This is a guest blog from Ellis. She went to the DSActive Summer Camp and the South East London Football Festival 2019. Here she tells us a bit about herself.
Ellis Guest Blog
Roy Hodgson leads Down’s Syndrome Eagles Training Session
The DS Eagles team got a very big surprise at one of their weekly training sessions recently – Crystal Palace manager, Roy Hodgson!
Q&A with Christopher, winner of Newcastle United Foundation Disability Player of the Year!
At the recent End of Year Awards the club named Christopher as Disability Player of the Year!
Review of DSActive South East Football Festival 2019
Our first regional Football Festival of the 2019-2020 season was held earlier this month.
A Festival of Sport with Coventry and Warwick
As summer came back for one glorious mid-September weekend, Coventry Sky Blues in the Community and Inspire2Coach Warwick University joined forces to put on a fantastic festival of sport.
A chat with Harvey from Blackburn Rovers
We caught up with the parents of one of the players, Harvey, from the new Blackburn football session to find out how they are getting on
DSActive National Festival 2019!
After months of counting sleeps, hectic planning and a group drawing ceremony at the DSA it was finally time for National Festival 2019!
Moorside’s Athletes Inspire Their Colleagues
Last year one of the first clubs to offer specific Down’s syndrome sessions for football, Moorside Rangers, did a stellar job in promoting pathways for their players to get involved in other sports, and even take their FA Level 1 qualification.
Football Festival in Islington
Back in March, Arsenal in The Community held a DSActive Football Festival in Islington. The four teams involved in the festival were Arsenal, Lincoln, Crystal Palace (Palace4Life) and Fulham Foundation. The matches were 5 aside on a 3G pitch and all teams were in their football kits. The festival was open to people with Down’s […]
A day in Bournemouth
The DSActive team spend a lot of time on the road travelling around the country visiting sports clubs and events on the weekends. One of the weekend visits we always look forward to is a trip down to the south coast to the town of Bournemouth. One of the DSActive team recently went to visit […]
