The Down’s Syndrome Association’s DSActive programme has been selected as one of three schemes to be given a share of the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to improve older and disabled people’s lives through innovative technology. The DSActive team will be developing a nutrition app specifically […]
WPBSA Announces New Partnership with DSActive The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is today pleased to announce a new partnership with DSActive which will see both organisations work together to provide opportunities for people with Down’s syndrome to participate in snooker. Administered by the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA), the programme aims to provide […]
At the end of November, our DSActive team visited Middlesbrough to run our coach education workshop and to watch the Borobility Down’s syndrome football session. One of the main aims of DSActive is to provide education to coaches around the country in many different sports or activities, increasing knowledge about Down’s syndrome as a condition and […]
On a beautiful winter’s morning, one of the DSActive Sports Officers went up to Cambridge and St Albans to see two brilliantly run sessions and meet the people behind their success. Cambridge United run a multitude of disability sessions over the weekend, with the Down’s syndrome session going from strength to strength. The session started […]
Ben loves sport and recently earned his level 1 coaching assistant award! His mum Hayley kindly wrote this blog to tell us about how his coaches have supported him with his tennis…
This is a guest blog from Mark. He attends the DSActive athletics session with Exeter Harries as a volunteer coach and has just achieved his Level 1 coaching qualification in athletics! We caught up with Mark to find out how he got on with the course… Mark, can you tell us a little bit about […]
On 3 November, the Charlton Upbeats played a match against Sutton Utd FC at Sutton’s ground, Gander Green Lane. There were over 50 people in attendance for the match. The Charlton Upbeats were special guests for the day and were the main feature in the Sutton Utd vs Dagenham & Redbridge match day programme. The teams […]
DSActive recently had a chat with Anna and Dan. They wanted to discuss their active lives. Q. Please could you tell us a bit about yourself? Anna: My name is Anna Docker. I like swimming. I am sporting. Dan: My name is Dan. I am 28 years old. I like going on holiday. I like […]
The DSActive team are no strangers to the motorways of the country, and last week 2 of them headed down the M5 to Devon to present at the Better Health, Better Lives event held at Hannah’s at Seale-Hayne. The event was for people with a learning disability to find out more about keeping well and […]
Since 2008, the England Athletics National Awards and Hall of Fame Evening has seen a plethora of phenomenal athletes and commentators whose words and phrases accompany some of the greatest sporting moments within the sport of athletics, inducted into the Hall of Fame. The evening is also a chance to celebrate new young athletes who will […]
