Handball Taster Day and Club Sessions!

Funding has been secured through the Sportivate Programme for East London to run a Handball taster day and launch a new Club for East London.  The funding has been received for participants from Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. The taster day will be run by qualified coaches and will run on Wednesday 29 January …

Celebrity ‘Great British Bake Off’ at Valentines Mansion!

Valentines Mansion is back on TV!!!! In a series of four special Sport Relief programmes four celebrity bakers will take on the Great Bake Off challenge.   Set against the backdrop of our stunning Mansion in Ilford, famous faces compete to claim the star baker title! This series is in aid of Sport Relief and sets …

Olympic star comes to Wanstead!

Court set, volleyball enthusiasts at the ready, all that was missing was the sand to make GB Beach Volleyball star Chris Gregory feel completely at home! Raeesa Mukhtar went down to see Chris continue to inspire young people to try new sports at Wanstead Leisure Centre on Wednesday (11 December). Before the court flooded with …

GB Volleyball Star comes to Wanstead

GB Olympic Beach Volleyball star Chris Gregory popped down to Wanstead Leisure Centre yesterday to teach a group of excited youngsters to play volleyball! As part of the Sportivate project Chris will be returning to Wanstead in December to inspire more young people. Find out more about our Sportivate events here. Chris Tweeted after the event: …

GB Volleyball Star to inspire young people in East London

GB Beach Volleyball giant Chris Gregory will be inspiring youngsters in a Sportivate project at Wanstead Leisure Centre! Chris will be working with children, teens and young adults as part of key initiative to create a sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This project is managed by the Thames Gateway Foundation, a …

London Youth Games

The London Youth Games is the Largest Youth Sports Event in Europe, involving all 33 London Boroughs and 26 National Governing Bodies.  The Games are free to take part in and are open for all young people aged between 7 and 18, living or going to school in the Capital. Last Year impressively saw over …