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Helen Williams, Gloucestershire Tennis Awards lead, said: "Their continued commitment to the community is truly inspiring and sets a fantastic example of what inclusive sport should look like."Ms Williams added the awards highlighted Oxstalls' "outstanding efforts to break down barriers".
The park's bosses said they were "so pleased" to have scooped the award and praised it as a "feather in the cap" of their in-house tennis team.There was further success for the park as two of its members were given individual awards.Junior wheelchair players Will and McKenzie were recognised for their "dedication, resilience, and passion" for tennis.
Will has competed in International Tennis Federation tournaments across Europe and is ranked in the top 20 of junior wheelchair tennis.Meanwhile, McKenzie is a Welsh National Junior Champion.
Nick Charlton, Freedom Leisure area manager, said the tennis programme was a "fantastic" example of how sports and leisure could "improve lives".
Louisa Davies, head of culture and leisure at Gloucester City Council, said she was "incredibly proud" of Oxstalls and the award was "testament to the dedication of everyone who works there"."At the moment we have a postcode lottery across England, in different places you have different restrictions on the times that people who have a disabled bus pass can use it.
"We know many people want to use them to go to hospital appointments, to go to work, to employment, to education and training and, at a time when people are worried about potential cuts to disability benefits, the restrictions on those bus passes just adds to that additional cost."A DfT spokesperson said: "We fully recognise bus passes are vital to many and provide access to job opportunities, essential services, and keep people connected.
"Local authorities have the power to extend the times when disabled passholders can use their concessionary bus passes locally, and 77% offer free travel before 9.30am."We're already in the process of making ambitious reforms to improve bus services for passengers, supporting local areas to improve reliability and helping to cap fares."