Modern and adapted infrastructures The “Liberté” aquatic sports centre In 2007, the “Liberté” swimming pool left place with the “Liberté” aquatic sports centre, a 21st century equipment. The new equipment joins to the former and now renewed pool. The aquatic sports centre offers now a large pool of 10 lanes, a playful zone with swimming against the current, slide, diving boards, paddling pool, water jets, zone of relaxation with sauna and hammam. The swimming lanes are overhung by a stand of 300 seats ; the equipment can welcome simultaneously 1100 swimmers. On the first floor of the swimming pool a big space of 400 m² is today available ; it is intended to settle a fitness zone centred on the benefactions of the water. The access to the reduced mobility persons was facilitated, that they are sportswomen or spectators. The access to the stand is made by a staircase or an elevator and an adapted device allows every person with reduced mobility to reach the pool. Visual and tactile marks help the partially-sighted persons to circulate and two kennels can welcome guide dogs.

Sport & Handicap Other sport activities for people with disabilities in Cambrai...
	THE ARCHERY CLUB Welcomes disabled persons ; one of the members participates to the France championship every year.   HANDI-DIVE Handi-dive baptisms take place in the “Liberté” aquatic sports centre ; a section could be soon born.   THE CLUB OF ATHLETICS During its annual meeting, the club of athletics proposes 2 races of 100 meters in wheelchair.   THE TENNIS CLUB The tennis club has fitted out its premises to make completely accessible its installations to the persons suffering from a handicap (entrance, showers, toilet, access slope to courts) and an instructor does a training course to teach the handi-tennis.
THE “FOULÉES DE LA BÊTISE” RACE During the "Foulées de la Bêtise" race, runners will accompany a "Joelette”.   THE ROWING CLUB The Rowling club equipped itself with boats adapted to receive persons suffering from a handicap.

Help grant for sportive activities Facility created in 1997 to make easier the access of the Cambresian young people to sportive and cultural activities. A 85 euro grant is paid to the chose association for the obtaining of the license and the membership. The amount of this grant will increase gradually to reach 100 euro in 2014. An additional 50-euro help can be granted to the young people of the “Dipositif de Réussite Éducative” (device of educative success). In 2007: 300 cambresian people have benefited from this help for a 23000-euro envelope In 2008: 375 beneficiaries for a 30000-euro amount In 2009: 450 grant holders share 37500 euro Help to associations A set of free services... It is essentially a facility of administrative help that exists since October 2000 and which proposes diverse services assured by an agent of the service of sports. - Information and advice on sport jobs: graduating formations dependent on the Youth and Sports Organisation - Writing of mails, diverse documents, realization of leaflets, posters, brochures, invitation cards… - Participation in the preparation and in the logistics of more important or local sportive events with possibility of spot provision : Hockey Europe Cup for example.