 10 year anniversary
Find out more The IPC holds a significant collection of objects related to the development of the Paralympic Games.
Find out more The IWAS collection is based at the Stoke Mandeville stadium and is predominantly concerned with International competitions including the Paralympic Games.
Find out more The National Basketball Heritage Centre (NBHC) was founded at the University of Worcester in 2015 and was initiated by major donations of historical basketball material from John Atkinson and Jenny Collins. It has since been recognized as the central repository for basketball history related material by the sport’s national governing bodies in the United Kingdom.
Find out more The National Paralympic Heritage Trust holds the collections of the major organisations involved in disability and Paralympic sport.
Find out more The NSIC collection is held at the National Paralympic Heritage Centre and holds a significant amount of material relating to the Paralympic Games.
Find out more The roots of wheelchair dancing in the UK can be traced back to the late 60s when a rehabilitation centre in Scotland was teaching people how to manoeuvre their wheelchairs and realised this could be done to music. A Wheelchair Dance Association was set up in the seventies and although team dancing developed, the international competitive style did not catch on.
Find out more The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has a long history of helping to save the number of lives lost to drowning and our impressive sporting heritage is one of only a few, with humanism at its very heart.
Find out more The stoolball collection dates back to pre-1900s and is held in various places around the country.
Find out more The Swim England Library has a new home at Sport Park in Loughborough, alongside the offices of Swim England.
Find out more The WheelPower Collection has many objects, images and film related to the Paralympics which date from the 1940s to the present day. It has housed at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust.
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