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
2019 Guest Blogs Review
We have lots of new exciting projects coming this year, but for now we wanted to take a look back at all the people who sent us guest blogs for our website last year.
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!
A review of 2019
2019 has been a busy year for the DSActive team and now we are approaching Christmas it’s a good time to take a breath and reflect on what we’ve achieved
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.
“Go into your sessions with patience, no expectations and enthusiasm”
We hear from Immy, who is a tennis coach in Pershore, on her advice for coaching people with Down’s syndrome.
“That was so mint”
This summer, DSActive worked with the RYA to run 3 sailing festivals for people with Down’s syndrome in Cornwall, London and our final one in Liverpool.
Ending the Summer with Bungay Black Dog Running Club
We attended the last outdoor session of the year with Bungay Black Dogs to see why it is so successful
Meet one of the coaches behind the DSActive Summer camps
Thanks to generous support from Lightbox and the City Bridge Trust, DSActive was able to run two summer camps this year, in Shooters Hill and Tooting.
