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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.
Accessible Sports
Festivals & Tournaments
We regularly hold inclusive festivals and friendly competitions in local sports venues. These events are targeted at older, independent adults and include sports such as Boccia, Badminton, New Age Kurling and the multi-sport ‘Community Games’.
Special Olympics
In partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk, we deliver sport sessions specifically targeted at participants with a learning (intellectual) disability. These ‘Inclusive’ sessions currently focus on the sports of Badminton and Boccia. These sessions are fun and engaging with a serious side as well – we are all trying to improve our skill level!
Current Activity Sessions
Boccia
A Paralympic sport that anyone can play but you have to be sitting down!
Bowls
We play the Short-Mat version of the game in the winter months and we go outside to play Lawn Bowls in the summer.
Health Walks
Our walks are an excellent way to meet and make new friends (particularly if you don’t like walking on your own) and keep active at the same time!
Net Sports
We love to hit things back and forth over a net – sessions include Badminton, Short Tennis and Ping Pong.
New Age Kurling
This is an adapted version of the Winter Olympic sport of Ice Curling, only without the ice and all of that frantic sweeping!
Walking Football
If team sports are your thing, then this may be the game for you. No running allowed though!
Yoga
A form of exercise which is designed to develop a feeling of total well-being.
Beginners are very welcome.
Whitton Sports Centre
Mondays –
ActivYoga for beginners/improvers
12:30pm – 1:30pm
£6.00 per person
Tuesdays –
ActivBadminton
2:00pm – 3:30pm
£4.50 per person
Thursdays –
ActivBoccia
10:00am – 12noon
£4.00 per person
Fridays –
ActivWalking Football (outdoors)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
£5.50 per person
Goldcrest Court
Mondays –
Bap n’ Boccia
1:00pm – 3:00pm
£4.00 per person
Gainsborough Sports Centre
Tuesdays –
ActivBowls
10:45am – 12:45pm
£4.00 per person
Inclusive Boccia
4:30pm – 6:00pm
£3.00 per person
Wednesdays –
Ping Pong & Short Tennis
10:30am-12noon
£4.50 per person
Thursdays –
ActivWalking Football (indoor)
2:30pm-3:30pm
£5.00 per person
St Mary at Stoke
Tuesdays –
Kurling & Boccia
1:30pm – 2:30pm
£2.50 per person
All Hallows Church Hall
Wednesdays –
ActivYoga for beginners/improvers
1:15pm – 2:15pm
£6.00 per person
Thursdays –
Fun & Activ
10:30am – 12noon
£4.00 per person
Suffolk New College Sports Centre
Wednesdays –
Inclusive Badminton for adults with a learning disability
4:30pm – 6:00pm
£4.00 per person
Castle Hill Community Centre
Mondays –
ActivYoga for Beginners/Improvers
12.30pm – 1.30pm
£6.00 per person
Meet the Staff
Mike McCarthy
ActivSport Project Manager
News from ActivSport
A Rackets Taster for Suffolk Day
A Rackets Taster event was held recently at Ipswich Sports Club in Ipswich, attracting 24 participants. The activities, which were targeted at athletes with a learning disability, included a variety of tennis and badminton skills and challenges. Several of the players...
Suffolk badminton players get back to competition
Above: The photo includes our Suffolk players together with members of the GB Paralympic Badminton squad, including Dan Bethell, Silver medallist from Tokyo in 2021. Eight athletes from the ActivLives/Special Olympics Suffolk group competed recently, at a new...
ActivLives boccia players get ‘Back to Boccia’ at Boccia England competition
ActivLives boccia players have been busy competing at the ‘Back to Boccia’ Central tournament held recently in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Eleven players from the ActivBoccia group, who play weekly at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, competed in a variety of...
Upcoming ActivSport Events
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