We have seen the nation take disability sport to their hearts at a national level through the Paralympics and events like the Devon Ability Games gives the chance for many athletes with a disability or impairment to shine at a local level.
The Devon Ability Games are held twice a year around the county and are an inspiring Olympic legacy.
This time it is the Plymouth Life Centre that plays host to the Games on 29th January and 500 youngsters are expected to take part and have their chance to shine. With figures suggesting that 72% of people with a disability never take part...
January is traditionally a bumper month for active resolutions and the Sport England national campaign This Girl Can in association with Active Devon will be encouraging women of all shapes and sizes to try out lots of different ways of getting active.
During a whole month of visits, workshops and other celebratory activities, Active Devon the County Sports Partnership whose emphasis is on grassroots informal community sport & informal activity are especially keen to ensure that local classes and active sessions are really tailored to the needs of women who may be starting out...
An exciting campaign to make Exeter the most active city in the South West stepped into gear.
Get Active Exeter is a growing partnership of public and private sector organisations, including local media, large employers and councils, who have joined together in a bid to make the city the most active in the South West by 2018.
A programme of activity will run over three years, and will include 90 different get active projects across the city.
For the first phase of activity, large local employers like EDF Energy and Exeter City Council will be targeted for workplace...
An initiative to get more adults in Exeter active has today (1 October) received a massive financial boost.
Get Active Exeter, whose ambition is to make Exeter the most active city in the South West by 2018, has been given a £130,000 grant from Sport England.
Get Active Exeter is a multi-sports partnership led by Exeter City Council, Exeter Health and Wellbeing Board and Active Devon, set up to get more adults in Exeter involved in physical activity.
The partnership will motivate and engage new people in Exeter to take part in regular sport and physical activity. It...
Rugby excitement gripped school children today with just one day until the start of the Rugby World Cup 2015. Primary aged children had their very own spectacular and colourful rugby world cup relay festival to mark the start of the tournament. The main festival site was at West Exe School but the fun wasn't only there!
Eight schools took part in the event which was organised by the RWC15 legacy group a partnership led by local primary schools, Mike Barratt, Active Devon, Exeter City Council, rugby clubs and other local partners.
There is guaranteed fun to be had on Sunday 19th July at Exeter Quay and the Piazza for the 3rd annual Active Exeter Summer Festival.
Each year hundreds of people come along to enjoy the free activities on offer, but this year there is a playful twist to the event. It may not have escaped people’s notice that in less than 80 days time, the South West will host rugby teams from around the world as Exeter transforms into a Rugby World Cup host city. To celebrate this momentous tournament, for one year only, the Active Exeter Summer event becomes a Festival of Rugby celebration, so...
Active Exeter at the Quay to have an exciting rugby twist! There is guaranteed fun to be had on Sunday 19th July at Exeter Quay and the Piazza for the 3rd annual Active Exeter Summer Festival. Each year hundreds of people come along to enjoy the free activities on offer, but this year there is a playful twist to the event. It may not have escaped people’s notice that in less than 80 days time, the South West will host rugby teams from around the world as Exeter transforms into a Rugby World Cup host city. To celebrate this momentous tournament, for one year only, the Active Exeter Summer...
Once again this summer, Exeter will see Ping! table tennis tables springing up in public places around Exeter as part of the National Table Tennis Association’s Ping! initiative.
Active Devon, the local organisers ensured that last year’s event was a runaway success with over 30,000 people from across Exeter enjoying table tennis for free over the summer.
The countdown to this year’s big launch in June is now underway and Active Devon would like some fun loving helPing! hands over the summer.
Those who are interested in a spot of volunteering are invited to enjoy...
The legacy of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics lives on in Devon with over 2,000 young people competing at this year’s Devon Summer School Games.
The Games are taking place on Wednesday 24th June in Plymouth across the some of its most iconic sporting sites.
These sites include the Plymouth Life Centre, Central Park, Plymouth Albion RFC and The Brickfields Recreational Ground. Plymouth School Sport Partnership are hosting the Games in conjunction with Active Devon, with support from RELAYS.
The Games are part of the national Sainsbury's School Games programme and...
People all over Devon are putting their trainers, shoes and boots on and taking to the streets and pathways of their towns and villages in celebration of Devon Walking for Health Week from 13th-19th April.
Walking for Health is a successful national partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and the Ramblers to promote walking as a free, fun and inclusive form of regular exercise for all ages. Although walks happen every week all around Devon, the Celebration Week focuses on nine established walks from Tavistock to Silverton where walkers will be winding through their local...
