RNIB Scotland and Rangers Charity Foundation Improving VI Access to Football

That the Parliament commends the Rangers Charity Foundation, Rangers Community Coaches, Neil Atkinson and John Joyce, and Dan Meikle of RNIB Scotland for their work to widen participation in football among blind and partially sighted children and young people; notes that, with a few simple changes, a game of football can be adapted to include visually impaired (VI) people; recognises the positive impact that participation in sport can have on boosting confidence and building peer support and team-working skills among young people; welcomes the long-term ambition to establish Scottish VI teams and a Scottish VI football league, and, in this Paralympic year, urges the Scottish Government to increase funding for inclusive sport programmes.