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Glastonbury Festival's new sensory spaces
Diverse on ITV News West at this years Glastonbury Festival.
Minibus fund for Diverse
Minibus fund for Diverse - please give!
Diverse UK is hoping to raise money to buy a minibus so we can go out on activities for our groups and members.
The Diverse minibus will also allow us to provide the Sensory Calm Spaces at events and festivals across the UK
Here is the link to the JustGiving page:
www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-powell-1712346820254
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure.
Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails.
Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
Huge Thanks to New Beginnings for their donation
Earlier this month Diverse was absolutely bowled over by a extremely generous donation from the very wonderful and kind New Beginnings Limited.
As a result of this donation we will be increasing our target, as to purchase a minibus will cost us quite a lot more than £4,000 pounds so New Beginnings have really helped us get on the pathway with this venture and we are very grateful indeed.
Please do keep giving as every little helps to support this fundraising project!
Diverse UK Discord Server
Hi everyone, we are finding ourselves with a need to migrate to a new discord server.
The Website has now been updated to point to the correct server (bottom right). c
The current discord server will remain around but will shortly go read-only. Please post any new content, including questions on the new server.
We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause you, but we look forward to engaging with you all in our new home.
Evaluation of the impact of Diverse
For the full report please follow this link.
The summary report can be found here.
Diverse Football Fun – Two Seasons In!!
On 9th February 2022 we started a new Diverse Football Fun group at Windmill Hill City Farm. We had four participants and a bag of balls and cones borrowed from Bristol City Football Club.
Since those early sessions we have grown and now have a group of around 10 regular attendees playing once a month on a Monday morning.
We have our own equipment and have recently moved to play on a larger astro pitch at Horfield Leisure Centre. The group is all about having fun and we occasionally have the opportunity to play small-sided evening games against other groups and have done well in these friendly games.
We have also recently joined forces with a local football club, Rockleaze Rangers, in order for some of our players to play in tournaments.
Our players really enjoy the sessions which involve some warm up exercises and then a series of small sided games for a couple of hours before some of us take time to have lunch and catch up in the café.
The sessions are good for getting exercise outdoors and just having fun so if you are tempted you might be interested in the feedback from some of the current group:
Peter: “I love football and the friendly environment of the diverse fun football. It’s great too that we play friendlies and tournaments too. The football helps with my mental and physical health.”
Arlo: “Really enjoy the chilled atmosphere. Very low pressure and it doesn’t matter if you make a mistake. Love the friendly environment and that everyone has a laugh.”
George: “I like the fact that everyone supports each other and everyone has a laugh and comes away feeling really positive and going home with a smile on their face.”
Robin: “Fun, fast-paced matches that are full of goals. So if you miss a chance or give a goal away then there's opportunity to do better just minutes later.”
Michael: “I've thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the diverse footy group. I have had very good opportunities to build positive friendships and keep contact with some of the guys.”
Stephen: “I look forward to our Football sessions once a month. They are really fun, but equally its great to learn and improve footy skills, everyone is really friendly and supportive of one another.”
The team that beat Longwell Green back in January: Back row L to R Robin, George, Ben, Stefan, Peter. Front row L to R, Oscar, Arlo, Rob
