Pearson and Dimbylow have been named as the ambassadors for the Enable Sport campaign, which aims to help youngsters engaged in competitive sport to reach their full potential by providing direct donations of specially adapted sports equipment.  

The national campaign has been devised by national charity, Caudwell Children, with sponsorship from Barclays Wealth.

Since its launch last year, the charity has helped hundreds of sporting youngsters reach their potential by providing sports equipment such as wheelchairs, javelins and gymnastic equipment. 

It is now hoped that the support of Pearson and Dimbylow will increase the reach and subsequent impact of the campaign at a time when children around the UK are training with aspirations of competing in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and other disability sports events.    

Dimbylow made his international footballing debut when he was selected to play for Britain's cerebral palsy seven-a-side football team in the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.

Although the team failed to secure a medal position in the competition, Dimbylow  was chosen to play in each of Britain's five matches and even scored the fastest goal of the tournament. 
 
He said: "I learnt of the Enable Sport campaign prior to going to Beijing and was immediately eager to become involved, since returning I have been actively promoting the work of the charity to my contacts within disabled sport.

"The support the charity can offer to the country’s young sportspeople could be the difference between them pursuing their dreams in sport or simply giving up; it has the capability of making dreams come true."

Campaigning alongside Dimbylow will be Pearson, one of the most successful riders in the world who has never been beaten in the Paralympics. 

Pearson was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and first came to public attention in 1980 when British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher carried him up the staircase in 10 Downing Street having awarded him a 'Children of Courage' medal. 

Since then Pearson has excelled in Equestrianism, winning three gold medals in the championship dressage, freestyle dressage, and team dressage events at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Paralympics.
 
Pearson said: "I wouldn’t be where I am today, both in sport and in my life in general, without the support of the people around me who have exacted equipment to meet my individual needs."
 
Trudi Beswick, the chief executive of of Caudwell Children, said: "Over recent months we have been able to locate a number of disabled children across the UK whose natural talent and ability may have been hampered through the lack of suitable equipment. 

"We have now been able to support these children by providing direct donations of specially adapted sports equipment, allowing these gifted youngsters to reach their full potential.

"We are immensely proud to be involved in the success of these talented youngsters and hope to support many more in the years ahead."

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