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About Us

We are the British Paralympic Association, known as ParalympicsGB. As the National Paralympic Committee for Great Britain, it is our responsibility to select, prepare, enter, fund, and manage the ParalympicsGB team at Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.

But ParalympicsGB is far more than a world leading sports team winning medals across a diverse range of sports. Our mission includes driving positive, sustainable change for disabled people in UK society. Over the past two years our efforts on social impact have grown as we have spent time listening to and learning from athletes, the disabled community, and the sport, education, and disability sectors.

Our ambition is to use the positive power of the Paralympics and of Paralympic athletes to inspire a change in attitudes to disability and bring about equality for disabled people in sport, education, and society. Our approach is disabled-led.

With the excitement of the Paris Paralympic Games still fresh in our minds and the recent launch of Championing Change Creating Social Impact 2024-2032, there could not be a more exciting time to join us!

About The Role

As a Lived experience Advisory Board (LAB) member, you’ll play a key role in supporting  ParalympicsGB’s social impact objectives, contributing to our vision: “Through sport, inspire a better world for disabled people.” This role is about co-production and collaboration, helping  guide workstreams like Every Body Moves, Get Set, Equal Play, and Beyond the Podium to truly 
reflect the disabled community’s needs.

We’re expanding our LAB with a new social impact strategy focused on making physical activity more accessible, enjoyable, and open to everybody. Your insights will be central to this mission.

Who we’re looking for
We value a range of voices, backgrounds, and experiences. Whether you’re new to social impact, experienced in sport, or active in disability advocacy, your perspective is essential and will help to inform our programmes of work over the next phase of our social impact strategy.

Why join us?
By joining the LAB, you’ll:
- Contribute to ParalympicsGB’s social impact initiatives.
- Influence accessible, inclusive physical activity opportunities.
- Ensure programmes better represent the diversity of the UK’s disabled community.
- Join a supportive team dedicated to real change.
- Inform our programmes and interventions with your candid advice and lived experiences.

About the Lived experience Advisory Board (LAB)
The LAB gives a voice to those with lived experience of disability, supporting ParalympicsGB’s 
commitment to co-production. We’re seeking diverse perspectives from across the disabled 
community to guide meaningful change in sport and physical activity.

Key responsibilities
To apply, you must meet both of the essential criteria and demonstrate further experience from 
the desirable criteria’s list.

Essential
- Have a disability or long-term health condition. Or currently care for a disabled person.
- Are willing to share your lived experience and help shape programme decisions.
Desirable (Meet at least one additional criteria from the below.)
- Volunteer experience with disability, sport, or physical activity organisations.
- Lived experience of barriers to accessing sport or physical activity.
- Member of the LGBTQ+ community.
- From an ethnically diverse background.
- We seek representation from a diverse range of age groups, including young adults aged 
16-25, who are particularly welcomed to ensure varied perspectives.
- Experience with prescribed exercise.
- Knowledge of how physical activity supports physical, social, and mental well-being.
- Background in advocacy, campaigning, or co-production work.
- Constructive team player, skilled at co-developing inclusive solutions.
- Ability to communicate effectively and advocate for removing societal barriers.
- Track record of representing disabled communities to shape inclusive initiatives.
- Familiarity with accessible communication and digital inclusion.
- Awareness of intersectionality, recognising how multiple characteristics (e.g., age, gender, 
race) intersect with disability in shaping access to sport, movement or exercise.
- Strategic thinker, capable of supporting systemic changes for disability inclusion

Commitments
- Attend at least four meetings annually, either virtually or in-person at our London or 
Loughborough offices or another prearranged accessible location.
- Engage with communications and review documents in advance of meetings.
- Actively participate in at least two working groups per year.
- Maintain confidentiality and follow ParalympicsGB policies.
What support will I get?
- We will ask you about your support needs and strive to accommodate these so that you 
can participate fully as a Board member.
- If required, we will book your travel and will ensure that your payment and expenses are 
paid promptly and within two working weeks of approval wherever possible.

Further Information

How do I apply and what happens next?

- If you meet the role profile criteria, send your CV and cover letter, along with a completed 
equal opportunities form.
- You may wish to use the prompts below:
o Why would you like to join the Lived Experience Advisory Board?
o What skills, experience and/or knowledge you can bring to role?
o What would you like to gain from this role?
o What networks, groups/forums have you been involved with currently or in the past?
o What other relevant experience can you apply to this role?
- All applications will be considered by an appointments panel. Consideration will be given 
to ensure the shortlisted candidates bring a wide range of skills, interests and knowledge 
and reflects the diversity of our audience and those we are trying to reach.
- Please note that membership of the Lived Experience Advisory Board is not an 
employment relationship with ParalympicsGB.
If you have any questions on any aspect of the role or you need help to complete your
application, please call or email us on 07458 303 094 or LAB@paralympics.org.uk

Contact
Email: LAB@paralympics.org.uk
Post: Every Body Moves, ParalympicsGB, 101 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XH

Apply for role

Closing date: 20th January 2025