What is ActivLives?
ActivLives is a local independent charity working in Ipswich and across Suffolk to keep people active, connected and involved with their local community through accessible sports and exercise, learning new skills and volunteering opportunities.
Everyday Activ Latest News
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ActivGardens plans for safe Christmas market
Christmas is not cancelled at ActivGardens! We are bringing our wonderful array of produce, crafts and gifts to you – but this year at the community garden so we can keep safe in the open air.
ActivLives recognises World Mental Health Day on the 10th October 2020
Mental Health is everyone’s business, especially now. Having good mental health, emotional health and well-being is as important as having good physical health.
ActivLives Newsletter – October 2020
In light of the UK lockdown, we unfortunately won't be bringing our usual bright and colourful newsletter to you this quarter.However, here's an electronic version with the added benefit of bigger photos!ActivGardensUpdates from the People's Community Garden - Beverly...
Our Services & Projects
Everyday Activ Hubs
ActivHubs was set up to provide a fun and social way for people to keep fit and healthy, improve strength, balance and
co-ordination, reduce stress and while doing all of that, make some new friends in the process!
Everyday Activ Gardens
ActivGardens are all about growing! Growing plants. Growing fresh healthy food. Growing yourself… your fitness, your health, your skills, your friends, your community. Get active with ActivGardens!
Everyday Activ Ipswich
ActivLives and Ipswich Borough Council, are motivating and inspiring people 45 years and over to increase their physical activity, eat more healthily and become more involved with the community.
Everyday Activ Singing
The Keep On Rockin’ members have achieved a sustainable singing group through weekly member support, fundraising and regular performances.
We’ve put together this video to show you what we do, and how we can help you.
Whether it’s improving your balance at one of our hubs, learning about horticulture at one of our gardens, finding your voice in our Keep On Rockin’ singing group, or simply meeting new friends at one of our lunch clubs.
We’re not just a fitness organisation – we’re a community – and we’re here, for you.
Donate
ActivLives is a local charity, which relies on grants, trusts, donations, fundraising activities, sponsorship & commissions to enable us to provide & develop our services across Ipswich & Suffolk.
“Meeting new friends and socialising with them and being able to help some of the others with their activities while enjoying this myself.”
Upcoming Activities
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Chantry Walled Garden is a heritage walled garden in a public park, with flower borders and vegetable-growing areas, as well as extensive glasshouses as part of our plant nursery. Our base is cosy Nursery Cottage, where there is an accessible courtyard garden with raised beds for wheelchair users. The adjacent workshop has facilities for woodwork and basic construction. In this garden you can learn skills relevant to the horticultural industry as well as enjoy maintaining a garden full of history.
Every Tuesday and Thursday we hold a plant sale, where we sell plants we’ve grown in the garden to help fund the project.
What are the benefits of Balance Classes?
These sessions are ideal if you would like to:
- Stay steady on your feet
- Improve your balance, strength and mobility
- Reduce your risk of falling
- Improve confidence
- Stay independent
- Get out and meet others in a sociable environment
Schedule
- Returning Tuesday 8th September 2020
- 9.30am – 10.30am & 11.00am – 12 noon
To book your place please call us on 01473 345350.
Falls Prevention – Strength and Balance Classes
The otago exercise programme is a set of leg muscle strengthening and balance retraining exercises designed specifically to prevent falls.
These sessions are ideal if you would like to:
- Stay steady on your feet
- Improve your balance, strength and mobility
- Reduce your risk of falling
- Improve confidence
- Stay independent
- Get out and meet others in a sociable environment
Schedule
- 9.30am – 10.30am
- 11.00am – 12 noon
To book your place please call us on 01473 345350.
Falls Prevention – Better Balance Classes
These sessions are ideal if you would like to:
- Stay steady on your feet
- Improve your balance, strength and mobility
- Reduce your risk of falling
- Improve confidence
- Stay independent
- Get out and meet others in a sociable environment
Schedule
- 10.30am – 11.30am
- The Lunch Club that usually follows won’t currently be happening due to social distancing restrictions.
We will make an announce when the lunch clubs return.
To book your place please call us on 01473 345350.
What are the benefits of Balance Classes?
These sessions are ideal if you would like to:
- Stay steady on your feet
- Improve your balance, strength and mobility
- Reduce your risk of falling
- Improve confidence
- Stay independent
- Get out and meet others in a sociable environment
Schedule
- Returning Tuesday 8th September 2020
- 9.30am – 10.30am & 11.00am – 12 noon
To book your place please call us on 01473 345350.
Falls Prevention – Strength and Balance Classes
The otago exercise programme is a set of leg muscle strengthening and balance retraining exercises designed specifically to prevent falls.
These sessions are ideal if you would like to:
- Stay steady on your feet
- Improve your balance, strength and mobility
- Reduce your risk of falling
- Improve confidence
- Stay independent
- Get out and meet others in a sociable environment
Schedule
- 9.30am – 10.30am
- 11.00am – 12 noon
To book your place please call us on 01473 345350.
Chantry Walled Garden is a heritage walled garden in a public park, with flower borders and vegetable-growing areas, as well as extensive glasshouses as part of our plant nursery. Our base is cosy Nursery Cottage, where there is an accessible courtyard garden with raised beds for wheelchair users. The adjacent workshop has facilities for woodwork and basic construction. In this garden you can learn skills relevant to the horticultural industry as well as enjoy maintaining a garden full of history.
Every Tuesday and Thursday we hold a plant sale, where we sell plants we’ve grown in the garden to help fund the project.
6 week Better Balance course at Fred Reynolds Centre, Woodbridge – previously Quay Church, Woodbridge.
Stay steady on your feet, reduce your risk of falling, and meet others!
To book you place, or find out more information – call us on 01473 345350
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