Cramlington’s Three-time Paralympic Champion Stephen Miller has been named in a 49-strong British Athletics team for the World Para Athletics Championship being held in London this July. The team was announced by British Athletics on 7th June, the Championships run from 14th-23rd July. This will be Miller’s 7th Athletics World Championships spanning 19 years, having[…]
It’s mental health awareness week, and at SMILE this is something that we are looking to help with and we believe sport can have a big impact on managing and improving mental health conditions. Mental health issues can affect anyone at anytime and need to be taken seriously as they can lead to serious health[…]
SMILE founder Stephen Miller was in Dubai in March for his season opening competitions. The 9th Fazza International, which incorporated the World Para-Athletics Grand Prix, took place from the 20th-23rd of March. This was followed by the 7th Sharjah International Athletics Meeting from 25th-27th of March. Stephen has traditionally started his season in Dubai for the[…]
Stephen Miller gives his tips to beat early New Year blues… January is a long old month eh? It’s dark and cold, you’ve spent all your money on Christmas presents and New Year celebrations, so what better time to start new habits and change lifestyles for the better? Truth is that this time of year[…]
Last week Six-time Paralympic medallist and SMILE founder Stephen Miller MBE treated a Gateshead primary school to a special visit as the search for a winning mascot design for the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships London 2017 began. Miller surprised pupils at Emmaville Primary School in Ryton, stopping by to share highlights from[…]
Stephen Miller won a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio on 13th September. The medal is his 6th at Paralympic Games. Competing in the F32 Club Throw event, Miller threw a season’s best of 31.93 metres to secure 3rd place. It was the 6th IPC Paralympic Games Stephen has competed in. Stephen now[…]
The lead of our SMILE To Success programme visited Washingwell Primary School to coincide with them hosting the Rio Paralympic Torch Relay. Stephen Miller, who is going to be competing in Rio, was guest of honour for the afternoon. He spoke to all the year groups about the Paralympic Games and told his incredible stories[…]
A local lad, he took time out of his busy training schedule for the 2016 Rio Games to visit Cramlington Army Reserve Centre with wife Rachel. He talked about his life, what drives him to succeed, whilst providing some inspirational answers to a raft of questions posed by his audience. His message was clear, whatever[…]
Our Managing Director and principal speaker visited Thorp Academy in Ryton on 11th March 2016. The visit was part of SMILE Through Sport’s partnership with Gateshead Inclusive Futures – a Youth Sport Trust initiative to develop sports volunteers and leaders with a focus on creating inclusive sport. Stephen is the regional ambassador for the IF[…]
