Peter Ackred is the founder and CEO of Disability Sports Coach, a registered charity which is an award-winning provider of sport and physical activity for disabled people. He has worked in the development of sport for disabled people for over 20 years and established Disability Sports Coach in 2005. In 2019, Peter was shortlisted for the Entrepreneur for Good Award at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

Since its inception, the organisation has coached over 60,000 disabled people, trained 6,000 sports coaches across 300 courses, and established a network of 14 Community Clubs in 13 London Boroughs. Disability Sports Coach became a registered charity in 2013 and has raised more than £2.5 million towards its work supporting disabled people since then.