From 1 December new roles were finalised for the IWAS team.

Great Britain

Erraid Davies, Sophie Thornhill and Jade Jones make the shortlist for 2014 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.

America

Inaugural national celebration of para-sport will see demonstrations and a commemorative award given to Tokyo 1964 medallists.

Summer Sports

Photographer Luc Percival believes that volunteers are integral to major sporting events and urges you to sign up for Rio 2016.

Swimming

World champion Patricia Valle is amongst a series of swimmers to break Americas records and seal multiple victories at the Mexican Open in Solidaridad.

Cross-Country Skiing

Ukrainian world champion Nordic Skier Iryna Bui has revealed that she has been working on her mental prowess before the start of the 2014-15 IPC Nordic Skiing season.

Uganda

Over 200 participants took part in 19 different para-sports.

Shooting

Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani and China’s Lin Furong were two of the winners at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Boccia

After going 10 years without a gold medal, Hong Kong’s Leung Yuk Wing won four of them in 2014 with success at the World Championships and Asian Para Games.

The continuation and launch of several projects as well as a nomination for an award have seen the development arm of the International Paralympic Committee flourish further in 2014.