Over the last six months Active Essex have been using the Sport England, Tackling Inequalities Fund to support ethnically diverse communities across Essex.

In the Summer 2020 The Active Essex Foundation were able to quickly mobilise their network of locally trusted organisations to deliver a programme that provided fun physical activity, for five days a week with every child being provided with a nutritious meal.

64 year old Ian Law is living with high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.

Achievement Through Football (ATF) has humble beginnings – a simple vision to change the lives of vulnerable young people for the better.

A mental health scheme in Tendring is helping to end the ‘revolving door’ that sees people with mental ill health continually discharged and readmitted to hospital.

The project helped develop a Coaching Pathway Programme for people with learning difficulties in partnership with Sport for Confidence

Over 250 children from 16 schools across Essex took part in 2017 Special Summer School Games, participating in a number of sports and activities including athletics, new age Kurling, wheelchair basketball and handball

Katie Bright – Active Essex Apprentice

In 2015 Active Essex appointed nine Sports Development (Level 3) apprentices to support the work of Active Networks in Essex.

CSP: Active Essex