Nl Knigh s Wheelch ith disab, ir Basketball club is o charity that aims o improve lities and their families in Northern Ireldnd through he physical health and wellbeing of he sport of wheelchair basketball NI KNIGHTS WHEELCHAIR13ASKETBALL CLUB ANNUAL REI)ORT Prepa Positio Addres dby: held: Colin Davis Hon. Treasurer 15 Kilbright Road, Carrowdore Newtownards, BT22 2HQ 07768781357 Mobile: Charity 103381 Date: Year Ending 31 st August 2023 ance: Knight Associ organis WBC tion Sp9 tions ac re members of Disability Sport Northern (IWA) and British Wheelchair Basketball ( as governing bodies for our various teams. e a nominated child protection officer (Mès Mary on and 11 of our coaches and committee, members reland (DSNI), Irish Wheelchair WB). All of the aforementioned Weha protec check ccabe), a policy covering child have had Access Nl enhanced The Cl bhaso ained the Clubmark Scheme Award Com ittee for , ear Ending 31st August 2023: Chair: Hon. fveasurer Hon. Secretary Mem 'ers: vacant Rev Colin Davis Mr Mark Fenton Mrs Mary Mccabe Mr Luke Marshall Mr Justin Mcllroy Mrs Sarah Beattie Foun ation & haritable Aims: TheK ights W C was founded in 1990 and off iciaily became set up to provide opportunities for disabled people to get promotes a healthy lifestyle for disabled people and encoura welcomes participation and inclusion of able bodied memb wheelchair basketball we aim to improve the physical hea disabilities and their families in Northern Ireland. registered charity in 2017. It was nvolved in team sport. The Club e social inclusion. The Club also rs as well. Through the sport of th and wellbeing of people with Rogistered Charlty No. NIC103381 Nl Knigh people s Wheelch ir Basketball club is a charity that aims with disabilities and their families in Northern Irel to improve nd through he physical health and wellbeing of he sport of wheelchair basketball Report or Year nding 31st August 2023 Whilst f playing ndraisin eason is takes place at a variety of times throughout th sually September to May. club's financial year, the actual This pagt year w have continued where able to improlje the phy of our members providing sporting and social opportunities. the Hanlmer Yout Centre, Belfast on Thursdays. This consists and dev,eloping embers and also new members. Those who si welcom too. Th second session on Thursday evenings is for playing competitliyely. Following new re uirements, the Club now has a Covld Officer be follo edtomi imise risk for Club members. Being disabilit sport club and given the nature, of disabili consid red in th vulnerable category so it is imperative the Cl also pr viding e ry opportunity. ical health and mental wellbeing raining takes place each week at f two sessions, the first for junior ply want to try it out are always enior players and those who are d appropriate protocols need to ies of our members, some are b takes this into account, whilst The Knights are. no longer able to run a team in the BWB Norther,n Ireland :,now run a Nl Team in this League (through t training, sessions) and some of our members participate in this. 2019120 season to withdraw from the IWA Irish League, this lea Nl League as th.e main opportunity for competitive wheelcha trainin run by SNI, some of our members have competed nwealth i ames in Birmingham, representing Northern level c¢mpetitio in both ladies and mens teams. This al ng with drevious members who have competed at the a Worl Champipnship and even gone on to play wheelchair examp,es to inspire members and show what is possible, if dedicalion and ish to pursue such goals. In the Oast the Club has had various social events, including an have also been lominated for and sometimes won gther sport andm ry Peter, Awards) B League, but Disability Sport eir additionally run performance Following the decision during the es the newly organised by DSNI, r basketball. Through high level with great success at the 2022 reland and also at other national lympics with the GB squad, won asketball professionally are great people have the talent and the End of Season Awards. Members awards (e.g. Belfast City Council Asme skills bers develop there is also the opportunity to enhanc serving n our Club Committee or hoping to! organise their own organisational and life me of our actlvltles. Our plèying me, Com unity. CILI disabil ty. bership has ranged from as young as 8 to 60 benefits can be enjoyed by everyone, rega and come from all sides of the Nl less of age, religion, ethnicity or The nights w rks closely in partnership with Disability S organisations to promote disability sport, most recently to hel set up in the different council areas. We are also helping t Basketball Clubs within Northern Ireland with a view to ha providing more pportunities for people to participate in the sp ort Nl as won of their flagship promote the disability hubs being em to promote other Wheelchair ing our own national league and Anu some ber of ou ho are members have attained their Level 1 & 2 Coa ained up through DSNI as Match Table Official hing Certificates and we also have Registered Charity No. NIC103381 Nl Knigh people s Wheelch with disa ir Basketball club is a charity that aims o improve lities and their families in Northern Irel4nd through ents, whilst essential to enable the lub to run ns, also are very important in raising the ball in particular. This is very often our 'shop mbers a sense of responsibility apd achiev he physical health and wellbeing of he sport of wheelchair basketball Our fun¢raising e various competit wheelch ir baske but als gives court. the teams and participate in the profile of disability sport and indow, to attract new members, ment away from the basketball Over th genero years ityhash e have been fortunate enough to also hav ped with kit sponsorship, transport nd tourna ason the following companies andi organisati sure kits: had various sponsors, whose ent sponsorship. During to both Peopl he past laying I Playbo ns have sponsored us in regard Financ al State ent Due to a large onation six or seven years ago, the Knight situation and thi continues to be the case. The withdrawal fro has significantly educed our annual expenditure and so althou slightly;higher th n income, the Club remains in a very comforta Club Income & Expenditure accounts can be seen on the Char with thè inspectirtg accountant's statement. has been in a secure financial the GB League three years ago h this year our expenditure was le financial position. ty Commission Nl website, along Signe Compl ted on half of the Trustees by Rev Colin D vis (Hon. reasurer), Knights WBC Registered Charlty No. NIC103381