by Alexa Dizon, Head of Fundraising & Events In my 14 years working at the DSA, I’ve taken part in some pretty tough challenges but nothing compares to Saturday’s Jurassic Coast Challenge. The weather forecast all week had said that it was going to be cooler and we were expecting a cloudy day…perfect weather conditions […]
This is a guest blog written by Danielle. Earlier this year Danielle took on her first half marathon with her dad and her sister. These are her own words about how the day went… My name is Danielle, last year I decided I wanted to do a half marathon. I started training and did some […]
Miles is the eldest son of Tracy, one half of signing-and-singing duo Singing Hands, and here she shares his story and how their family’s journey influenced the creation of Singing Hands. To mark the launch of their new DVD we’re honoured to share their story here… Miles was born in 1999. I remember feeling very […]
This summer the DSActive team are launching our DSActive athletic sessions. The first session to launch was our running group in Manchester, the second is with athletics club Exeter Harriers in Devon. One of the DSActive team popped along for the very first session. The Exeter Harriers are an athletics club which was founded back […]
We had a great meeting in London last weekend. 21 Down2Eearth members came and we welcomed some new volunteers. We talked with each other about what helps us to be healthy. We thought about our Annual Health Checks. Some of us think we are not included in the discussion with our doctor as much as […]
Summer can bring many happy changes: longer evenings, lots of sunshine and warmer weather. For the DSActive team, summer means that the tennis season is well underway! Recently, the DSActive team paid a visit to Portsmouth to run a DSActive tennis festival with John and his excellent team at Portsmouth Tennis Centre. The festival started […]
The DSActive team recently visited a tennis session at Shooters Hill Tennis Club. The coaches started with a group warm-up which involved all the players and some of their parents. The warm-up activity was called handball and each player was demonstrating fundamental movements such as throwing the balls, catching the balls and running with the […]
Many of our WorkFit employers choose to support our work in a range of ways alongside employing candidates. We were delighted to visit the Marine Hotel in Devon recently to collect a cheque for their fundraising efforts in 2017. The hotel has raised a fantastic £1,172 from the sale of raffle tickets during their “Tinsel […]
Christopher’s story…by his mum, Mary I was told that Christopher has Down’s syndrome within hours of his birth. At that time, what I knew about Down’s syndrome would have fitted on the back of a postage stamp. The hospital had no literature to give me on the subject so their health visitor contacted the Down’s […]
This summer the DSActive team, with the support of England Athletics, are launching athletics sessions!
