About Us
The Special Olympics movement was founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the
sister of President John F Kennedy, who believed that the Olympic ideals of sport could give
confidence and new hope to people with learning disabilities as well as to those who cared for them.
Special Olympics now reaches over 2.25 million athletes in 160 countries worldwide.
Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) was established in 1978 as part of Special Olympics Inc. SOGB
is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Since our formation, we have grown
steadily to reach our present position where we have more than 130 groups in England, Scotland and
Wales offering more than twenty sports in our training and competition programme.
Special Olympics Barnet was founded at the end of 2006. We currently have a table tennis club that
takes place on Sunday evenings at Barnet Table Tennis Centre. We are looking to start some more
sports in the near future.