{"id":18443,"date":"2018-01-10T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-chair-highlights-inactivity-for-disabled-people-on-the-one-show\/"},"modified":"2018-01-10T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T09:00:26","slug":"ukactive-chair-highlights-inactivity-for-disabled-people-on-the-one-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/ukactive-chair-highlights-inactivity-for-disabled-people-on-the-one-show\/","title":{"rendered":"ukactive Chair highlights inactivity for disabled people on The One Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-bench peer Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson appeared on flagship BBC TV programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b09kht0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The One Show<\/a> last night, highlighting the barriers that disabled people face when trying to be more active.<\/p>\n<p>The segment saw Tanni, who is Chair of ukactive, visit Salford to look at the inspiring Empower Health programme which supports disabled people to unlock more opportunities to exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Empower is a service to support disabled people to engage in more social, physical and exercise-based activity, run by personal trainer Ben Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>Tanni also spoke with Sport England\u2019s Mike Diaper \u2013 asking if more can be done to help encourage disabled people into activity. 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