Worcester wheelchair basketball prodigy Ellan Fraser has not only met her heroes - she is teammates with them.

Ellan Fraser, 20, a promising player for the Worcester Wolves, is now considered one of Great Britain's most promising up-and-coming players, and has been selected as a beneficiary of SportsAid and Aldi’s Rising Stars programme.

She has set her sights on the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 after being inspired by ParalympicsGB’s efforts at Paris 2024.

Fraser said: "I've always wanted to play in a Paralympics.

“That's been my end goal."

Fraser plays alongside athletes she has long admired, like Amy Conroy and Sophie Carrigill.

She confessed: "I used to look up to Amy and now I'm playing alongside her.

"I fangirl every time I see her and yet I'm playing against her or alongside her.

"Genuinely, I can't get my head around it."

65 per cent of Team GB or Paralympic GB athletes in Paris receiving support from the organisation.

Fraser is one of 1,000 athletes SportsAid support annually, offering financial aid and development opportunities.

Despite her youth, she is not new to challenges.

"We came second in the U25 World Championships in 2023 in Bangkok, and that was pretty cool because the ceiling fell down," she said.

“We got there, did our training and then during the opening ceremony, because it was monsoon season, the ceiling fell in the stadium.

“We had to move and try to deal with having two games a day and being behind on schedule.

"It was weird, but we still managed to come second.”

During a recent promotional day for SportsAid and Aldi in Poynton, Fraser voiced her excitement about the spotlight on her and her sport.

“I play a team sport though, I'm not the solo player so I've [usually] got all my teammates with me, so being here on my own today is well strange,

"Just having my pictures taken, people understanding what I do, teaching them about my sport and showing them what I can do in a photoshoot setting, hopefully it makes them go and watch it in the Paralympics as well.”

Aldi and SportsAid are now in their third year of partnership

In 2024, they are supporting six local athletes, who will be part of SportsAid and Aldi promotional campaign, receive enhanced financial Aid Award, a monthly fruit and vegetable voucher, a private tour of Team GB’s Kitting Out experience and a media training and nutrition sessions.

For more information visit https://www.sportsaid.org.uk/partners/our-partners/aldi