Sports Incubator
Our Sports Incubator Program offers tailored support to National Sport Organisations, helping them improve accessibility and inclusivity for people with disability.
The Sports Incubator is Disability Sports Australia’s partnership program for national sporting organisations ready to take meaningful action on inclusion.
Through tailored support, mentoring, and shared projects, partners gain the tools, confidence, and visibility to create lasting opportunities for people with disability to be active in sport.
We work side by side with partners to trial new ideas, build sustainable pathways, and ensure more people with disability can take part in sport in the way that works best for them.
What Partners Receive
Capability building
Access to practical training and workshops for staff and volunteers to embed disability inclusion.
Priority involvement
Priority access to opportunities to activate your sport at our Abilities Unleashed program Nationally.
Strategic input
Support and guidance with reviewing frameworks and strategies with an accessibility lens.
Accessibility Champion Course
Co-branded access to this national education resource to equip your community with practical skills.
Partnership recognition
Be recognised on our website with your logo alongside other Incubator partners.
Shared storytelling
Joint press release, co-branded collateral and national promotion through our channels of your programs.
Regular check-ins
Access to dedicated support staff to keep initiatives progressing and provide ongoing advice.
Advocacy support
Letters of support for grant and funding applications.
Why Join the Sport Incubator program
One in five Australians (20%) identify as a person with disability, yet people with disability are less likely to participate in organised sport compared to those without disability.
That is millions of potential players, volunteers, fans and leaders that your sport could be reaching.
By joining the Sports Incubator program your organisation can.
Tap into a significant untapped population on and off the field.
Be recognised as a leader in disability inclusion, demonstrating your sport is future-focused and community minded.
Build sustainable pathways from grassroots to elite.
Access existing proven programs like Abilities Unleashed and connect participants to your local clubs.
Upskill your people with practical training, mentoring and disability awareness workshops.
Embed inclusion into your organisations DNA weaving accessibility into strategy programs and culture.
Meet our Current Sports Incubator Partners
