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…one of the stars of Channel 4’s new series ‘Alone At Home’
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 […]
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 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 […]
Public Health Wales recently released the latest version of their leaflet ‘Information for women offered further tests for suspected chromosomal conditions’. This document is designed for women who have chosen to take up the offer of screening and who have received a higher chance screening result. We believe it is imperative that the official information provided to […]
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 […]
by Kate Powell, Down2Earth Magazine editor Places that I have been plus one thing I like about that place: Macedonia – I liked educating children with learning disabilities and Down’s syndrome. North Carolina, United States of America – I liked seeing family and traveling around Lourdes, France – I went on a Pilgrim Trust trip […]
Newham and Essex Beagles have launched a new DSActive athletics session in Newham, East London. This is the first DSActive athletics session in London. The athletics club run a variety of sessions for the local community and the president of the club is British Olympic Champion, Christine Ohuruogu, who won gold at Beijing 2008 and silver […]
