Defiant sports

At 2 events today! The memories by sea mini market on the seafront, pop and grab some tombola tickets! Also at Eastbourne Sports Park supporting the bike ability and Inspire 4All 500 Mile Challenge with free sporty games. Pop and say hi!

Image description. Image 1 shows the tombola table at the mini market. Image 2 shows the track and flags at the inspire event.

Don't forget to fill in the Eastbourne Seafront Strategy 2050 and let the council know how important accessibility is! ♿

You can find the survey here: https://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/SeafrontStrategy

Image Description: A collage of seaside photos and the Towner Art gallery with the words "Eastbourne Seafront Strategy 2025" in the middle.

An update on parking at this year's Eastbourne Festival of Accessible Sport!

Parking Update!

For this year's event, we'll have a few spots on the festival's doorstep which will be reserved for blue badge holders on a first come, first served basis on the day. This car park will be stationed by a member of the team.

For everyone else, there will be parking spaces in the surrounding residential area.

Don't forget to pre-book your tickets here: https://eequ.org/experience/3723

Image Description: A screenshot of a map of the Archery Recreation Ground showing the blue badge holder parking is located just behind the old changing room building accessible via Willoughby Crescent.

Unfortunately, we will be cancelling our Cardio Tennis session due to low attendance.

If you would like the session to return, make sure to register your interest on eequ here: https://eequ.org/experience/2544

If enough people register, we will bring the session back.

Image Description: The word "Cancelled" stamped diagonally in red.

You don't want to miss the Memories-By-Sea Mini Market this Saturday! 🌊🍟

There'll be a bunch of great stalls along the promenade just outside the Memories-By-Sea fish and chip shop for you to enjoy. Make sure to pop along between 11am - 4pm.

We are incredibly grateful that stall rental and money raised from the tombola will be donated to us.

If you have anything to donate for the tombola, please drop it off at our Inclusion Hub in the Archery Rec this Wednesday between 10am - 6pm.

Image Description: A poster for the Memories-By-Sea Mini Market event that says the event will be this Saturday if the weather allows. It also states the event is in association with Meads Makers Market.

Want to sing, whoop, and move!? 🎶🤪🕺

Then we have the perfect group for you!

Swoove Stars with Jo run active, inclusive and incredibly fun swoove sessions every Monday and Thursday!

The accessible session costs £5 per person (carers come free) and takes place at Mortain Place Care Home, BN23 6JF on Mondays, and Inspire Social Hub, BN21 1JJ on Thursdays. Both sessions run from 6pm - 7pm.

Image description: A poster for Swoove Star with Jo's weekly sessions saying "Come along and have lots of fun and laughter in this loud and lively dance class.". It also states you should wear trainers and bring a water bottle. The rest of the information can be found above.

It's been busy busy over at the Inclusion Hub 🪚🚧

The wonderful team at DBS Ltd have been working hard to turn the old changing room into an accessible community area for us - and the lovely Nigel has made us a canopy!

Check out the progress they've made so far!

Image descriptions: Various pictures showing rubble and stripped-back parts of the old changing room at the Archery Recreation Ground - such as walls missing with support beams visible. Other images show a canopy made out of tarp and wood on the sports court, as well as an image showing a skip on the grass outside the venue.

Dear All,

As we approach the summer holidays, we wanted to provide an important update regarding our sessions. In past years, we have experienced low attendance during this period and have thus opted to cancel sessions. We recognize, however, that some of you still wish to attend these sessions.

To accommodate everyone, we will keep the sessions bookable on our EEQU page. Sessions will run if we have a minimum of 12 participants booked one week before the scheduled date. If the minimum number of participants is not reached, we will process refunds and notify you of the cancellation.

This policy will be in effect from the week commencing 29th July until the week commencing 2nd September and is relevant to the following sessions:

- Home Ed Sport & Play: https://eequ.org/experience/2543
- Football 4 All: https://eequ.org/experience/8611
- Basketball 4 All https://eequ.org/experience/2550

All other sessions will be continuing as standard.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding as we strive to maintain sustainable operations.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. You can book sessions by clicking the links above.

Best regards, Team Defiant

Image description: A graphic of a megaphone with a speech bubble that reads "Important".

Want to try some visually impaired cricket for free? 🏏

are running their 12 - 25 year olds Super 1s VI Cricket session for free over in Hove, so make sure to grab your space before they fill up!

The session takes place on the 3rd of August from 2pm - 4pm at Sussex County Ground, Eaten Road, Hove (meet at FamZone reception).

To book your space, email [email protected] before the 31st of July.

Image Description: A poster for the Super 1s VI session with the tagline 'Challenge Yourself. Be More Active. Improve your Skills. Make New Friends'. Their website is www.lordstaverners.org/super1s . all other information is detailed above.

We've been having a blast running Home Ed Sport & Play and Boccia & Kurling down at the new Inclusion Hub today! 🏀🔴🔵⚪

It's been lovely to be out in the sunshine getting active and social.

And the best part is, our Hub is only going to get better from here!

Check out our timetable on our website to see what you could join in on: https://defiantsports.org.uk/35344-2/

Image Description: Image one shows a bunch of players and our coaches playing basketball and chatting amongst themselves at our new venue. Image two shows a large group of players enjoying a game on boccia on a mat at our new venue.

Have you been to our Youth Club session before?

It's for those aged 12 and over to get social, active and make the most out of our fantastic equipment!

Now that we're at the Archery Recreation Ground, we have access to a massive outside court full of exciting ways to engage with sport and have a great time!

The session takes place every Wednesday at the Inclusion Hub from 4:30pm - 6:00pm and costs £6 per person. Pay on the day or book online here: https://eequ.org/experience/2542

Image description: A player winding up to kick a football at our old venue.

Check out 'England Score Goals', the charity song by in support of Alzheimer's Society!

Listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/3EqrJlsYS3I?si=SlTISvTydsil4xO7

Donate to support Alzheimer's Society here: https://shorturl.at/OCPR8

You might notice a familiar face in the music video!

Image description: The 'England Score Goals' video's thumbnail. It shows Steve Hopper dressed in an England football uniform with the English and Italian flags behind him.

We are thrilled to announce the Eastbourne Festival of Accessible Sport 2024! ♿⚽🎾

The annual event is an opportunity to showcase all the great, local inclusive sports providers, charities and more. They'll be activities led by us and various local organisations.

To stay up to date with everything EFAS 24, make sure to follow the Eastbourne Festival of Accessible Sport page.

Pre-book your free tickets to get a free retro wristband here: https://eequ.org/experience/3723

Image description: A poster for the Eastbourne Festival of Accessible Sport 2024. It details what is written above as well as the event's location being Defiant Sports Inclusion Hub, Archery Recreation Ground, BN22 8RA; the event's date being Saturday the 7th of September from 10am to 4pm; and lastly, that the event is free to attend.

Over the summer, we are planning to start work on our community garden. Want to get involved? 🌱☀️🙏

We'll be turning the grassy area in front of our new venue into a garden that anyone can come along and help grow. All produce grown will be available to the community for free.

We hope this project will be a way to bring communities together and help feed those who need it.

If you are interested in joining in, join the group's WhatsApp through the following link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LGyfikuNcHm8gakXJFmh3u

Image description: The Defiant Sports logo surrounded by graphics of plants.

Looking for a fun way to stay healthy? ❤️‍🩹

Why not try our fully accesible Cardio Tennis session? It's - as you may have guessed - a tennis session based around moving and breaking a sweat. The best part? It's so fun, you'll forget you're exercising! 🏃‍♂️💨🎾

Don't worry though, the session is tailored to those in attendance, and every activity will be adapted to ensure you're not pushing yourself too hard.

It runs every Saturday from 11am - 12pm at Fishermans Green Tennis Courts and costs £4 per person. For more information and booking, go to https://eequ.org/experience/2544

Please note, booking is not required. you are more than welcome to show up and pay on the day.

Image Description: Lots of players engaging in a tennis game where they rally between courts.

Want to flex your musical muscles? 🎸🎺🎧

AudioActive's free Beats & Bars session is a great way for young poeple to develop their skills at music making. 🎵

The sessions will be running every Tuesday from 5:30pm - 7pm at Leaf Hall, 51 Seaside, Eastbourne BN22 7NB.

Sign up here: https://audioactive.org.uk/get-involved

Image Description: A poster for AudioActive's Eastbourne Beats and Bars sessions detailing the information written above.

What a busy weekend!

Running tennis activities in Eastbourne's town centre as part of LTA - Tennis For Britain's Eastbourne Tennis Week for Rothesay International. 🎾🌍

Providing free activities for all at this year's Camper Marmalade music festival. 🚐🎶

We had a blast meeting everyone and getting some great opportunities to deliver inclusive provision.

Image Descriptions: Image one shows Coach Aaron returning the ball in a match of tennis in the temporary tennis courts set up in Eastbourne's town centre. Image two shows people using our equipment at Camper Marmalade and others enjoying the sun and live music.

Hi all,

as we are slowly sifting through all our equipment at the Archery we now need some tasks carried out once again. We are looking for help on Thursday (27th), this week, between 10am - 2pm. Tasks required are:

- Lawnmowing (we have a mower and strimmer)
- painting anti climb paint onto fences (we have paint and brushes)
- rebuilding a garden style trampoline (tools useful! Hopefully we have all the bits!)
- rebuilding a large bike rack
- moving large items around sports court
- filling a skip
- removing plasterboard and old polystyrene from ceilings (mask and goggles useful)
- securing items on building exterior, such as defib case/bike rack etc.
- putting up 3 fence panels (we have fencing/posts/ground spikes) tools required and fixings??
- graffiti cleaned from plastic fascia on upper roof(have ladder, cleaning fluid, gloves)

I may find more by then too!!

If you would like to help with any of the above, please do pop along during these times, do let us know!

Many thanks, Loretta

Image Description: Our venue with a fresh coat of white paint and a banner just in front.

🎉 As of today, our hub-based provision is fully back! 🎉

Our hub now has an accessible toilet! 🚽

We are now back to running all of the sessions on our timetable, which can be found below.

This includes Wednesday's Defiant Youth Club (12 yrs +) from 4:30pm - 6:00pm.

Image Description: Our June timetable. On Wednesdays, we are not open for drop-in. The sessions we run are Open Court Tennis at Fishermans Green Tennis Courts from 10am to 11am for free, Home Ed Sport & Play at our Hub from 11am to 1pm costing £8 per person, Boccia and Kurling at our Hub from 1:15pm to 2:45pm costing £6 per person, and lastly, Defiant Youth Club (12 years +) at our Hub from 4:30pm to 6pm costing £6 per person.

On Thursdays, we are not open for drop-in but run Wellbeing Wheel and Walk from 11am to 12pm for free. The meeting location for this session may change depending on the route taken that day; join the sessions WhatsApp group chat to find the starting location for that week. Join through this link https://chat.whatsapp.com/HsIN6RVKDqx2ztfwPVy21q

Every last Thursday of the month we run our Youth Voice session at our Hub for 2 hours for free. It is for 12 - 19 year olds to voice their opinions. Get in contact for more info.

On a Friday, we are not open for drop-in but run Visually Impaired Tennis at Eastbourne Sports Park from 10:30am to 12pm costing £6 per person. Every last Friday of the month we have our Bowling Social at Tenpin Bowling Eastbourne from 6pm onwards costing £7 per person and must be booked online.

On Saturdays, we are not open for drop-in. At our Inclusion Hub, we run Football 4 All from 10:30am - 11:30pm costing £4 per person, Basketball from 11:30am - 12:30pm costing £4 per person, and Defiant Kids Club (8 to 11 years) from 12:30pm - 2:00pm costing £6 per person. At Fishermans Green Tennis Courts we run Open Court Tennis from 10am to 11am for free, and Cardio Tennis from 11am to 12pm costing £4 per person.

All going on at Camper Marmalade today! Bars open, Cherry Dance on stage and Defiant sports set up to play! Pop over and say hi! Donations appreciated, play all day!

Photo description: image 1 shows the orange defiant sports gazebo in a field with lots of equipment on the grass and other stalls in the background. Image 2 shows the front of the tipsy toadstool bar open for business.

Hiya all!

Does anyone know if there is a 'Friends of . . .' for the Archery Recreation Ground?

If not, would anyone else be interested in pitching together to do things like hedge row planting, litter picking and cleaning the gym equipment etc?

To clarify, this isn't a group to clean our venue, this is for the areas of the recreation ground that are public.

Image Descriptions: Image one shows the dirty Archery Recreation Ground Sign. Image two shows the Archery Recreation Ground's playpark with grass growing through the ground. Image three shows the archery recreation Ground field with trees and a hedge line. Image four shows the outside gym at the Archery Recreation Ground. Image five shows the entrance gate to the Archery Recreation Ground field with overgrown grass and weeds. Image six shows overgrown grass and weeds outside the sports courts at the Archery Recreation Ground. Image seven shows the area between the playpark and the buildings at the Archery Recreation Ground being very overgrown. Image eight shows the public sports courts at the Archery Recreation Ground with grass and weeds growing through the floor. Image nine shows the grassy walkway next to the sports courts at the Archery Recreation Ground being overgrown.

It's School Sports Week!

This week is all about encouraging young people to get their recommended 60 minutes of activity a day. What better way to do so than one of our sessions!

With experience in running bespoke sessions for schools across the local area, we're a great provider for inclusive & adaptable activity. Contact us on 07887755856 or at [email protected] if you're interested in our services.

Image Description: Image one shows a young player running to avoid tennis balls in a game of bombs and torpedoes. Image two shoes a young player smiling just after returning the ball in a match of tennis. Image three shows a young player winding up a throw in a game of dodgeball.

Don't forget, we aren't running any Hub-based provision this week. Hopefully, we'll be back to our regular timetable next week.

All of our other sessions will still be on though! That means our various tennis sessions, wellbeing wheel & walk, bespoke sessions and anything else you can think of.

See you at the Archery Recreation Ground soon!

Image Description: Our current timetable showing only the sessions available outside of our Hub. It is as follows:

Wednesdays, no drop-in. Open Court Tennis at Fishermans Green Tennis Courts from 10am - 11am for free.

Thursdays, no drop-in. Wellbeing Wheel & Walk meeting location decided weekly on the WhatsApp session chat from 11am - 12pm for free. Go to the timetable page of our website to join the WhatsApp group.

Fridays, no drop-in. Visually Impaired Tennis at Eastbourne Sports Park from 10:30am - 12pm costing £6 per person.

Saturdays, no drop-in. Open Court Tennis at Fishermans Green Tennis Courts from 10am - 11am for free, and Cardio Tennis at Fishermans Green Tennis Courts from 11am - 12pm costing £4 per person.

Don't forget to book your place at the Inclusive Skills Tennis Festival running this Friday! 🎾

It's a morning full of inclusive tennis skills, games and prizes that we're running alongside St Ann's Tennis!

The event takes place between 10am - 12pm at St Ann's Tennis, Hove, BN3 1PR.

Book your place here: https://eequ.org/experience/8327

Or email [email protected]

We'll see you there!

Image Description: A poster for the Inclusive Skills Tennis Festival. All details can be found in the above text.