With a home Games in London 2012, ParalympicsGB have a

once in a lifetime opportunity to make a lasting impact on attitudes

towards disability and importantly to inspire more people with a

disability to get in to sport.

When people watch Paralympic sport, they see past the disability

and find themselves engrossed in elite, competitive and

inspirational sport. It's this power of the Paralympics that enables

people to change the way they think, feel and behave towards

disability.

In order to inspire change, it's essential that the British team

perform well. After Beijing, the most successful British team of all

time came back to a heroes welcome and the greatest interest

and support for Paralympic sport ever seen. Yet how many people

can name a Paralympian or know how successful our athletes

were? There is still a long way to go.

ParalympicsGB receive no funding for it's core activities, and so

have to raise funds to ensure the British team receive the

preparations they need and deserve to perform at their best when

it matters most. Training camps, medical provisions, transportation,

kit, media training - just a few of the elements ParalympicsGB has

to provide to prepare the British team for the Paralympic Games

and remove the pressures of a home Games.

 ParalympicsGB will be taking Britain's biggest ever Paralympic

team to compete in London, with over 300 athletes compared to

just over 200 in Beijing.