ActivLives News
This is where we share our stories, community achievements and job opportunities!
General ActivLives News
Job vacancy – ActivGardens Operations Officer
£14 per hour (approx. £27,375pa). 37.5 hours per week Initial fixed term contract for 12 months, with any extension subject to continued funding. ActivLives is seeking a motivated, qualified, passionate and experienced person to supervise and co-ordinate its thriving,...
Thank you to Sudbury in Bloom!
ActivLives staff and volunteers were happy to receive a water bowser kindly donated by Sudbury in Bloom, to keep Belle Vue Park well-watered over the hot Summer months. It was fantastic to meet the Mayor Sue Ayres, who kindly attended the hand-over over the water...
ActivLives meets Active Lives!
ActivLives Step by Step Better Balance falls prevention sessions have re-opened at many of our venues and it is great to see people back in person participating in their activity session and improving their co-ordination, strength and balance, whilst enjoying each...
News from ActivGardens
Job vacancy – ActivGardens Operations Officer
£14 per hour (approx. £27,375pa). 37.5 hours per week Initial fixed term contract for 12 months, with any extension subject to continued funding. ActivLives is seeking a motivated, qualified, passionate and experienced person to supervise and co-ordinate its thriving,...
Thank you to Sudbury in Bloom!
ActivLives staff and volunteers were happy to receive a water bowser kindly donated by Sudbury in Bloom, to keep Belle Vue Park well-watered over the hot Summer months. It was fantastic to meet the Mayor Sue Ayres, who kindly attended the hand-over over the water...
Help us raise £500 through the Asda Green Token scheme
We’re very happy to reveal that we've been chosen for Green Token Giving scheme at Asda Stoke Park. This amazing opportunity could be vital in helping us to continue our outreach and community work over the next few months. Voting is online and you can choose to give...
500 Strawberry plants… cream teas incoming!
We'd like to say a huge thank you to Andrew Sturgeon at Lindsey Lodge Farm for donating 500 strawberry plants to the ActivGardens. It was a fantastic surprise and we've put the plants in our Chantry Walled Garden where we have enough space to store them. We've put our...
High Sheriff of Suffolk visits the People’s Community Garden
We were thrilled to be visited by the High Sheriff of Suffolk at our People's Community Garden, it was fantastic to welcome him on what was his first official visit as High Sheriff. He took a tour of the gardens and explored our poly tunnels, Cress pavilion,...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – Nature
It's great to see that this year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘Nature’. Here at ActivLives we can see how our Community Garden Projects, the People’s Community Garden, Chantry Walled Garden and our Sudbury Project have helped our staff and volunteers to...
News from ActivHubs
ActivLives meets Active Lives!
ActivLives Step by Step Better Balance falls prevention sessions have re-opened at many of our venues and it is great to see people back in person participating in their activity session and improving their co-ordination, strength and balance, whilst enjoying each...
Help us raise £500 through the Asda Green Token scheme
We’re very happy to reveal that we've been chosen for Green Token Giving scheme at Asda Stoke Park. This amazing opportunity could be vital in helping us to continue our outreach and community work over the next few months. Voting is online and you can choose to give...
All zoomed out.
Last week our Step by Step Better Balance Zoom sessions came to an end, ActivLives have delivered around 70 zoom exercise sessions since the beginning of this year and these have been regularly attended by our members on a weekly basis. Our instructors Del and Jo have...
Cash 4 Charities… we need your help!
The East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star have set up a brand-new initiative called Cash 4 Charities. It’s a campaign created to support local charities that have been hit by the pandemic and ActivLives has signed up. There’s a chance for us to receive a share...
Step By Step Falls Prevention
We have continued with our Better Balance exercise sessions over Zoom and these run on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning with our instructors Del and Jo. Although we are all missing meeting at our face to face sessions we are grateful for Zoom as an alternative...
Mothers Day is Blooming…
Brighten up your mum’s special day with a spring display from The Chantry Walled Garden
News from ActivSports
Help us raise £500 through the Asda Green Token scheme
We’re very happy to reveal that we've been chosen for Green Token Giving scheme at Asda Stoke Park. This amazing opportunity could be vital in helping us to continue our outreach and community work over the next few months. Voting is online and you can choose to give...
Has your world turned upside down?
Yep, so has ours! But we are gradually getting our ActivSport programme back on the road. We have recently re-introduced Lawn Bowls, Walking Football, Boccia and Yoga sessions back onto the growing list of returning activities. All of these sessions have Covid-19...
‘Boccia is back’ with ActivLives
You know that things are gradually getting back to how they were before Covid-19, when the boccia balls come out once again! ActivLives have recently re-started their regular boccia sessions, with Avenues East, in Ipswich and Stowmarket. The sessions have been adapted...
Inclusive Badminton is back!
The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton group, based in Ipswich, is now back playing weekly as part of the gradual return to activity for our ActivSport programme. The session, which is targeted at adults who have a learning disability, is able to return indoors as part of...
Cash 4 Charities… we need your help!
The East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star have set up a brand-new initiative called Cash 4 Charities. It’s a campaign created to support local charities that have been hit by the pandemic and ActivLives has signed up. There’s a chance for us to receive a share...
Mothers Day is Blooming…
Brighten up your mum’s special day with a spring display from The Chantry Walled Garden
News from ActivSinging
Help us raise £500 through the Asda Green Token scheme
We’re very happy to reveal that we've been chosen for Green Token Giving scheme at Asda Stoke Park. This amazing opportunity could be vital in helping us to continue our outreach and community work over the next few months. Voting is online and you can choose to give...
Cash 4 Charities… we need your help!
The East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star have set up a brand-new initiative called Cash 4 Charities. It’s a campaign created to support local charities that have been hit by the pandemic and ActivLives has signed up. There’s a chance for us to receive a share...
Still zooming…
Our Activsingers are still Zooming every two weeks, singing together online and also logging on at the weekend for a fortnightly quiz which has been very popular. Its now been over a year since we have all sung together in the same room, however we are hoping to get...
News from ActivSuffolk
Help us raise £500 through the Asda Green Token scheme
We’re very happy to reveal that we've been chosen for Green Token Giving scheme at Asda Stoke Park. This amazing opportunity could be vital in helping us to continue our outreach and community work over the next few months. Voting is online and you can choose to give...
Cash 4 Charities… we need your help!
The East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star have set up a brand-new initiative called Cash 4 Charities. It’s a campaign created to support local charities that have been hit by the pandemic and ActivLives has signed up. There’s a chance for us to receive a share...
Charity joins with local garden centre to help schools grow
ActivLives’ gardening project is taking ‘Get Gardening’ kits into schools in and around Sudbury with the support of Perrywood garden centre. The kits contain vegetable seeds, a bag of compost, an indoor cress-growing activity, and wildflower seeds and clay to make...
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