Nathan Young

DAY 1529 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

I competed last weekend.The last swimmer on the block. The last to leave the block. ‘Making do’ should never be an option but you see this is what your policy does. It forgets about athletes like me. Why should anyone else care if you don’t

DAY 1528 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

7 days to go & I bet in those 7 days our Govt will keep their silence. They have given no funding, shown no respect & have lead an entire country to follow their lead in the discrimination of deaf athletes

This is #GB

This is reality

DAY 1527 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Just 9 days until I ✈️ to #Tokyo to represent 🇬🇧 & still no support or funding, no mention of our selection or determination.

YOU are funding this discrimination

YOU are leading them

#granadareports #swimengland #pool #race #gmb #itv #bbc

DAY 1526 #MyChallenge to the Govt to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Thank you to everyone for your support & kind words. It’s not always easy sharing the struggles I’ve had throughout my life. It’s taken a long time to realise that I wasn’t the one that needed to change.

One last fight to go💪

Things are happening @reecedinsdale.bsky.social

💪https://x.com/commonscms/status/1985382685221490926?s=48&t=WFupJwWPFzFV0ZH2yFpGlg

DAY 1525 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK
1525 days of campaigning (officially) & today Swim England shares my story & the fight to exist in the sporting world when you are deaf. In just 11 days I will start my journey to Japan to represent my country
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DAY 1524 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Just think about this🤔

#Olympic
#Paralympic
Receive £600 million

#Deaflympic
Receive £0

What is the point of grassroots with nothing to aim for. A policy discriminating our existence

You pave our path with isolation, silence, a WALL

YouTube video by The Sports Agents Deaflympics: The Forgotten Disability in Sports | The Sports Agents

Went to London again on Thursday to speak on #sportsagentspodcast with @GabbyLogan

Thank you. There’s so much more to share

To have kick boards thrown at my head to catch my attention as I train

To having to ‘make do’ as I prepare to race because it’s deemed acceptable

On this day I stand proud as an athlete & all I ask is that you stand with me. With #deafsport. With every deaf child

I am #proud

I am #deaf

When I started on this battle for fairness I was alone & under pressure to keep silent as my honesty was ‘infuriating’ National Governing Bodies

That what I said wasn’t true

To be told by a swimmer that they hope that they achieve far more than I have at my age was probably the lowest you can be

DAY 1523 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

I’m blocked on X but if you’re still in with them I did an interview on Thursday with @Gabbylogan #sportsagentspodcast

The Sports Agents on X: "'I've had to raise £26,000 to compete!' 🤯 DeaflympicsGB feel as though they're being forgotten about, as they prepare for yet another self-funded competition, this time in Tokyo. 🇬🇧 #DeaflympicsGB | @DeaflympicsGB @GlobalPlayer | https://t.co/AXLKOh8QnY https://t.co/XZL8FJ4leV" / X 'I've had to raise £26,000 to compete!' 🤯 DeaflympicsGB feel as though they're being forgotten about, as they prepare for yet another self-funded competition, this time in Tokyo. 🇬🇧 #DeaflympicsGB | @DeaflympicsGB @GlobalPlayer | https://t.co/AXLKOh8QnY https://t.co/XZL8FJ4leV

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DAY 1522 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Yesterday I travelled to London to meet @gabbylogan #sportsagentpodcast to share our fight to end the #discrimination of deaf athletes. With only 2 weeks to go until we head to Tokyo the reality of our position is harsher than ever

#deaf

DAY 1522 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Yesterday I travelled to London to meet @gabbylogan #sportsagentpodcast to share our fight to end the #discrimination of deaf athletes. With only 2 weeks to go until we head to Tokyo the reality of our position is harsher than ever

#deaf

DAY 1521 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

#London bound

#inclusionmatters #voice #athlete #rolemodel #DeafSport #sport #Swimmer

DAY 1521 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Heading to London again today so another early start. Not long to go now until the team heads to Tokyo to represent a country who basically ignores our existence. Imagine if this happened to the Olympic or Paralympic team🤔

This is wrong

DAY 1520 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK
& STILL you do nothing😞

THE WORLD IS WATCHING OUR COUNTRY FAIL ITS DEAF ATHLETES 🤔

#gmb #itv #bbc #granadareports #swimming #race #sport #swim #medal #lightstart
#inclusionmatters #athlete #representationmatters #GB #deaf #gmb #pool

DAY 1519 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK
A message so clear & yet deaf children have been discriminated & excluded forever. A government policy hiding their achievements, their ambitions & their existence. Why do they mean so little? How much longer will this be allowed to happen?

Thank you

DAY 1518 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

I am just simply trying to right a wrong. No awards. No acknowledgment. No remorse. No apology can ever replace the trauma that discrimination causes but action may just prevent others from going through the same

We fight on

DAY 1517 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

Before I start the hour long journey home after training I just wanted to thank you all for not giving up & supporting my campaign. I can’t answer all the messages but I do read them.

I never thought my journey would take this path🤔

Thank you. So much to fit in before that. More to follow

Thank you. Just undoing a wrong. Can’t let this continue

Thank you. It’s been far too long. My life should not be dedicated by a policy created by those with no understanding. I stood and called out the discrimination & now others have followed.

How & more importantly have athletes been ignored, isolated & discriminated because their disability doesn’t fit a remit. A remit that discriminates their very existence. How have children been deprived of a future in sport with equality, inclusion & value

This is #GB

I stand against this policy

DAY 1516 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

If you’re not aware, in just a few weeks DeaflympicsGB team will be flying to Tokyo to compete in 25th Deaflympics. Yes, the 25th games. How has this event been hidden by our Government for all these years?

#BBC #ITV #Deaf #Inclusion

DAY 1515 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK

In a couple of weeks I head to Tokyo to compete in 25th Deaflympics

I have campaigned for over 4 years to stand equally alongside athletes from around the world but they have failed me

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I don’t think I’m a hero but I’ll take being your mate @reecedinsdale.bsky.social 🤝. Still a long way to go but we are in this until the end. Thanks for your support

DAY 1514 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK. 4 years

“We can’t”
“We can only support Olympic & Paralympic athletes”
“You’re not in our remit”
“We follow the government”
“National Governing Bodies are becoming frustrated with you”
“What you’re saying isn’t true”
Glad I didn’t give up