Swimmers have started arriving home after the European DSISO Swimming Championships in Sardinia and many with medals. One of the people competing was Billy Birchmore who swam as an Independent. Billy won 7 Gold Medals out of his 7 races – amazing! We were lucky enough to ask Billy some questions about his achievements and […]
Let’s Talk About Relationships and Sex
The Information and Training Team have spent much of the last year developing a new eight week training course package for adults with Down’s syndrome covering all aspects of relationships and sex education (RSE). Whilst most people with Down’s syndrome will have had access to some form of RSE at school, the timescales of these […]
Down2Earth – September Meeting
It was lovely to see everyone on Sunday after our summer break! We swapped news of our holidays and our members had been very busy with all sorts of fun activities, doing amazing drawings, going abroad, birthday parties and playing and watching football. We then talked about what it means to our members to have […]
What I’ve been doing this summer
by Kate Powell, Down2Earth Magazine editor Hello I am Kate…I’m here to talk about the summer holidays that I have been on. I went to Kosovo with the Larandina dance group. It went very well. We performed on stage and met some friendly people. I also went to Bognor Regis with the Baked Bean group […]
Riding high: Super Steve reaches the top of the world!
He took a trusty Royal Enfield Bullet motorbike and rode it along some of the most challenging terrain in the high passes of the Himalayas in India.
An update on our Leisure and Fitness training workshops
DSActive have been a CIMSPA Skills Development partner for the past six months. CIMSPA is the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector and provides leadership, support and empowerment for professionals working in sport and physical activity and a single unified voice for the sector. Last summer, DSActive ran a research […]
A day in the life of an athlete – by Charlotte Cox
This is a guest blog from Charlotte. She is a World Champion and World Record holder in many different athletics events. We asked Charlotte to tell us a bit about how she prepares for her events and her experience at the IAADS European Championships in Finland… I like to make sure I am prepared, organised, […]
Meet James…
How would you describe yourself? I’m fun, quirky, flirty, dashingly handsome, friendly and helpful. Do you live at home? No, I moved out to my flat a few years ago. I live alone now. Where do you work? What do you do? I work for The Fire and Rescue Service. I am an admin assistant […]
Nutrition Top Tips
To celebrate the launch of our new Health Swap app, over the coming weeks we will be posting blogs all about nutrition. This second blog will go over some top tips for eating a healthy and balanced diet. Eating a healthy and balanced diet is important for maintaining a healthy weight, and it will give […]
Down2Earth – July Meeting
We had a really great meeting on Sunday – our last before the summer break! As always, we started by sharing all our news of parties, work and how much people are looking forward to their holidays. We were very lucky to have a special guest this month, Andrew Self, who appeared on TV on […]
