SportExcel UK (formerly UK Sports Association) is a national charity and works directly with athletes from across the UK. SportExcel UK also works with agencies and athletes from grass roots sports opportunities through to the Virtus Global Games and IPC Paralympic Games. At an international level, SportExcel UK has the lead role in ensuring that all athletes with intellectual impairment wishing to compete at Great Britain and international level competition are appropriately classified with Virtus, the global organisation that advocates and supports elite sport for athletes with an intellectual impairment. Our work includes intellectual disability, Down syndrome and autism. At a UK level, SportExcel UK is the body that classifies athletes with intellectual impairment competing in the UK. SportExcel UK is recognised by UK Sport and is the only official and recognised Great Britain representative member of Virtus. SportExcel UK is a voting member of the National Paralympic Committee in the UK – the British Paralympic Association (BPA) and is a member of the Sport & Recreation Alliance land other key sports organisations and Governing Bodies.
