Sports facility
Is participating in a sport due to a disability difficult for you? There are several solutions. Perhaps this can be achieved with an aid or adaptation. We call that a sports facility.
Sports facilities
Applying for an aid or adaptation through your health insurance
The basic insurance reimburses a device that replaces a body part or supports the body. For example, a prosthesis, orthosis, walking frame or balance bike.
Apply to your own health insurer.
Borrowing an aid from a lending service
Want to try out a new sport? If so, you can temporarily borrow a sports aid. You can do so through the loan service via Uniek Sporten Uitleen. The local authority subsidises this organisation. For more information, visit the Unieksporten website.
Buying a device or adaptation with money from a fund
There are several funds that provide money for sports support. More information can be found on the websites Gehandicaptensport and Uniek Sporten. For example, about: Disabled Sports Fund, The Disabled Child Foundation, Child and Handicap Fund, Youth Sports and Culture Fund, Foppe Fund, Dirk Kuyt Foundation, Esther Vergeer Foundation, Johan Cruyff Foundation.
Applying for a sports facility under the Social Support Act (Wmo)
Would you like to play sports with others at an association or club? If so, you may be eligible for money for a sports facility under the Wmo. You will receive a maximum of €3,000 (and from 1 January 2025 €6,000) for a period of 3 years. You can use this to buy a sports device or adaptation to participate in one sport of your choice. For example, a sports wheelchair, runners blades, a (fixed frame) handbike, a sports orthosis or a sports prosthesis. Contact the City of Leeuwarden to discuss this.
How do I submit an application?
Submit your application online (you will need DigiD). Are you unwilling or unable to apply online? Download and complete the Wmo Application Form and fill in. Send the form by post to the City of Leeuwarden. You can also hand it in at the Town Hall.
What happens next?
A local authority employee will call you within 6 weeks of receiving your application. The employee will first ask for more information about your situation. This can be done through a telephone interview or a meeting at your home. A solution is sought together with you. The local authority will let you know within 2 weeks of the interview whether you are eligible for a sports facility. You pay a personal contribution for a facility under the Wmo.
If there are many applications at once, it may take a little longer. The local authority will inform you of this.
Transport to training sessions and matches
Sports people with severe physical disabilities who cannot travel independently by public transport are eligible for transport through Special Heroes Netherlands. More information can be found on the Special Heroes Foundation website.
Sports at an association
There are several associations where you can play sports (also) with a disability. Find a sport (club) through the Uniek Sporten website. Within our district, you can, for example:
• Take part in sports for the disabled at sports club DOV.
• Take part in sports for people with mental disabilities at Spelend Sporten Leeuwarden.
• Taking part in sports at ‘Hartsportvereniging Leeuwarden’.
• No-threshold sport.
• Framerunning at Atletiekvereniging Lionitas.
• Football (G-team) at Blauw Wit 34.
• Korfball (G-team) at Korfball club Leeuwarden.
• Sailing at water sports association Frisia.
Other possible solutions
- Subsidy for a sports association or club.
- Money for children for membership, fees or sports equipment is available via Sam& voor alle kinderen.
- Money for adults for membership, fees or sports equipment is available via Volwassenfonds Sport en Cultuur.
- Find a volunteer or buddy to play sports together via SamenLeeuwarden.
More information about the Wmo
You can find it on the Wmo page. For example, information on:
Sports facilities
Applying for an aid or adaptation through your health insurance
The basic insurance reimburses a device that replaces a body part or supports the body. For example, a prosthesis, orthosis, walking frame or balance bike.
Apply to your own health insurer.
Borrowing an aid from a lending service
Want to try out a new sport? If so, you can temporarily borrow a sports aid. You can do so through the loan service via Uniek Sporten Uitleen. The local authority subsidises this organisation. For more information, visit the Unieksporten website.
Buying a device or adaptation with money from a fund
There are several funds that provide money for sports support. More information can be found on the websites Gehandicaptensport and Uniek Sporten. For example, about: Disabled Sports Fund, The Disabled Child Foundation, Child and Handicap Fund, Youth Sports and Culture Fund, Foppe Fund, Dirk Kuyt Foundation, Esther Vergeer Foundation, Johan Cruyff Foundation.
Applying for a sports facility under the Social Support Act (Wmo)
Would you like to play sports with others at an association or club? If so, you may be eligible for money for a sports facility under the Wmo. You will receive a maximum of €3,000 (and from 1 January 2025 €6,000) for a period of 3 years. You can use this to buy a sports device or adaptation to participate in one sport of your choice. For example, a sports wheelchair, runners blades, a (fixed frame) handbike, a sports orthosis or a sports prosthesis. Contact the City of Leeuwarden to discuss this.
How do I submit an application?
Submit your application online (you will need DigiD). Are you unwilling or unable to apply online? Download and complete the Wmo Application Form and fill in. Send the form by post to the City of Leeuwarden. You can also hand it in at the Town Hall.
What happens next?
A local authority employee will call you within 6 weeks of receiving your application. The employee will first ask for more information about your situation. This can be done through a telephone interview or a meeting at your home. A solution is sought together with you. The local authority will let you know within 2 weeks of the interview whether you are eligible for a sports facility. You pay a personal contribution for a facility under the Wmo.
If there are many applications at once, it may take a little longer. The local authority will inform you of this.
Transport to training sessions and matches
Sports people with severe physical disabilities who cannot travel independently by public transport are eligible for transport through Special Heroes Netherlands. More information can be found on the Special Heroes Foundation website.
Sports at an association
There are several associations where you can play sports (also) with a disability. Find a sport (club) through the Uniek Sporten website. Within our district, you can, for example:
• Take part in sports for the disabled at sports club DOV.
• Take part in sports for people with mental disabilities at Spelend Sporten Leeuwarden.
• Taking part in sports at ‘Hartsportvereniging Leeuwarden’.
• No-threshold sport.
• Framerunning at Atletiekvereniging Lionitas.
• Football (G-team) at Blauw Wit 34.
• Korfball (G-team) at Korfball club Leeuwarden.
• Sailing at water sports association Frisia.
Other possible solutions
- Subsidy for a sports association or club.
- Money for children for membership, fees or sports equipment is available via Sam& voor alle kinderen.
- Money for adults for membership, fees or sports equipment is available via Volwassenfonds Sport en Cultuur.
- Find a volunteer or buddy to play sports together via SamenLeeuwarden.
More information about the Wmo
You can find it on the Wmo page. For example, information on: