The limb-loss support organisation has previously held Junior and Adult Games and has decided to expand the multi-sport concept to another city after an event in Birmingham last year.

Sports on offer at the event on October 27 will include climbing, wheelchair basketball, athletics, cycling, sitting volleyball, tennis, cricket and football.

Children and youngsters up to the age of 18 will take part in the morning at the National Squash Centre with adults given a go in the afternoon.

For many the event is likely to be their first taste of sport as an amputee.

"More work is needed at a local level if we are to reach amputees and people with limb impairments and support them in becoming more active," said LimbPower chief executive Kiera Roche.

"Difficulty with transport and travel and the cost of participation are two of the barriers which prevent our community from participating in activity. 

"We hope that running the multi-sport event in Manchester, like we did in Birmingham last year, will enable LimbPower to engage with local amputees and individuals with limb difference and support them back into activity."

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