{"id":104,"date":"2025-08-01T16:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartofenglandmencap.org.uk\/blog-4\/sports-day-2025#post-104"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:30:02","slug":"sports-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible       Sports Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What a fantastic day it has been! Packed with joy, laughter, and countless smiling faces \u2013 we truly couldn\u2019t have wished for anything better!<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/dbc549da-90cc-4058-aba0-b21a5d09592c\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150510.602.jpg?format=2500w\" width=\"2000\"\/><figcaption>\n<em>Move with ME Sports Day, 31st July 2025<\/em><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We welcomed more than 40 individuals with learning disabilities and neurodiversity to our #MovewithME Sports Day, accompanied by their families and friends\u2014totaling over 80 attendees (too many to count!). The event was a tremendous success, and we were grateful for the sunshine that graced us; just an hour prior, we were uncertain as the skies were cloudy and rainy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150552.832.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754058051183-UO8ONSWHUHI081P7FDJE\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150552.832.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150547.221.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754058051212-T0KAHD5VDNMDV7K8E3EY\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150547.221.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150535.280.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754058052496-T00GJPB3E7DIDD2590KJ\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150535.280.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150447.256.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754059775625-TDE3DTOQYYIFDKPCKQ6T\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150447.256.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150442.195.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754059776169-QDBL807U5F5QR08ZKARQ\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150442.195.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150436.662.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754059777135-CNAG1296PNKWRKXNKPEU\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150436.662.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150402.243.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754059899181-HSWIOZ880NRYH85149QA\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150402.243.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media - 2025-08-01T150354.034.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/1754059899471-LYX43J5OUEQQS3275UHB\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150354.034.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<\/img><\/img><\/p>\n<p><strong>As with all our sporting community events, we strive to provide the best possible experience for our guests. We were delighted to welcome our friends from Everyone Active, who graciously offered additional activities on the day. This truly was the icing on the cake, ensuring there was something enjoyable for everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1061\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/48e23356-f807-487b-8510-a8db763a0365\/vols.jpg?format=2500w\" width=\"1016\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>To Peter, Rod, Derek and Gabriel<br \/>\nWe would like to express our sincere gratitude to our devoted volunteers who offer us invaluable assistance every week during our Cyc-Ability sessions and at special events like our Accessible Sports Days!<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about our Move with ME Community Activities programme, please contact Kate on: Kbuttrick@heartofenglandmencap.org.uk or call 07791 394276<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a fantastic day it has been! Packed with joy, laughter, and countless smiling faces \u2013 we truly couldn\u2019t have wished for anything better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Accessible    Sports Day 2025 - Heart of England Mencap<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accessible    Sports Day 2025 - Heart of England Mencap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What a fantastic day it has been! Packed with joy, laughter, and countless smiling faces \u2013 we truly couldn\u2019t have wished for anything better!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heart of England Mencap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-01T15:30:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/dbc549da-90cc-4058-aba0-b21a5d09592c\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150510.602.jpg?format=2500w\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Catherine Gray\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Catherine Gray\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Catherine Gray\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a52fbf18527b7ac15e7083f3e7d466c\"},\"headline\":\"Accessible Sports Day 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T15:30:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Uncategorized\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"Accessible Sports Day 2025 - Heart of England Mencap\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T15:30:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a52fbf18527b7ac15e7083f3e7d466c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1410},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/01\\\/sports-day-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Accessible Sports Day 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Heart of England Mencap\",\"description\":\"Supporting adults with learning disabilities across Warwickshire and Worcestershire\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a52fbf18527b7ac15e7083f3e7d466c\",\"name\":\"Catherine Gray\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Catherine Gray\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/catherine-gray\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Accessible    Sports Day 2025 - Heart of England Mencap","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Accessible    Sports Day 2025 - Heart of England Mencap","og_description":"What a fantastic day it has been! Packed with joy, laughter, and countless smiling faces \u2013 we truly couldn\u2019t have wished for anything better!","og_url":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/","og_site_name":"Heart of England Mencap","article_published_time":"2025-08-01T15:30:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61645e1df492555168e512de\/dbc549da-90cc-4058-aba0-b21a5d09592c\/Media+-+2025-08-01T150510.602.jpg?format=2500w","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Catherine Gray","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Catherine Gray","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"Catherine Gray","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/5a52fbf18527b7ac15e7083f3e7d466c"},"headline":"Accessible Sports Day 2025","datePublished":"2025-08-01T15:30:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/"},"wordCount":206,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp","articleSection":["Uncategorized"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/","name":"Accessible Sports Day 2025 - Heart of England Mencap","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp","datePublished":"2025-08-01T15:30:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/5a52fbf18527b7ac15e7083f3e7d466c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-2025-08-01T150510.602.webp","width":1500,"height":1410},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/sports-day-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Accessible Sports Day 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/","name":"Heart of England Mencap","description":"Supporting adults with learning disabilities across Warwickshire and Worcestershire","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/5a52fbf18527b7ac15e7083f3e7d466c","name":"Catherine Gray","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Catherine Gray"},"url":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/catherine-gray\/"}]}},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoem.alphaclient.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}