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Badgers’ Ten Year Anniversary

…ey have played football against the Eastenders cast, played tournaments in Hong Kong and Norway and hosted the very first Football Association and DSActive Football tournament. They have also grown, with over fifty young people attending their weekly Football and Tennis programmes. They celebrated their 10 year anniversary in style, with a tournament held at their brand new state of the art indoor football facility at Motspur Park. In attendance w…

Support us

…ontact us: By Post   Please make cheques payable to the “Down’s Syndrome Association” and send to:- DSActive Down’s Syndrome Association Langdon Down Centre 2a Langdon Park Teddington TW11 9PS By Phone Call us on 0333 121 2300 to make a donation over the phone. Ask for the fundraising department and please ensure you make it clear the donation is for DSActive….

Crystal Palace v Norwich, Saturday 18 March 2017

…talking about what football teams they support. Khash kept holding up his phone, teasing me with his Chelsea screen saver…Brandon and I are both Liverpool supporters. Brandon then teased Khash saying “Chelsea lose next week”. At one point Cosmin got a little home sick; Khash sat next to him and reassured him that it wouldn’t be too long till we all got home. Khash was so sweet; he offered Cosmin his phone to listen to some music. When we got back…

Exeter Harriers launch second DSActive Athletics session

…1904 and is based just outside the city centre of Exeter. The club has over 800 members, with ages ranging from 8 to 80 and they agreed to run one of the first athletics sessions. The DSActive team ran athletics summer camps last year which proved to be so popular they decided to launch athletics as their next official sport. The very first session took place under a clear blue sky at the athletics track at Exeter Arena and the session was taken b…

A review of 2019

…hes have attended a DSActive workshop this year, and we’ve already started booking up for next year’s workshops! Elite sport The last few years, the DSActive team have worked hard to increase the number of people with Down’s syndrome playing sport. Now we need to ensure that there are pathways in place for our athletes who want to compete nationally and even internationally. The DSActive team have been working with UK Sports Association for people…

Book Your Place For DSActive Summer Multi-Skills Athletics Camp 2018

…5 & 26 July 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 & 30 August Days: Wednesdays & Thursdays (over summer holiday) Time: 10:00AM to 3:00PM Venue: Tooting & Mitcham Utd FC, Imperial Fields, Bishopsford Rd, Morden, SM4 6BF Ages: 5+ Cost: £15 per person per day Booking: For more information and to book your place, please contact Emma O’Connor from DSActive Team via email or via telephone 0333 1212 300 A big thank you to City Bridge Trust for funding this spor…

Bookings open for DSActive Summer Camps!

…3DA If you would like to book a place on the Summer Camp, please request a booking form and return via email: dsactive@downs-syndrome.org.uk or postal address: Down’s Syndrome Association, DSActive, Langdon Down Centre, 2a Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS A big thank you to The Light Fund and City Bridge Trust for funding this sports programme. To find out more about City Bridge Trust, please link here or more about The Light Fund, please link he…

DSActive National Tennis Festival 2019

…roughout the day. At the same time as the festival, Johanna Konta (British Number 1) and Katie Swan (British Number 6) were training on the clay courts. Fulham Badgers Tennis Disability Co-ordinator, Katy said: “Saturday’s DSActive Tennis Festival was a great event for our Fulham Badgers Tennis Players to participate in, as it gave them a real purpose for their sessions. Quite a few of our DSActive Tennis players have not had the experience of pla…