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Volunteer at Chantry Walled Garden

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.

Volunteer at Chantry Walled Garden

30 April 2026 @ 09:00 - 14:30 - Chantry Walled Garden is open for volunteering and plant sales Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00am – 2:30pm. Please click Chantry Walled Garden for more information. Bespoke visits and activity days by arrangement.

Grow Your Community – Sudbury and Great Cornard

30 April 2026 @ 09:00 - 12:00 - Grow Your Community provides opportunities for local people to get involved in community growing in and around Sudbury. Come and join our FREE gardening sessions in Sudbury’s parks and open spaces. We meet up at Belle Vue Park, Ingram’s Wells Rd, Sudbury, CO10 2RG every Thursday 9.30am until 12.00noon The park is in easy walking distance from Sudbury’s train [...]

Keep on Moving Woodbridge – Quay Church (Every Thursday, 2 sessions)

30 April 2026 @ 10:00 - 12:30 - These sessions are ideal if you would like to: Stay Steady on your feet; Improve your balance, strength & mobility; Reduce your risk of falling; improve your confidence; Stay independent and help you meet and make new friends. All programmes include evidence-based OTAGO (falls prevention) exercise. For people aged 55+. Schedule Every Thursday 10:00am-11:00am [...]

A group of participants doing a chair exercise with an instructor leading the session.

Keep on Moving Kirton – Kirton Church Hall (Every Thursday)

30 April 2026 @ 10:00 - 11:30 - These sessions are ideal if you would like to: Stay Steady on your feet; Improve your balance, strength & mobility; Reduce your risk of falling; improve your confidence; Stay independent and help you meet and make new friends. All programmes include evidence-based OTAGO (falls prevention) exercise. For people aged 55+. Schedule Every Thursday 10.00am – [...]

Visitors at the Chantry Walled Garden looking at some plants

Plants for Sale at Chantry Walled Garden

30 April 2026 @ 10:00 - 14:00 - Shrubs, perennials, climbers, bedding and bee-friendly plants available at competitive prices. If you’re unable to visit the garden in person our plant catalogue and online order for can be found here: https://activlives.org.uk/activgardens/online/ We also open the nursery for plant sales on Tuesday & Thursdays between 10am-2pm. Contact us on 01473 345350 for more information.

ActivWalking Football

30 April 2026 @ 10:30 - 12:00 - Walking Football is an adapted version of the game which provides a great way for older independent adults to keep playing a team sport. This session is played outdoors on the all-weather surface. We play rules similar to small-sided football, but without the running. Players are not permitted to run at any time, with or [...]

A group of participants doing a seated exercise with their hands up on the air

Keep on Moving Ipswich – All Hallows Court (Every Thursday)

30 April 2026 @ 10:30 - 12:00 - These sessions are ideal if you would like to: Stay Steady on your feet; Improve your balance, strength & mobility; Reduce your risk of falling; improve your confidence; Stay independent and help you meet and make new friends. All programmes include evidence-based OTAGO (falls prevention) exercise. For people aged 55+. Schedule Every Thursday 10:30 am [...]

Boccia balls on the floor with blue, red and white colours

ActivBoccia

30 April 2026 @ 10:30 - 12:30 - Boccia is a truly inclusive sport. Played seated, it has been a Paralympic sport since 1984. The game is usually played in two teams, who compete to try to send/throw/kick their balls closer to the target (the jack), than their opponents. It is relatively easy to play, but devilishly tricky to play well! These sessions [...]

Two Players playing Ping Pong inside a sports centre

Ping Pong and Short Tennis Thursdays @ Whitton Sports Centre

30 April 2026 @ 14:00 - 15:30 - This session is a combination of Ping Pong and Short Tennis. Most of the group rotate between both sports – it’s great fun. Most of us have played Ping Pong at some point (although maybe not since Youth Club!). Short Tennis is an adapted version of Lawn Tennis, played on a badminton court with a [...]

The People’s Community Garden

1 May 2026 @ 09:00 - 14:30 - The People’s Community Garden is open for volunteering, placements and produce sales: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:00am – 2:30pm. You may visit us at The People’s Community Garden, Maidenhall Allotments, Halifax Road, Ipswich, IP2 8RE. Please click The People’s Community Garden for more information. Bespoke visits and activity days by arrangement.