Capability
Accessibility Champion
Accessibility Champion is a free Disability Sports Australia course that helps community sport clubs and leisure providers remove barriers to participation for people with disability.
Who the course is for
Accessibility Champion is built for the people who run community sport. Club administrators, coaches, volunteers, leisure centre staff and anyone involved in creating sport experiences for their community.
You don’t need prior knowledge of disability or accessibility. The course starts with the basics and builds practical confidence to support people with disability to take part in your programs, clubs and activities.
How to access the course
Accessibility Champion is a Disability Sports Australia course, supported by the Australian Sports Commission and delivered through its Learning Centre, the national platform for sport sector training in Australia.
It contains four short modules and takes around 1.5 hours, completed at your own pace, anytime on any device.
Sign up is free. Completion is recognised through the Learning Centre, and Disability Sports Australia provides additional resources and guidance to help you apply what you learn.
Course Impact to Date
1,404
People have completed the course since launch.
88%
report high or very high confidence to champion accessibility after completing the course.
82%
of participants rate the course nine or ten out of ten.
Accessibility Champion Course
Register to start the course
Get Resources
A set of tools and resources to help you take the next step.
Get Connected
Connect with organisations, resources and networks that support participation for people with disability.
Meet Our Course Contributors
The course was developed with contributions from Paralympians Louise Sauvage, Katie Kelly, Chris Bond and Melissa Perrine, who shared their lived experience to help shape the course.
The next step
Accessibility Champion starts with the basics. To build on it, clubs can progress to the Building Inclusive Sport Clubs Course, which provides practical tools for implementation.