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2 March 2026 / 2 March 2026 by Jomel Gutierrez
LISTEN to Evie’s interview with Suffolk Sound during The Community Hour segment and learn more about the boccia sessions that we offer at ActivLives every week and how to play boccia. Click this link to listen from 00:25:42 – 00:30:29: https://listenagain.suffolksound.com/player/player.php?file=TheCommunityHourFriday.mp3
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25 February 2026 / 25 February 2026 by Jomel Gutierrez
ActivLives held another very successful Inclusive Boccia Tournament recently in Ipswich. The tournament which attracted 40, mostly Suffolk-based competitors, included four divisions of athletes with a variety of disabilities. The standard of boccia played was excellent, although, as ever, it was the great atmosphere in the hall throughout the day which will last longest in the memory. […]
19 January 2026 / 19 January 2026 by Jomel Gutierrez
ActivLives is hosting an Inclusive Boccia Tournament in Ipswich next month. The tournament will be held on Saturday, 21st February from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM at the Gainsborough Sports Centre, Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP. The tournament is in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk. It is also being supported by Sport England and […]
9 January 2026 / 9 January 2026 by Jomel Gutierrez
LISTEN NOW: ActivSport’s Development Officer, Mike McCarthy, interview with Wayne Bavin on BBC Radio Suffolk as the recipient of the Make A Difference Active Award 2025. Mike shares the impact we are making in Suffolk through our inclusive ActivSport programme. (Interview starts from 2:45:00 – 2:50:00) LINK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002pb1x
12 December 2025 / 23 December 2025 by Jomel Gutierrez
ActivSport Inclusive Badminton players celebrating Christmas at the Suffolk New College Sports Centre where our regular Wednesday sessions are held from 3:45pm – 4:45pm 5:00pm – 6:00pm. If you are interested to be part of our inclusive badminton group, you may find more details by visiting this page: https://activlives.org.uk/activsports/activity-sessions/badminton-short-tennis-and-ping-pong/ Christmas break started on 10th December […]
1 December 2025 / 1 December 2025 by Jomel Gutierrez
ActivLives recently hosted an Inclusive Badminton Tournament at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. The event, delivered by ActivLives, in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk, involved 24 athletes from inclusive groups in Ipswich and Wimbledon competing in singles and doubles competitions. Inclusive events such as this are specifically for athletes who have an intellectual (learning) disability, with […]
7 November 2025 / 7 November 2025 by Jomel Gutierrez
ActivLives recently hosted a Boccia Leaders Course for 18 new leaders in Ipswich. The course, which is accredited by Boccia England, was supported by Special Olympics GB and Special Olympics Suffolk. The training was attended by a wide range of candidates, including new and existing volunteers and local boccia players. “The course has been a […]
30 September 2025 / 1 October 2025 by Jomel Gutierrez
ActivLives celebrated ‘National Boccia Day’ in style with a Boccia Festival held at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich on 26th September. Sixty-six players participated with the brilliant support of staff and volunteers, as well as individual players there were participating groups from Avenues East, Leading Lives Stowmarket, Suffolk Rural College, Suffolk One and Papworth Trust. […]
19 September 2025 / 19 September 2025 by Jomel Gutierrez
Mike McCarthy, ActivSport Development Officer, has won the Active Award of the BBC Radio Suffolk Make A Difference Awards at a ceremony in Trinity Park on 17 September. He was recognised for using physical activity or sport as a way of improving the lives of those in their community. Mike is a strong advocate of […]
13 August 2025 / 13 August 2025 by Jomel Gutierrez
Members of the ActivLives ‘Inclusive Badminton’ group, who play weekly in Ipswich, did us proud as they flew the flag for the Special Olympics Eastern Region recently at a National Special Olympics Badminton Tournament held at the University of Wolverhampton Sports Campus in Walsall. The team of 7 players from Suffolk, did a brilliant job […]
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