Year: 2015

Today’s 2014/2015 Love Fisher Brown award entrant to be profiled is Berkhamsted BC who entered the Love Fisher Brown award to showcase their work with disabled bowlers. Continue reading “Club Profile – Berkhamsted BC”

One of the aims of Disability Bowls August is to raise the profile of disability bowls, to inspire clubs and individuals to develop the opportunities they currently have or to create additional inclusive activities. At the Bowls Development Alliance, there is a funding source to support clubs through this type of process called the “National Package Funding Scheme”. Continue reading “Disability Package Funding”

The final prize winner of the 2014/15 Love Fisher Brown Award are runner up, New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club. Continue reading “New Earswick & District IBC”

The BDA is delighted to announce the launch of the 2015/16 Love Fisher Brown Award, sponsored by AeroBowls with entries now being taken up until Friday 27th May, 2016. Continue reading “Launch of 2015/16 Love Fisher Brown Award”

Launched in October 2014, the Love Fisher Brown Award set out to identify, recognise and reward organisations providing participation opportunities for disabled bowlers. In the subsequent months, fifteen entries were received from clubs, leisure organisations and care groups from across the country. Continue reading “2014/2015 Love Fisher Brown Award winners announced!”

One of the key organisations involved in Disability Bowls August, is Disability Bowls England (DBE). While DBE has been working tirelessly over a number of years, many clubs and individuals are still unaware of its existence and its role. For today’s Disability Bowls August press release, the Bowls Development Alliance have asked Paul Brown (Chair of DBE), to provide a profile of the organisation: Continue reading “Profile and promotion of Disability Bowls England”

The Bowls Development Alliance is today launching the 2015 National Disability Survey to develop a greater understanding of the current and future opportunities that exist for disabled bowlers and to identify which clubs currently have disabled bowlers using their facilities. Continue reading “2015 National Disability Survey”

Today marks the start of Disability Bowls August, a month-long promotion of disability bowls in England. Throughout August, the Bowls Development Alliance will be launching one press release per day relating to a range of initiative launches and topics including:
Continue reading “Launch of Disability Bowls August”