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…
Tennis star Ben earns his level 1 coaching assistant award
Luke’s dancing success
Luke’s dance teacher at Dance 21 got in touch with us to tell us about his success after he won the Bam Bam Boogies Dance Battle in Essex. He was also awarded the Brian Jiggins Award, something Dance 21 gives out termly to their dancers. Here is a little bit more about Luke and what he […]
I’m ‘the face’ of the Special Olympic Games 2021!
Shauna Hogan is no stranger to the spotlight. Her swimming career has seen her competing as far away as Los Angeles and Puerto Rico. She has now been chosen to be the face of the Special Olympic Games when it comes to Liverpool in 2021. She’s won countless medals and awards, and tells us what […]
Meet Mark…
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 […]
Free running – my interesting (and adventurous) hobby!
This is a guest blog from Aaron. He’s 14 and has a rather interesting hobby – free running! We’ll let him tell you about it… So what is free running? It is basically trying to get from A to B in the quickest way, and involves climbing, jumping and running. I love watching parkour videos […]
A London Derby – Charlton Upbeats vs Sutton Utd FC
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 […]
Meet Charlie…
Meet Charlie…one of the stars of Channel 4’s new series ‘Alone At Home’
Q&A with Anna and Dan
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 […]
DSA Having a Voice® Down2Earth meeting – November 2018
Last Sunday, after introducing ourselves and catching up on our news, we had a very special visitor to Down to Earth… Lee Ryan, from the band Blue, who has recently appeared in Eastenders and the current series of Strictly Come Dancing, joined us for an exciting day! After saying hello via Skype to our Having […]
The Ups and Downs of the Camino, with my brother
This is a guest blog written by Lucas McCallum Suarez The Camino is a 118km walk from Sarria to Santiago. In July this year I began my second Camino. This time was different from the last as I was doing it with my brother, Nicky, who has Down’s syndrome. I had mixed feelings about doing the […]
