Enjoy Tennis
Enjoy Tennis
Enjoy Tennis is Tennis Ireland’s dedicated programme for players with a disability. It was established in 2015 and aims to provide fun, safe and supportive environments to learn and play tennis.
We collaborate with players, clubs, coaches, service providers and advocacy groups to provide an accessible and inclusive environment for people of all abilities to play tennis.
There are now 85+ Enjoy Tennis locations across the island of Ireland with more than 1300 players.
Enjoy tennis caters for:
- People with an Intellectual Disability
- Autistic & Neurodivergent People
- People with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Wheelchair Users
- Blind and/or Visually Impaired People
- People with Dementia
- Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing People
- People who have Cerebral Palsy
- Para-Standing Tennis
Funding
The Enjoy Tennis programme has been supported by Sport Ireland’s Dormant Account Funding over many years, including through the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Fund, Sport for All Fund, Local Sports Disability Fund, Disability Programme Fund, and Disability, Training & Education Fund.
The programme has also been supported by the HSE National Lottery Fund, International Tennis Federation, advocacy groups and generous donors, since the inception of the programme.
National Stakeholders
We work closely with many national stakeholders to help establish and support Enjoy Tennis groups across the island of Ireland. These include:
Enjoy tennis groups
If you would like to find out more about an Enjoy Tennis group near you or if you are interested in establishing an Enjoy Tennis group in your locality, please contact our Enjoy Tennis Development Officer Rachel Paul at [email protected]
