Count Us In 2024
Celebrating disability inclusion across our community
Making sports and recreation activities accessible to everyone
In 2024, Count Us In is back for its fifth year. To celebrate this milestone, the City of Newcastle is partnering with sporting groups/clubs, disability organisations and others to recognise the important role of sports and recreation activities in our lives.
Aligning with the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, this year’s Count Us In festival is about making sport more accessible by removing participation barriers for the estimated 1 in 6 Newcastle residents who live with a disability.
| 1 in 5 20% of people in Australia live with a disability (1 in 6 in the Newcastle LGA) | 75% 3 in 4 people with a disability feel excluded from sports and recreation | 1 in 4 Only 25% of people with a disability currently participate in sport |
Stats: Paralympics Australia
What’s on the program for Count Us In 2024?
8-15 August
Everyone deserves the chance to play, volunteer, support or follow their favourite team or code. That’s why this year’s Count Us In will focus on five key events to promote greater accessibility and inclusion across the LGA.
From educational forums to hands-on activities, our 2024 program connects people with disabilities to local sporting groups while sharing practical ways organisations can put disability inclusion into practice.
No matter where you are in your inclusion journey, we invite local sporting teams, clubs and organisations to participate in the program and be part of wider community change.
Program
Five years of working together to improve inclusion in our LGA
Since 2019, the annual Count Us In festival has invited our local community to engage with, and learn from, people with lived experience of disability.
Over the last 5 years, the City of Newcastle and our community partner Community Disability Alliance Hunter (CDAH) have worked with over 120 providers to deliver over 150 events to promote disability inclusion, attracting over 5000 attendees.
Be part of the change by joining us for
Count Us In 2024!
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Email: communityadmin@ncc.nsw.gov.au
Community Planning and Development Team
View the 2023 Count Us In Highlights video.
