ActivLives News
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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...
New fun seated exercise sessions for Kirton and surrounding villages
Local Charity ActivLives has been supported by Suffolk Community Foundation and the East of England Co-op Cares Fund to develop the ‘Keep on Moving Project’, running four 12 - week seated exercise programmes in different areas of Ipswich and East Suffolk. The first of...
Chantry Walled Garden prepare Ipswich Town Centre planters
The team at the Chantry walled garden centre have been hard at work, preparing the planters that were to be erected in Ipswich high street. The team worked tirelessly to ensure these planters were planted to the required specifications, and are extremely proud of...
News from ActivGardens
Chantry Walled Garden prepare Ipswich Town Centre planters
The team at the Chantry walled garden centre have been hard at work, preparing the planters that were to be erected in Ipswich high street. The team worked tirelessly to ensure these planters were planted to the required specifications, and are extremely proud of...
Place your plants order with our charity nursery!
Why not pop on down to our Chantry Park Walled Garden Nursery to browse our fabulous range of plants and get your garden looking amazing this Summer! You can also order your plants online so why not take the time to browse our online catalogue for our bigger and...
Invertebrates at Belle Vue Park
At Belle Vue park we grow lots of different types of plants and shrubs and this creates a range of different habitats for many invertebrates. Our tall grasses have dense tussocky bases where beetles and spiders can survive over winter. We grow lots of flowers with...
Job Vacancy: ActivSheds Session Leader – Freelance
A forctivLives is seeking a Session Leader for its thriving ActivSheds project in Ipswich. This position is suitable for someone with a passion for carpentry and construction, who enjoys working with people and passing on their skills. You will gain experience of...
Job Vacancy: ActivGardens Green Care Worker
JOB DESCRIPTION ActivLives, Ipswich IP2 0HH £12 per hour (approx. £9,380 per annum) 15 hours per week Fixed term contract for 12 months Required as soon as possible. Closing date: Midday Friday 29 April 2022 Interview date: Wednesday 11 May 2022 ActivLives is looking...
Fantastic news…
Julie Stokes ActivLives CEO was on the Mark Murphy BBC Radio Suffolk show this morning 16/3/22, as ActivLives was shortlisted for the High Sheriff Awards - East of England Co-op – Supporting the Isolated Award. ActivLives was shortlisted with two other amazing...
News from ActivHubs
New fun seated exercise sessions for Kirton and surrounding villages
Local Charity ActivLives has been supported by Suffolk Community Foundation and the East of England Co-op Cares Fund to develop the ‘Keep on Moving Project’, running four 12 - week seated exercise programmes in different areas of Ipswich and East Suffolk. The first of...
Fantastic news…
Julie Stokes ActivLives CEO was on the Mark Murphy BBC Radio Suffolk show this morning 16/3/22, as ActivLives was shortlisted for the High Sheriff Awards - East of England Co-op – Supporting the Isolated Award. ActivLives was shortlisted with two other amazing...
ActivLives has been shortlisted for High Sheriff Awards 2022
ActivLives has just heard some brilliant news – we have been shortlisted for the Suffolk Community Foundation - High Sheriff Awards 2022. There were 130 nominations and we have been shortlisted with two other organisations for the East of England Coop – Supporting the...
CANCELLED Health Walk – Christchurch Mansion 21 Feb 2022
Please note that the Health Walk planned for Monday 21 February in Christchurch Park has been cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions.
Funding from East of England Co-Op announced for the Keep Moving Project
We are thrilled to announce we've received community funding from East of England Co-op for the Keep Moving Project. This amazing funding will help us to hold new chair based exercise sessions and these will improve people's mobility & give them confidence to...
ActivLives Lunch Club at St Mary at Stoke Church
The ActivLives Lunch Club was established in November 2008 and was one of the first Hubs to be developed in Ipswich as part of the One Ipswich - Town & Bridge Project, which later became the charity ActivLives in 2012. The Lunch Club was initially funded through...
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...
ActivBowls are back outdoors!
ActivLives bowls sessions are about to go back outdoors for the summer season. We start back at the Kesgrave Community Centre, IP5 1JF, on Tuesday 10 May, 10.30-12.30. It’s a lovely green to play on with plenty of space. The session fee is £4.50. We have spare...
Inclusive Badminton continues to grow with ActivLives
The latest ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament was held recently at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, with 23 athletes competing in both singles and doubles events. The standard of play was excellent throughout the day with some extremely close matches deciding...
Back to Boccia with ActivLives
The ActivLives ‘Boccia Festival’, held recently at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, saw some brilliant performances from all of the 13 competing teams. The event was an opportunity for players, with a disability, to showcase their skills and team work in this most...
News from ActivSinging
Fantastic news…
Julie Stokes ActivLives CEO was on the Mark Murphy BBC Radio Suffolk show this morning 16/3/22, as ActivLives was shortlisted for the High Sheriff Awards - East of England Co-op – Supporting the Isolated Award. ActivLives was shortlisted with two other amazing...
ActivLives has been shortlisted for High Sheriff Awards 2022
ActivLives has just heard some brilliant news – we have been shortlisted for the Suffolk Community Foundation - High Sheriff Awards 2022. There were 130 nominations and we have been shortlisted with two other organisations for the East of England Coop – Supporting the...
CANCELLED Health Walk – Christchurch Mansion 21 Feb 2022
Please note that the Health Walk planned for Monday 21 February in Christchurch Park has been cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions.
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