We were delighted to nominate Leo Charlesworth-Mark to take part in The Championships, Wimbledon, coin toss at the Men’s Singles Wheelchair Final. Here we learn about Leo’s story – the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust were proud to support Leo through our grant aid funding programme in 2025.
We were delighted to nominate Lydia Lowe to take part in The Championships, Wimbledon, coin toss at the Ladies Singles Wheelchair Final. Here we learn about Lydia’s story – the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust were proud to support Lydia through our grant aid funding programme in 2024.
We were delighted to nominate Alex Batt to take part in The Championships, Wimbledon, coin toss at the Men’s Singles Wheelchair Final. Here we learn about Alex’s story – the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust were proud to support Alex through our grant aid funding programme in 2023.
This year we approved funding for Lido Park Tennis Club’s Cerebral Palsy Children’s Group. The group was formed after a 6year old girl with CP came to join in sessions at the Club. After chatting with her parents, Neil Bates, the Lead Coach, joined some local CP social media groups
We love that the last post of this year shows an amazing festival day we funded with Coventry & North Warwickshire Tennis Club featuring 4 Coventry Primary Schools and 58 children at the event, all with Special Education Needs. Lead coach Collen Mhlanga then delivered 10 follow up sessions which
In 2023 and 2024 the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust has given special project funding to We Do Tennis. We Do Tennis CIC are a not for profit company with a passion for delivering all things disability tennis with Tony Knappett leading the way as their head of disability. Tony comments:
Talkback UK is a charity that provides autism and learning disability support to people, providing them with continued personal development. The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust has just given a second round of funding to Talkback to help them deliver tennis not only to their members but also to people in
Robbie is a hardworking tennis player who trains every day from Monday through to Saturday, with Sundays kept as a rest day, although he often ends up competing in a tournament or in a league match! Robbie competes in the Learning Disability LTA tournament schedule, travelling across the UK to
22 year old Georgia Routledge has been playing tennis since the age of 6. Georgia has Cerebral Palsy (right side-hemiplegia) but has always played tennis in mainstream groups. She has worked with her coach Donna Andrews for 13 years and until recently has been playing once a week. Georgia is
Hear about 15 year old Asher and how tennis has helped his Autism.
Rae Abbott rediscovers wheelchair tennis after stopping playing as a teenager
Freya Willock is a visually impaired tennis player who received funding from the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
From Thursday 24th August – Sunday 3rd September, DMTT is running an online auction on eBay to raise funds for our grant funding programme for people with disabilities who play tennis.
