Sports Training Programmes for Persons with Disabilities

Objective

To open up opportunities for persons with disabilities to participate in a wide variety of sports activities, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) is organising a series of sports training courses tailor-made for persons with different types of disabilities. The courses cover a wide range of activities, including body-mind stretch, badminton, bocce, boccia, floor hockey, table tennis, fitness exercise, hydro fitness, seated group aerobic, wheelchair tennis, swimming, modern dance, baduanjin, football, parent-child gymnastics and gymnastics for children. The target participants include persons with physical disability, intellectual disability, chronic illness, hearing impairment, visual impairment, autism or ex-mental illness, as well as children with specific learning difficulties.

Schedule of Sports Training Programmes

Persons with Physical Disability

Persons with Intellectual Disability

Ex-mentally Ill Persons

Persons with Chronic Illness

Persons with Visual Impairment

Persons with Hearing Impairment

Persons with Autism

Persons with Specific Learning Difficulties

Course Contents and Target Participants

Enrolment Fee

Free (The same applies to the accompanying carer)

Eligibility

Persons with disabilities with “Registration Card for People with Disabilities” are all welcome to join in the programme tailored for their specific type of disability.
Each participant can be accompanied by one carer aged 16 or above for assistance in the activity.

Participants must produce the HKID Card (while children aged below 11 may produce their Hong Kong birth certificate/Document of Identity for Visa Purposes/HKSAR Re-entry Permit/Permit for Proceeding to Hong Kong and Macao) and the original of “Registration Card for People with Disabilities” issued by the Labour and Welfare Bureau for verification by the LCSD’s staff/instructors on the first day of the activity. Failure to do so will render participants and their accompanying carers unable to take part in the activity.

Enrolment Method

1. All applicants of recreation and sports programmes must register as SmartPLAY users before enrolment. Applicants can register as SmartPLAY users through My SmartPLAY app, the SmartPLAY webpage, or smart self-service stations set up at District Leisure Services Offices (DLSOs) or leisure venues
   
   
2. Applicants may enrol from 8:30 am on the first day of the enrolment period via the following channels:
   
   
• My SmartPLAY app;
• the SmartPLAY webpage (https://www.smartplay.lcsd.gov.hk/website/en/index.html ); or
• the smart self-service stations set up at DLSOs or leisure venues:
  
  (A) District Leisure Services Offices (DLSOs)

  Day	Service Hour
  Mondays to Fridays	from 8:30 am to 6:15 pm
  Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays	Closed

  (B) Leisure Venues with Smart Self-service Stations

  Day	Service Hour
  Mondays to Sundays (except the first and second days of the Lunar New Year)	From 7:00 am to 11:00 pm

Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis while available.

Training Equipment

To be provided by the LCSD and participants can also bring their own rackets.

Instructors

All training courses will be conducted by qualified instructors assigned by the following co-organising National Sports Associations (NSAs).

Arrangements under Inclement Weather Conditions

1. If Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 3 or above or the Red or Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued by The Hong Kong Observatory three hours before the commencement of a session, the session will be cancelled.
2. If Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 3 or above or Red or Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is cancelled three hours before the activity begins, such activity will be held as scheduled if the condition of the venue allows. Participants must decide on their own whether to attend the activity in light of the actual weather and traffic conditions.

Points to Note

1. All participants of land sports training courses must wear tidy sportswear and non-marking sports shoes.
2. All participants of for aquatics training must bring their own swimsuits and swimming goggles.
3. Each PWD may attend the activities together with one accompanying carer aged 16 or above who will render assistance to PWDs during the activities. Accompanying Carer’s Cards will be distributed to accompanying carers by the instructor at the beginning of every lesson for the purpose of identification. Such cards must be returned to the instructor before leaving upon conclusion of each lesson.
4. Participants must produce their Admission Cards as well as the originals of their identity documents and “Registration Card for People with Disabilities” used for enrolment for verification by the instructor when attending the activities.
5. Participants who suspect that they have been sexually harassed during the training courses should inform the person-in-charge of the activity/venue staff of their situation at once, and may, alternatively, seek advice direct from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) on 2511 8211. For the definition of “sexual harassment” and actions which may constitute such an offence, please refer to the EOC’s website at https://www.eoc.org.hk.

Enquiries