Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association North Rhine-Westphalia
| Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia e. V. | |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 10, 1953 |
| Place of foundation | Dusseldorf |
| Chairman | Reinhard Schneider |
| societies | 1,400 |
| Members | 250,000 |
| Association headquarters | Duisburg |
| Homepage | https://www.brsnw.de/ |
The Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia e. V. (BRSNW) is the largest national association in the German Disabled Sports Association. V. (DBS) and regular professional association for sports for people with disabilities in the State Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia . The BRSNW, at that time the Association for Disabled Sports North Rhine-Westphalia (AVNRW), was founded on March 10, 1953 in Düsseldorf . The BRSNW is a registered, non-profit association whose office is based in Duisburg .
history
As early as during the First World War and even before that, physical exercises for people with disabilities, then commonly referred to as “disabled people”, were introduced on the initiative of medical professionals. The physical activity served to improve the physical and psychological situation of the patients, most of whom suffered from war injuries. In addition to functional exercises, games and sports quickly found their way into the treatment of war invalids. In addition to the established sports, such as athletics , swimming and gymnastics , new games and sports were developed or existing ones modified so that people with disabilities could practice them. Examples are sitting ball , goal ball for blind and visually impaired people, and later wheelchair basketball .
The Association for Disabled Sports North Rhine-Westphalia (AVNRW, the forerunner organization of the BRSNW) was founded on March 10, 1953 by 14 disabled sports associations (VSG) with approx. 300 members. The AVNRW's first nationwide disabled sports festival took place in Hohenlimburg with 600 participants.
In 1954, the first national sitting ball tournament was played in Gelsenkirchen . In 1956, after a first course in 1955, further training for trainers was carried out in cooperation with the Sports University in Cologne . The first sports festival for disabled women in Cologne already indicated a trend: the opening of “disabled sports” to people who were not disabled during the war.
In January 1957, the first edition of the monthly magazine "Frohe Gemeinschaft" appeared as the successor to the AVNW newsletter. The magazine Frohe Gemeinschaft was the forerunner of the later and now discontinued monthly magazine "aktiv bei".
In 1959 the VSG Remscheid integrated the first children and youth group. The 100th disabled sports community in North Rhine-Westphalia was founded on March 22, 1959, it is the VSG district of Euskirchen.
In 1963, the AVNRW celebrated its 10th anniversary with a large sports festival at the Cologne Sports University. 3,000 participants from 149 clubs competed in athletics, sitting, bouncing , fistball , soccer tennis and in a skill triathlon for women. There was gymnastics , games and a tug of war for children and young people .
In 1966, the VSNW encouraged a large number of children with dysmelia ("Contergankinder") to work harder on integrating those affected into groups of children and young people. The aim of the association when it started in the 1970s was to introduce people with civilian injuries to sport. Once again, special attention was paid to children and young people, with each VSG having to set up a children's group. In 1973 the ski and sports center was officially opened in Langewiese .
In 1978 the VSNW celebrated its 25th anniversary. On the association day in March, the association was renamed and from then on carried the name “Disabled Sports Association North Rhine-Westphalia. e. V. "(BSNW). Youth work should be improved in 1983. Innenmoser from the sports university in Cologne created an extensive concept for the BSNW. The green "BSNW wave" as the new association logo was presented. In 1985 the sports center organized by the BSNW took place for the first time at the Düsseldorf trade fair.
In 1990 performance centers were founded as a regional support measure for competitive sports. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia promotes the formation of high-performance cadres. In 1993 the organization center for disabled sports in Duisburg-Wedau was completed. BSNW and DBS moved into their new offices. The first book in the BSNW series "Games and Sport for All" by Uwe Rheker was published. In 1995 the model project “Popular sport with disabled girls and women” was launched by the BSNW and the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1998, the senior sports project under the motto “Stay mobile, be active” entered the implementation phase. A nationwide day of action in October received an overwhelmingly positive response from 600 participants.
In 2000 there was the first advanced training for female trainers on the subject of "Assertion / Self-Defense of Girls and Women with Disabilities" as part of the joint project between the state government and the BSNW. In 2001 the Westdeutscher Rundfunk started the “Small Money from All Over the World” campaign. The proceeds went to disabled sports in NRW. A change of leadership took place at the 13th Ordinary Association Day of the BSNW on June 15, 2002 in Münster . Theo Zühlsdorf did not stand for election as chairman in the country after eight years. Reinhard Schneider was his successor. At the premiere of the event “Youth trains for Paralympics” on October 30th. The honorary chairman of the BSNW welcomed 300 children in Düsseldorf.
In 2006, the soccer world championship for people with disabilities was held with a focus on North Rhine-Westphalia. The opening game was on August 29, 2006 in Duisburg, the final on September 16, 2006 in Leverkusen . In 2010, child and youth work was promoted and the department at BSNW was supported by the formation of a competence team. At the IDM athletics organized by the BSNW in Bottrop , six world records fell. In 2012 the BSNW carried out three inclusion projects. I.a. a chartered tall ship sailed with disabled and non-disabled youth to London for the games.
In 2013 the BSNW celebrated its 60th anniversary. Inclusion in and through sport is the dominant theme in the work of the association and its clubs. This shows u. a. in the applications for the competition “The Disabled Sports Club of the Year”, which is carried out jointly with the state government.
The projects sport for people with dementia and inclusion in and through sport got going in 2014. The "Buddy Sports Badge" was copied by other associations. The sport-political developments in the state were taken into account and at the association day on September 27, the association named itself “Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association North Rhine-Westphalia e. V. “(BRSNW) at.
The editorial team of the girls' calendar Kalendrina received the NRW special prize for girls and women in sport in 2016. The NRW model project “Sport for people with dementia” was also awarded the Kurt Alphons Jochheim Medal from the German Rehabilitation Association (DVfR) . The BRSNW intensified the cooperation with the kids clubs of various soccer Bundesliga clubs in NRW with activities for children. The highlight of the sporting year was the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , in which 37 athletes from North Rhine-Westphalia took part.
Structure and members of the BRSNW
Association day
The Association Day is the highest organ of the BRSNW. The resolutions passed there are binding for all committees, organs and all members. Members of the Association Day entitled to vote are one representative for every 250 members of the regular members, one representative of the extraordinary members, the members of the main board and the honorary members. Each member of the Association Day has one vote. Ordinary members can transfer all of the votes to which they are entitled under sentence 1 to a representative of their organization. The Association Day decides on all matters of the Association, insofar as tasks are not assigned to other organs by the statutes, in particular on the discharge of the board after receiving the business, cash and audit reports of the past electoral period, election of the board of directors, election of auditors, election of honorary chairmen and honorary members, amendments to the statutes, dissolution of the association. The association day can also discuss and resolve tasks that are assigned to other organs of the association. The regular association day takes place every four years.
Main board
The main board consists of the members of the board, the members of all district boards, the commissioned girls and women, the honorary chairmen. The main board decides on fundamental questions of the association, the planning of significant organizational and financial measures, the calculation basis, amount and due date of the contributions of the full members, the undecided complaints between members of the BRSNW and the board, the exclusion of a member of the BRSNW, the convening of an extraordinary association day . In addition, the main board has the following tasks: election of substitutes in the event of early departure of members of the board or of auditors, election of the delegates for the association day of the DBS, receipt of the business and cash reports of the board and the reports of the auditors after the end of the financial year , Approval of the youth regulations, the rules of procedure of the women's general assembly, the financial regulations and the anti-doping regulations.
The board of directors
The board consists of the chairman, the deputy chairman, the state sports supervisor, the treasurer, the state youth supervisor, the manager with an advisory vote.
Previous chair
- 1953–1956: Harald W. Stubenhöfer
- 1956–1982: Eberhard Rosslenbroich
- 1982–1994: Heinz Haep
- 1994–2002: Theodor Zühlsdorf
- since 2002: Reinhard Schneider
Membership development in the BRSNW
The BRSNW is the largest national association in the German Disabled Sports Association . About a third of all disabled athletes in Germany are organized in the clubs of the BRSNW.
| year | societies | Members (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 14th | 300 |
| 1963 | 185 | 11000 |
| 1973 | 275 | 23000 |
| 1983 | 327 | 34500 |
| 1993 | 585 | 71500 |
| 2003 | 800 | 115000 |
| 2011 | 1450 | 214479 |
| 2016 | 1600 | 250000 |
tasks and goals
The Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia eV (BRSNW) enables people with or with threatened disabilities or chronic illnesses to take part in exercise, games and sports. Further tasks and goals are:
- Issuing guidelines for the practice of sport with people with disabilities
- Education and further training of specialists for the practice and sports business, for the organization and management of the clubs as well as for teaching and training
- Awarding of orders and implementation of pilot projects for the disability-friendly preparation of sports and games
- Realization of sporting events at the state level, participation in sporting events at the federal and international level
- Promotion, construction and maintenance of barrier-free sports and leisure facilities or participation in their establishment and maintenance.
The aim of the BRSNW is to enable all people with disabilities to participate in sport in order to contribute to achieving and securing rehabilitation. This includes promoting and using sport to maintain and regain health and physical performance as well as to strengthen initiative, independence and social integration of people with disabilities.
Sports offered
- badminton
- Boccia
- Archery
- Bosseln
- Fistball
- Flying ball
- Soccer
- Soccer tennis
- Judo
- canoe
- Bowling
- athletics
- Bounce ball
- swim
- sailing
- Showdown
- Sitting ball
- Sitting volleyball
- Sport shooting
- To dance
- Table tennis
- Winter sports
Rehabilitation sports
The rehabilitation sport , on the legal basis of the Social Code IX, is prescribed by a doctor and carried out in the club groups of the member clubs. Under medical care and guidance from specially trained trainers, endurance, coordination, flexibility and strength are promoted with sports and games. The exchange with others and the experience of the community support and promote the rehabilitation process. Rehabilitation sport strengthens personal responsibility for one's health, creates self-confidence and thus also helps to better cope with psychosocial consequences of illness. To ensure sustainability, the principle of lifelong sporting activities is aimed at in the clubs.
Preventive sport
Sport in prevention is used as a means within the framework of a comprehensive preventive and health-promoting measure to protect against the onset and worsening of a disability or chronic illness. Preventive sports for people with disabilities focus on strengthening their health, maintaining mobility and preventing the recurrence or recurrence of diseases. The sport has a holistic effect and thus supports the participation of people with disabilities in life in society.
Popular sport
The popular sport of people with disabilities aims to have fun in movement, play and sport as well as to meet and share experiences in the clubs. The performance is maintained and strengthened through the sporting activities. In addition to the health-promoting aspects, the psychosocial effects of sport are also the focus of popular sport. The strengthening of self-confidence and social contacts have a positive effect on the integration of people with disabilities. In addition to traditional sports, fun and trend sports are also offered as part of games and sports festivals as well as the German sports badge for people with disabilities. Popular sport, on the one hand, ties in with rehabilitation sport in the sense of lifelong sport, and on the other hand it can be a stepping stone to competitive sport.
competitive sport
Sport becomes competitive sport when victories and records are striven for with the greatest possible personal commitment. The variety of handicaps requires a division into starting classes so that equal opportunities and fair competition are guaranteed. Qualified training and competition supervision as well as optimal framework conditions and the commitment to doping and manipulation-free sport form the basis for humane competitive sport. A large number of sports and disciplines are united under the umbrella of the DBS / NPC, which enable top athletes of both sexes to develop their performance potential to the full - including participation in Paralympic summer and winter games.
Basic, advanced and advanced training in the BRSNW
The BRSNW trains instructors so that they can improve their specialist knowledge in the profiles of orthopedics, internal medicine, sensory technology, neurology, intellectual disability or psychiatry. Almost 10,000 licensed trainers, trainers and numerous volunteer helpers and doctors form an indispensable pillar of the association. Sport in prevention and in the rehabilitation process are of great importance for the health system and especially the quality of life of people with disabilities.
The children and youth organization of the BRSNW - KiJu
The Sports Youth of the BRSNW (KiJu) is the youth organization in the Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association NW (BRSNW). It leads and administers itself independently within the framework of the statutes and regulations of the BRSNW. KiJu is formed by the children and young people as well as the youth leaders (youth watchdogs, department heads of the clubs, etc.) of the regular members of the BRSNW. KiJu wants to create opportunities for young and disabled people to do sports geared towards disability, skills and desires through the youth work of the regular members of the BRSNW and their members under medical supervision, to contribute to personal development, to promote social, psychological and physical development to stimulate social engagement and to contribute to integration through encounters and sporting events with non-disabled children and young people. The willingness for international understanding should be awakened and cultivated through contacts with foreign groups. KiJu also wants to support and coordinate the youth work of the members of the BRSNW, further develop disability-friendly forms of sporting youth work in cooperation with other associations and institutions, represent the common interests of disabled sport youth in sporting and general youth issues and have a socio-political effect.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 6, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Beginnings of disabled sports. BRSNW, accessed December 9, 2016 .
- ↑ a b statutes, regulations and other documents for download. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
- ↑ NADA: The National Anti-Doping Code (NADC). Retrieved December 12, 2016 .
- ↑ BRSNW: Our mission statement - the position paper of the DBS and the UN disability rights convention . Retrieved December 12, 2016 .
