Our Active Community - St. Austell and Clay Country

18/06/2026

🎉 Yesterday we had a jam-packed day at St Austell Leisure Centre to celebrate Learning Disability Week 2026!

ℹ Workshops, information and gym tours were on offer throughout the day.

🏓 One of the highlights was lots of people taking part in the table tennis taster session - thank you to St Austell Table Tennis Club for leading this.

🤩 Another big thank you to everyone who attended, took part and supported the event. An amazing turnout of over 70 people throughout the day.

🎤 Wendi did a great job interviewing. Here she is talking to one of the participants, Jacob:

16/06/2026

🎉 It's Learning Disability Week 2026!

📝 To celebrate, we're sharing this fantastic piece of work with you all.

🤸 Charlie and Peter's perspective on the benefits of getting active - enjoy!

📕 Fully accessible easy read version below in the comments, or come along to tomorrow's event to pick up a printed copy.

16/06/2026

10/06/2026

A huge thank you to The Clare Milne Trust for awarding funding enabling us to continue and develop our Inclusive dance sessions for adults with disabilities.

The Clare Milne Trust provides grant funding to charities who support people living with disabilities in Devon and Cornwall. Since 1999 The Clare Milne Trust has awarded over 12 million in order to transform the lives of people with disabilities.

This allows us to continue the great work that Mencap helped us to set up.

10/06/2026

Next week, Our Active Community - St. Austell and Clay Country is hosting another Move and Make Friends event — a welcoming day for people with a learning disability, and those who support them, to meet new people and find out what’s happening locally.

📅 Wednesday 17th June
📍St Austell Leisure Centre
⏰ Drop in anytime from 10am – 4pm
💬 Free to attend

CHAOS Radio’s Bryna Jordan recently spoke to Chris Ballett from Our Active Community to find out more about the support and opportunities available across St. Austell and the Clay villages: https://www.mixcloud.com/chaosradiouk/chris-ballett-our-active-community-100626/

👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/move-and-make-friends-learning-disability-event-st-austell-tickets-1990175923762?
📧 Or get in touch: [email protected]

09/06/2026

Walking, running and wheeling are the most powerful forms of movement! (in our humble opinion 😀)

08/06/2026

🥳 We had one dance anniversary last month, and now another!

👏 Congratulations to the team at Newmania Dance and of course the participants and families who attend to make it all happen.

🤝 It is amazing to see an inclusive dance group for young people with a learning disability being run so well.

ℹ️ If interested, get in touch with Sammy at Newmania Dance School by heading over to their Facebook to find out more!

05/06/2026

ℹ️ We've just added key information about Our Active Community to the page!

💰 This includes funding, stories and much more.

🔗 Check out 'Links' in the 'About' section.

05/06/2026

💃🕺 Do you know of a dance teacher who truly includes people with a learning disability in their sessions?

💻 We are on the lookout for passionate practitioners who can share how they work at an upcoming online event.

🤝 It will be a space for professionals of varying experience to learn from one another.

🔗 Point them in this direction to sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mencap-active-community-dance-listening-circle-tickets-1988985427957?aff=oddtdtcreator

Studio 4 - 4FS Youth dance Newmania Dance School