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ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament
The next ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament is coming soon to Ipswich. The event, which will be held at Gainsborough Sports Centre and targeted at athletes who have an intellectual (learning) disability, has been sanctioned by Special Olympics GB and will be...
Boccia – sounds like ‘gotcha’!
ActivLives held another Inclusive Boccia Tournament recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre, in Ipswich. The event attracted 40 competitors, who played a total of 85 ends of boccia, over 30 matches, scoring 185 points. There were over 70 people attending the event,...
Pick out a plant in time for Mother’s Day at our Charity sale!
Where: Chantry Walled Garden, Chantry Park, Ipswich IP2 0BS When: Thursday 7 March 2024 from 10am to 2pm Access: Parking is in the Sue Ryder car park – location details at the bottom of this webpage: https://activlives.org.uk/activgardens/chantry-walled-garden/ Join...
News from ActivGardens
Join us for launch of our new range of plants!
Where: ActivLives Chantry Walled Garden, Chantry Park, Ipswich IP2 0BS When: Thursday 9th May 2024 from 10am to 2pm Access: Nearest parking is in Chantry Park car park, which is near the mansion off Hadleigh Road – location details at the bottom of this webpage:...
Pick out a plant in time for Mother’s Day at our Charity sale!
Where: Chantry Walled Garden, Chantry Park, Ipswich IP2 0BS When: Thursday 7 March 2024 from 10am to 2pm Access: Parking is in the Sue Ryder car park – location details at the bottom of this webpage: https://activlives.org.uk/activgardens/chantry-walled-garden/ Join...
Spring Season Plant Sale
Head to Chantry Walled Garden on Thursday 7 March for the ActivGardens Spring Plant Sale, join us between 10am-2pm. Take a look around enjoy this lovely site, the hidden gem of Chantry Park and take the opportunity to buy a few plants for your garden at knock-down...
Time to Talk Day 2024
Thursday 1 February 2024 is Time to Talk Day, it's the nations's biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Much of ActivLive's activities...
Cancelled – Walton Better Balance Tuesday 9 January
Please note that Better Balance in Walton has been cancelled on Tuesday 9th January We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Happy New Year from ActivLives
Everyone at ActivLives would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We're back up and running for 2024 and it would be lovely to see you at one of our activities. There are loads of different things to choose from so if you wanted to get involved in some sport, improve...
News from ActivHubs
Time to Talk Day 2024
Thursday 1 February 2024 is Time to Talk Day, it's the nations's biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Much of ActivLive's activities...
Cancelled – Walton Better Balance Tuesday 9 January
Please note that Better Balance in Walton has been cancelled on Tuesday 9th January We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Happy New Year from ActivLives
Everyone at ActivLives would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We're back up and running for 2024 and it would be lovely to see you at one of our activities. There are loads of different things to choose from so if you wanted to get involved in some sport, improve...
AGM 2023 Photos
Thank you everyone who enjoyed the AGM last week. It was a lovely afternoon and great to hear the charity is in good shape. Once the formal part of the meeting was completed we were entertained by our amazing ActivSingers, who sung a fantastic medley of songs that...
A big thank you to Ipswich Wanderers!
A huge thank you to Ipswich Wanderers FC for choosing ActivLives as their ‘Charity of the Season 23 – 24’. It was great to see the sign in situ and lovely to meet everyone at the Sponsors Lunch. We kickstarted the fundraising year with a fun Quiz Night in August and I...
World Mental Health Day
Tuesday 10 October is World Mental Health Day and regular exercise has been shown to have many positive benefits to physical and mental health. Physical activity can help with mood, managing stress, anxiety, better sleep, self esteem, connecting with people and...
News from ActivSport
ActivLives badminton players successful in Gillingham
Members of the ActivLives Inclusive Badminton groups, competed successfully at a Para-Disability Badminton tournament held recently in Gillingham, Kent. The event was hosted by Kent Badminton, in partnership with Badminton England and was attended by the President of...
ActivLives hosts Kurling Competition
ActivLives recently hosted a New Age Kurling Competition at Gainsborough Sports Centre. For our competition we invited various Kurling groups from Ipswich and Felixstowe to come together for a day of fun and activity. We had a total of 38 participants taking part in...
ActivLives holds successful Inclusive Badminton Tournament in Ipswich
The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament was held recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. The event, delivered by ActivLives, in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk, was a tremendous success with 26 competitors from inclusive groups in...
ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament
The next ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament is coming soon to Ipswich. The event, which will be held at Gainsborough Sports Centre and targeted at athletes who have an intellectual (learning) disability, has been sanctioned by Special Olympics GB and will be...
Boccia – sounds like ‘gotcha’!
ActivLives held another Inclusive Boccia Tournament recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre, in Ipswich. The event attracted 40 competitors, who played a total of 85 ends of boccia, over 30 matches, scoring 185 points. There were over 70 people attending the event,...
Upcoming New Age Kurling Competition
A New Age Kurling Competition is being hosted in Ipswich by ActivLives on Tuesday 19th March, 10am-2pm at Gainsborough Sports Centre, Brazier’s Wood Road, IP3 0SP. New Age Kurling is an adapted version of the Olympic sport, Curling. Whether you have played New Age...
News from ActivSinging
Time to Talk Day 2024
Thursday 1 February 2024 is Time to Talk Day, it's the nations's biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Much of ActivLive's activities...
Cancelled – Walton Better Balance Tuesday 9 January
Please note that Better Balance in Walton has been cancelled on Tuesday 9th January We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Happy New Year from ActivLives
Everyone at ActivLives would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We're back up and running for 2024 and it would be lovely to see you at one of our activities. There are loads of different things to choose from so if you wanted to get involved in some sport, improve...
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