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Ipswich Town: Football club supports children with disabilities

A football club has started helping children with walking disabilities to take part in the sport.

Ipswich Town Foundation is offering sessions of frame football, an adapted version of the game for youngsters using crutches or walking frames.

4 April 2023

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