This meeting considered two reports about the council's progress in improving access to services for people with disabilities. The first was on the progress made in improving the accessibility of the council's digital estate, and the second was on the support offered by the council to disabled people who want to participate in sport and physical activity.

Sport and Physical Activity

This topic was presented to the meeting in the [Sport and Physical Activity Report](https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s122020/Sport+and+Physical+Activity+Report.pdf) which was written in response to a request from Councillor Larraine Revah, the Chair of the Disability Oversight Panel. The report included an update on:

• The range of sport and physical activities available to disabled people in Camden.
• Access to leisure centres for the carers of disabled people.
• Provision for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
• How welcoming leisure centres are to disabled people.
• Recent developments at Camden's leisure centres.

The report highlighted that Sport England Active Lives data shows disabled people are consistently twice as likely to be inactive compared to non-disabled people (20.7% vs 40.8%), and yet Three-quarters (76%) of disabled people express a desire to be more active.

In September 2022 Camden Public Health in conjunction with Pro Active Camden (PAC) hosted a physical activity symposium (which looked to ensure that the offer was representative) and concluded that the offer for disabled children and young people was underrepresented. As a result, this has become a priority work area for PAC. The report goes on to explain that Camden has a strong network of community organisations representing the disability community, and that Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) - the organisation that operates Camden's six leisure centres - has active relationships with six of these organisations. GLL offers 10 targeted disability sessions, details of which can be found here: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/1271010/Camden+Accessible+Activity+Guide+FINAL+JULY+2023.pdf/a067f4d5-75ba-cfd4-d892-e9a13097ca85?t=1689761783409 The report also explained that Camden's Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) department provides classes or activities where other providers are unable to.

Digital Accessibility

This was presented to the meeting in the report [Digital Accessibility](https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s122008/Digital+Accessibility.pdf) which provided an update on the progress made in the previous twelve months on the council's digital accessibility and inclusion strategies. It explained how the legal digital accessibility compliance standards were raised in October 2024, so that any public sector website now needs to comply with WCAG 2.2¹ guidance, apart from in exceptional circumstances. The report goes on to detail how the council has attempted to comply with these standards, and what it is doing to continue to improve the accessibility of its digital estate.