Sport England has announced it will invest £2m over the next two years to encourage sport as a lifestyle choice for disabled people.

The money will be given to the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) to provide expertise to sports organisations to help them motivate disabled people to take part.

Sports to be focused on include athletics, cycling, swimming, cricket, gymnastics, badminton, tennis, football, table tennis, equestrian, golf and volleyball.

Despite the number of disabled people participating in sport steadily growing since 2005, non-disabled people are still twice as likely to take part regularly.

Sport England's director of sport Lisa O'Keefe said last year's Paralympic Games put sport for disabled people in the spotlight and EFDS now had a vital role to play in inspiring more disabled people to get involved.

"We need everyone in sport to work together to challenge the uncomfortable truth that disabled people are still far less likely to be taking part."

An EFDS survey found after watching the 2012 Paralympics eight of 10 disabled people were inspired to consider taking part in more sport or exercise.