A day in the life of an athlete – Charlotte Cox

…her athletes compete, we all know each other from many other competitions. Today my first event is the 100m, so I head to the call room carrying my spike and water, once checked in you sit and wait, I put my spikes on while I am waiting do some stretches and on the way out to the track make sure everything is comfortable and make any last minute adjustments to laces etc. We walk out in lane order so when we get to the start we already know what la…

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Football Festival in Islington

…rd to National Football Festival in Birmingham.” Emma from DSActive said: “Today, I spent my time referring the matches. The quality of football on show today was superb with some good goals and brilliant individual skills. Also, it’s great to see DSActive partner clubs attending the festival. We need to continue creating opportunities for people with Down’s syndrome for all abilities.” To find a session near a DSActive session near you click here…

Upbeats show off their skills to Charlton’s first team!

…behind the upbeats because they are great people to be around. I have seen today the talent amongst the players and the smiles it had brought to everyone today. It has raised our spirits. It’s been a privilege having the upbeats here. People say it’s just a game but it’s not, it’s far more important than that when you see how happy it can make people and how it can affect people’s lives”. It was a fantastic day all round and the Upbeats had a grea…

Charlton Upbeats crowned DSActive National Festival winners for the fifth time after a fantastic day of football

…of the DSActive team said: “It’s amazing to see so many teams turn up for today’s festival. A lot of planning has gone into today so it’s nice to see that there are so many people. It’s good to see the massive smiles on everyone’s faces too! The standard this year has really improved and it wasn’t clear who was going to make it to the semi-finals. All of the teams definitely deserved to progress. It’s great to see the parents cheering on from the…

DSActive & WorkFit support Luke in his new role

…r sessions by using the information and techniques that have been provided today” “It has made me consider key steps that are needed to be able to make tasks fully inclusive and successful” Luke has really taken to his volunteer coaching role, which he has been doing since September 2015. Luke works with Josh every Friday to deliver junior learning disability football coaching to 3 to 11 year olds at a special educational needs school. They also d…

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Badgers’ Ten Year Anniversary

…, the Sport and Education Manager at Fulham Football Club said “it’s been fantastic to see the Badgers thrive, with more young people with Down’s syndrome accessing our programmes than ever before. Today, we wanted to celebrate the young people’s successes, as well as the vital support of the volunteers, parents, carers, guardians who have made this all possible.”  …

DSActive run first workshop for World Disability Billiards and Snooker

…any people coming along and trying snooker. We have children coming from local schools to try snooker for the first time, and we had experienced players coming along to get some extra practice and coaching. Snooker is such an inclusive sport and it was great to see some many people here today trying out.” Snooker clubs who have received the DSActive coach education workshop will be listed on our website, find your nearest club here. For more infor…