The Power of Sport. For every Special Olympics athlete, there are many more waiting for their chance.
Download Program Fact SheetIt’s at the local level--right here--where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
Founded in 1968, Special Olympics Barbados provides services and opportunities to more than 800 athletes, supported by eighty(80) volunteer coaches, and we host eight(8) competitions annually.
Through sports, health, education and community programming, Special Olympics is tackling inactivity, intolerance, isolation and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities throughout the world face. In addition to sports, our programmatic offerings currently include: Healthy Athletes,Special Olympics Unified Sports,Law Enforcement Torch Run and Outreach and Skills Training.