Our Impact

We are proud to have widened the reach of boccia in England, from just those with severe physical disabilities, including Cerebral Palsy, to any individual with a disability including learning and visual impairments.

Awards

Awarded the Liverpool Legacy following the World Boccia Championships
Achieved Advanced level CPSU in Safeguarding standards

Stats

A 4.4% increase in people regularly playing boccia.
Launched our Skills Award, School-Club Link project benefiting 240 children.
730 individuals were trained across 59 boccia courses.

"Boccia is the greatest adventure I have ever been on!" Freddie, pupil taking part in the Lord's Taverner's National boccia School's Programme

Latest

Emergency Covid-19 Club Boccia Equipment Offer

We have re-opened our equipment offer for Boccia England member clubs, to support a safe return to regular training sessions. Apply by 16th January 2022.
Big Boccia Survey highlights the importance of boccia for players

We have released the findings of our 2021 survey which show that, despite the ongoing impact of Covid-19, the game continues to make a significant difference for players with limited mobility.
Boccia England Awards 2021

Join us at 6:15 PM on Friday 10th December for the Boccia England Awards! The Awards are a celebration of your sporting achievements over the past year. They recognise, reward, and celebrate the successes of our outstanding athletes, inspirational volunteers, great coaches and officials and high-quality clubs across England.
England athletes compete at UK Challenger

A large English squad made the long journey up north to Inverclyde last month for the first Boccia UK Challenger Event.

What is boccia?

Boccia is a Paralympic target sport, similar to bowls, which is played indoors by disabled players. Currently the fastest growing disability sport in the world, propelling balls to land as close as possible to a marker ball is the aim of the game and having originated in ancient Greece and Egypt, the sport is now played in over 50 countries worldwide.
Find a club

Find your nearest boccia club here.
Rules of the game

An overview of the rules of boccia
Introduction to boccia
Virtually Boccia

Virtually Boccia schools and colleges competition.
Staff

A who's who guide to our small staff team.
Classification

Classification is a way of grouping players into levels of impairment, in order to make sure that players are competing on an equal level.
Boccia England Competitions update

We are excited to return to competition. Read on to see our update and what we have planned!
Back to Boccia Roadmap

The document below sets out Boccia England’s proposed return to play steps as we look forward to getting back on court and restarting all boccia activity in time.
Boccia Leaders Award

Introduces the necessary skills and knowledge required to deliver local level boccia within the community.

Safeguarding

We have achieved the Child Protection in Sport Units Advanced Safeguarding Standard to ensure we provide a framework for all those involved in our sport to help them create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm. Read more

Cotswold Crusaders and the Rainbow Cup!

Anna and Archie Eaton tell us why Cotswold Crusaders have been enjoying the Rainbow Cup and how it has brought the club together during Covid-19 when they can't meet to train. Read more