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Soft archery programme Arrows was originally developed for primary schools, but the kit is now being used to bring the joy of hitting the target to care homes making archery accessible to even more people.

Children and young people from four special schools were invited to experience the thrill of archery at a fun day in Northern Ireland organised by Newtownabbey Rotary Club.

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A college in Worcester offered soft archery to blind and visually-impaired (VI) students, giving them the opportunity to try the sport.

Olympic archer Megan Havers has celebrated a special homecoming, returning to the holiday park where she first picked up a bow and arrow, nearly 10 years ago.

A sight loss charity in Berkshire held a mini Olympics to give visually impaired people the chance to try a variety of sports including archery.

Blesma, a UK charity supporting veterans with limb loss or visual impairment, arranged an archery taster session for its members with Sherwood Archers, a club near Southwell.

On International Youth Day 2024, youngsters from Yipworld, a young persons charity, in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, got the opportunity to try archery (many for the first time!) as part of their Summer Scunnered Holiday Club, Team GB's Get Set Path to Paris programme and Archery GB's Aim for Paris.

An archery club in Lincolnshire invited the residents of a village to try archery to celebrate the club moving to a new home.

A first of its kind initiative to promote para archery in the UK was launched at Henry Cort Community College, Fareham on Tuesday 9 July.

A sports club in Sunderland played host to a group of people with Parkinson's who wanted to give archery a go.

A buzz filled Crossroads Youth Club, in Staffordshire on 10 June. Over 40 youngsters were there to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games as part of Archery GB's Aim for Paris events.

This year's Start Archery Week saw a record-breaking number of people across the UK discover the joys of archery.

A group of amputees tried archery for the first time at an event in Northern Ireland.

Trustees and staff from Sweaty Betty Foundation and Sporting Equals visited the KRIMMZ girls Youth Club in Bolton to try their hand at archery.