{"id":60463,"date":"2024-11-11T13:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/?page_id=60463"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:31:11","slug":"sense-awards-2024-influencer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/get-involved\/sense-awards\/sense-awards-2024\/sense-awards-2024-influencer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sense Awards 2024: Influencer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-hs-group    align-wide  clearfix\">\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India Morse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-1-1 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sense Awards 2024 - Influencer of the Year\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_n9fSTvjawo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India Morse has used her social media platform to really make a difference to the lives of many disabled people. We\u2019re thrilled to be able to recognise her at our awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India is a deaf personal trainer, influencer and accessibility advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India fell in love with training and fitness at a young age, however her earlier experiences in the gym were challenging as many classes weren\u2019t accessible to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These negative experiences inspired India to launch a range of accessible workouts, which she hopes will help to build a community of deaf fitness lovers. She has inspired many disabled people in their fitness journeys, including Sense supporters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block  quoteWithImage  \">\n\t<figure class=\"quoteWithImage__image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image--circle-masked\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image--circle-masked__container\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sense-Awards-2024-India-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small\" alt=\"India has long blond hair and a green dress. 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