Katie Kelly | Motivational speaker

Katie Kelly

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24.01.2022 Seeing this video reminded me of the time I walked onto Olympic Park, Melbourne with the Australian Deaflympic team at the 2005 Deaflympics. All of us athletes, Deaf and Hearing impaired living out our sporting dreams but more importantly feeling like we belonged and we mattered. The actions of these girls says so much about their team and culture. It's also the culmination of years of lobbying and advocacy to educate and implement best practices in Inclusion. Kudos to organisations like Deaf Sports Australia Sport Inclusion Australia Blind Sports Australia who work with National Sporting Organisations to bring about positive change.

21.01.2022 Meet START Foundations New Grant Recipient! This is Milla! Milla is a seven year old full of energy! Born without a tibia bone in her right leg, Milla became a ...right leg through-knee amputee at just 11 months. Strong, determined and caring, Milla has thrived since commencing school last year. She has discovered sport and now wants to do everything from gymnastics, basketball and athletics. A START foundation grant will fund a running blade for Milla, which will allow her to be more mobile and participate in all the activities on offer to her at school. The START team can’t wait to see Milla achieve her sporting dreams! Empowering Amputees In Life Through Sport

21.01.2022 These are the best days - attending the opening session of a new Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association Centre of Sporting Excellence today in Brisbane. Big to all and Queensland Academy of Sport Queensland Government for creating equal opportunities for all. Photo description: Sport Access Foundation Founder @katiekelly2016 with QLD rep and aspiring Paralympian Rugby player @lukey_boy_matthews ... CEO @sportingwheelies Amanda Mathers Sport Access Foundation Founder @katiekelly2016 with QLD rep and aspiring Paralympian Basketball player Dylan Gawthorne

20.01.2022 This Thursday is @idpwd_org #internationaldayofpeoplewithadisability. It’s a day that reminds me of the need to do more to advocate for our most vulnerable and to ensure all have every opportunity for a full and active life. Thank you to HOKA ONE ONE Australia for supporting me in my bid for #paratriathlon #tokyo2021 #Paralympics. This support allows me to also to invest In Sport Access Foundation #sportinggrants #disabilityinclusion #timetofly #hokaoneone #hokaclifton

20.01.2022 I couldn’t stop now. Katie Kelly is pushing on chasing that Tokyo 2021 Paralympics dream. Triathlon Australia Triathlon Queensland Australian Paralympic Team

20.01.2022 Hear from one extraordinary young Australian, Jamieson Leeson. Jamieson was awarded a Sport Access Foundation grant in 2020, and from this video you'll see why.... She's currently in the midst of her HSC trials and in between is training to qualify for the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics. Applications close for 2020 this FRIDAY. Please spread the word and ensure every young Australian with a disability has a chance to apply. Apply now - www.sportaccessfoundation.org.au

19.01.2022 We are lobbying Gold Coast City Council for an Ocean Pool. Many on the GC or those visiting the GC cannot access the ocean due to various mobility, intellectual or physical challenges. Another 2,000 signatures and we hit our target of 15,000. Thank you to Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation for getting this going

18.01.2022 Celebrating #NAIDOC Week with an acknowledgement of country on my website and socials. #ShareaYarn I acknowledge and pay respect to the land and the traditional families of the Yugambeh region of South East Queensland, including the Kombumerri, Mununjali, Wangerriburra and others, and their Elders past present and emerging.

17.01.2022 Two little boys lived within streets of each other in Melbourne and one family read about the other boy in a newspaper article. They realised that boy had the same struggles as their son. He had profound hearing loss, and vision and balance was an issue. They would learn both boys had Usher Syndrome. Now they are best mates, and Usher Kids Australia is leading the way in find a cure, and funding research.

13.01.2022 Sport Access Foundation, established by Australian Paralympic (Rio) Gold Medallist, Katie Kelly, will continue to make their annual grants program available in ...spite of the impact of COVID19. These are challenging days, with COVID-19 impacting all Australians on many levels. In times like these we need to support each other and particularly keep a check on our physical and mental wellbeing, Katie said. Thanks to BlueScope we have introduced the 'Building Up' grant to help during these challenging times. Read more for all our grants at the link below, including PICA Group Kick Start, and our signature Pathway to Paralympic grants. https://www.sportaccessfoundation.org.au//building-up-to-h

11.01.2022 You know it’s starting to build when you are back in Open water. . blueseventy Australia blueseventy #helix #wetsuits #openwaterswim #tokyo2021 ... Dan Atkins Guide Briarna Silk

11.01.2022 COVID 19 has presented the perfect opportunity for all of us in our communities, our sporting clubs, our organisations to think about how we are going to lead, nurture and carry our WHOLE community forward. Those invested in embracing a diverse group of people are the ones that will evolve and grow. I am proud to be an Ambassador for Inclusion Solutions . Inclusion Solutions are part of the social justice movement to create a more equitable, diverse and accessible community... across all levels of our lives. In their words Social inclusion is our passion. Making sure people feel welcome and included is at the forefront of everything we do. Read more https://inclusionsolutions.org.au//ambassadors-of-inclusi/

10.01.2022 I can't imagine having to flee a country because my life or my family's life was in danger. Then only to be locked up on an island for 7 years. 7 YEARS. This is the situation for 400 human beings. They could so easily be YOU or ME. As Craig Foster @fozzfootball says: "They are not allowed to work legally, they can’t access education, play the sports they love, access health care or plan for their futures. Many live with trauma and illness every day because of their treatmen...t in detention. They’ve lost friends, family, and are tired from hanging on. They desperately need our help." Craig Foster through www.GameOver.org.au is calling on all sporting clubs, and all of us to ask our Prime Minister and to join NZ's PM call to end and resettle these people to a life in Australia. These are people, mums, dads, children.

08.01.2022 #NAIDOC2020 proud to be part of Australian Institute of Sport Share a Yarn program

08.01.2022 One of my favourite Brene Brown quote’s reminds me of the tenacity and courage of Kate Doughty and Sally Pilbeam who both announced their retirement from Para-Triathlon recently. The quote is Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. The greatest gift of Para-triathlon is not so much always about the racing or winning, it is the people that you meet in this sport that leaves you all the m...ore enriched and grateful for the connections. Sally Pilbeam Paratriathlete overcame a cancer that resulted in losing her arm, all the while being a mum of two boys and wife to husband Matt, as well as a full time school teacher. Sal would cope with that significant change in her life to take on Para-triathlon and amoung her racing, win 3x World Championships. Kate Doughty - Triathlete overcome the grief of losing her mother, and born without her right hand, after years of equestrian riding, she would be brave enough to take on a completely new sport of Para-triathlon and within 18 months she made the Australian Paralympic Team in Rio and won a host of World Paratriathlon series races along the way. In between working as a psychologist and having a baby boy with husband Jarle. Sal and Kato - you’ve shown the way for all of us, going beyond the comfort zone and embracing all of it. I’ve loved our time together and many great memories we have. KK x

07.01.2022 I read recently in a report that for every $100 spent on indigenous men’s sport $1 is spent on indigenous women’s sport. All sports need more investment of indigenous girls in their sports.

04.01.2022 Back with Guide Briarna Silk and coach Dan Atkins in our first open water since since pre COVID lockdowns. #grateful blueseventy NZ blueseventy Australia #blueseventy #openwaterswimming

03.01.2022 Team KK eNews - UNSW Equal Pay article, NAIDOC, Tokyo 2021, PICA and more - https://mailchi.mp/0cb8b08a3a64/team-kk-towards-tokyo-2021

02.01.2022 I'm with Joe Biden - this 13 year old Brayden met Joe, and the young fella stutters, and Joe's helped him out. Notwithstanding - well done Brayden - Champion!

01.01.2022 Join me on the weekend of 5-8 June and GET MOVING for Sport Access Foundation. Simply do your fav activity for your pledged time, and you'll be helping us ensure our young Aussies with disability can back to sport after these COVID 19 times