Nathan Young
@NYDeafSwimmer
#Para S15 #Deaf #Athlete. 23rd Deaflympics 🥉medalist. YMCA Ambassador. Challenging our Govt for 1060 days #EqualityOfOpportunity & to END #discrimination
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20-02-2020 22:15:52
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Just over 3,500 signatures needed. Without each & everyone of you we will continue to be discriminated. It takes a couple of minutes but could secure our future forever. Please help me #EndDeafSportDiscrimination . I want to feel that support that our #Olympic & #Paralympic have
DAY 1070 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew. We have until 20th May then the petition will close. Please sign & share. We must #EndDeafSportDiscrimination . This is our future & the Govt hide our existence. Please HELP us
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6509…
DAY 1070 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew.I was told to stop my campaign because 1/Its not true that I’m discriminated 2/National Governing Bodies are becoming frustrated.Well I won’t STOP. Please sign UK Deaf Sport petition #EndDeafSportDiscrimination
DAY 1069 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew. Competing as an elite #deaf swimmer without #support without #funding without any acknowledgement from my Natl Governing Bodies Swim England Aquatics GB is, they say, down to your policy. UK Deaf Sport Good Morning Britain
Nathan Young was on BBCSeeHear this morning.
Nathan shared his experiences of representing GB and racing against fully funded athletes.
He was talking about UK Deaf Sport campaign to #EndDeafSportDiscrimination
TRUTH will always rise above lies & today I shared the truth for all to see. In this #Olympic & #Paralympic year I ask you to please watch & share. This is our future, our existence & we need your help. UK Deaf Sport Deaf Sports Awards The Limping Chicken | Deaf Blog British Deaf Association GBDSC BBC North West
I hope Department for Culture, Media and Sport The National Lottery think about how their actions impact #deaf athletes. They must take a hard look at themselves, their policy & address the #discrimination they have inflicted upon us. National Governing Bodies must also stop ignoring our existence. It’s not right or acceptable
DAY 1068 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew. Our Govt Department for Culture, Media and Sport along with The National Lottery give £millions to UK Sport to #discriminate #deaf athletes. Well we’re hidden, isolated & do not exist because of their policy. Please sign ⬇️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6509…
DAY 1067 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew. Imagine being #deaf . A white paper being the only reason your National Governing Body doesn’t acknowledge your existence. That you remain hidden because Department for Culture, Media and Sport The National Lottery are not brave enough to admit their failure
I am & will always be #deaf .I can’t change this but our Govt Department for Culture, Media and Sport The National Lottery can change a policy which #discriminates an entire #disability . 1 exists compared to 1 #surviving . Being #isolated or #championed . I never chose my #disability but you are certainly making me pay for it
DAY 1066 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew.Being a #deaf swimmer has brought some truly memorable moments. You won’t read about them because of a policy which #discriminates every Para S15 #deaf swimmer. The stance of this Govt to allow this must CHANGE
DAY 1065 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew. A late 1 from me sorry. It’s been a full day working on my campaign. Looking forward to this coming out on Wednesday. It’s time to #EndDeafSportDiscrimination & give NGB’s the ok to #support & acknowledge us
1064 DAYS Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew The National Lottery I have asked for your #support to secure our future. #Deaflympics2025 is our target. It’s just as important as #Olympics & #Paralympics but because of your stance NGB’s will not acknowledge us. I’m #deaf & I do not deserve this
Just how do they cope. Imagine how difficult it is being a #Deaflympic athlete.We fight for our existence & then retire with nothing of the support offered to #Olympic #Paralympic athletes. Funding brings support. Discrimination brings nothing. We exist. We deserve equality
I watch as our country supports #Ukraine as they fight for their lives. But this incredible country 🇺🇦 are also supporting its #deaf athletes unlike 🇬🇧 who ignore our very existence. How did that happen Department for Culture, Media and Sport The National Lottery The National Lottery Lucy Frazer Stuart Andrew Thangam Debbonaire Keir Starmer
On DAY 1063 #MyChallenge to this Govt Lucy Frazer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Stuart Andrew. #DeafAwareness week.I hope you will be watching Department for Culture, Media and Sport The National Lottery Swim England Aquatics GB UK Sport. You have not addressed the discrimination of #Deaflympic athletes. You have #hidden us #isolated us