To mark this week's International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are taking a look at how Premier League community programmes are providing football sessions that are accessible for all.
This summer, hundreds of young people from across the country attended Premier League Disability Football Festivals.
The events gave participants the opportunity to showcase their abilities and to highlight how programmes delivered by club community organisations have helped them develop skills and confidence.
One of the teams taking part was a group of young people from Severndale Specialist Academy in Telford, a provision for children with special educational needs.
Here, Severndale Academy operational lead Sam Travis explains the impact that being part of the football festival and working with Shrewsbury Town Foundation has had on his team.
"Our team have all got moderate learning difficulties and access a specialist setting which is attached to a mainstream secondary school.
"We formed a relationship with Shrewsbury Town Foundation about four years ago. They come and deliver disability focused football sessions across our whole Academy.
"The young people in our team come from all over Shropshire, some travel from a long way out. They face a range of different challenges; academic, social and emotional needs depending on the individual.
"The social side is one of the big things. Some of the young people can't access activities like this independently.
"This is their hour where they can hang out with friends, away from parents, away from teachers and just have some team building and time to develop their communication and social skills.
"It's a comfortable, safe and relaxing base for them to be.
"They have come on loads. For example, one of our team had challenges when results of matches didn't go his way. Now he's able to say, 'I haven't got what I wanted but I'm happy because I've got to take part.'
"Being a part of the team has given them that opportunity to build friendships, not just at Severndale but with people who have come to the Shrewsbury Town sessions from different schools.
"I've seen loads of changes. It's been brilliant.
"I'm proud of them. I am absolutely amazed with them. They've done so brilliantly.
"Ahead of the Premier League disability football festival they were buzzing. They worked as a team and they loved every second of it.
"Being a part of the event gave them a sense of pride, they saw it as representing their town.
"They told their parents all about the day and how they played for Shrewsbury. It gave them a real sense of pride and ownership.
"No matter how results went, they were great sports. Every team were. The fact that they enjoyed the day meant so much to the parents as well.
"It's far deeper than what happens on the pitch. We'll be talking about the festival for a long time. These guys won't always get these opportunities and so it will go down as one of the big days that they'll remember at secondary school.
"Events like the Premier League Disability Football Festival promote disability sport. Without it, a lot of our young people wouldn't be aware of these opportunities.
"When I saw them out on the pitch, I was thinking about how much they've grown in the last couple of years.
"When you've taught them a long time and you watch them understanding that it's not about winning or losing, it's about taking part, about being out there with your friends and enjoying it, you can't really measure it.
"As a teacher it's an emotional time. I'm incredibly proud of them and how much they achieved on the day is testament to them."
The Premier League Disability Football Festivals were a celebration of how the Premier League's community programmes - Premier League Kicks, Premier League Inspires and Premier League Primary Stars - connect young people aged from five to 18 with football, providing positive opportunities to help them reach their potential.
