What we’re about
🌈 Welcome to our Queer Sports & Exercise Collective! 🏳️🌈
We’re a vibrant community of grassroots queer-led sports and exercise groups, coming together to create fun, inclusive, and empowering opportunities to get active. Whether you're into team sports, solo workouts, or just looking to try something new, there's something here for everyone!
💬 What to Expect Here: This space is where we share upcoming sessions and events hosted by members of our collective. You’ll find a variety of activities to join—some sporty, some social, all welcoming. We’ll also highlight other opportunities we think you might enjoy.
💸 Membership & Costs: Joining this MeetUp group is completely free! Some sessions may have a small cost to cover things like venue hire or equipment, but we’ll always make that clear in the event details.
🤝 Who It's For: Our collective is open to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community and our allies. Some sessions will be specifically designed as safe spaces for groups within our community—such as trans, non-binary, or minority gender folks—to ensure everyone feels supported and celebrated.
We’re so glad you’re here. Let’s move, connect, and thrive—together! 💪✨
To join the collective and start promoting your group activities email Rob on events@angelsoffreedom.org.uk
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Adult Learn to Roller Skate CourseThe Skate Sanctuary, Leeds£96.00
Suitable for complete beginners, skaters returning from injury or folks not feeling too confident.
We warmly welcome those who are starting their roller skate journey.You will also receive a free class at the sports hall to attend within 6 weeks of completion of this course.
Numbers are limited to ensure we can keep an optimum student to Skate Coach ratio.
What size hire skates do I need?
We recommend you ask for your regular shoe size. Our skate hire is available in full sizes only, from UK 3 - UK 12
Skate hire is included with every course ticket.What will we learn?
Our course is carefully structured to allow you to develop and progress week on week. We will learn about the mental blocks that stop us from learning to roller skate, how to over come these as well as all the skills you need to get started.Each week we will cover different skills designed to build your confidence in all areas, including:
getting started
falling safely
starting
stopping
how to skate backwards
and a whole lot more!Remember: Roller skate skills can take months to develop, depending on the skill you want to learn. We are not able to include all skills every week - skaters attend these sessions until they feel confident to progress to our skills workshops. If you're not sure, please speak to a member of the coach team at class.
What happens if I miss a week?
Unfortunately we are not able to offer make up classes or offer refunds as part of our course, as our course is structured to support progression week on week. Please be sure you can attend before booking.Can I bring my own refreshments?
Yes of course. We want to keep this skate space alcohol free, so ask you do not bring alcohol to consume on the premises, including the car park. If you bring your own water bottle, we are able to refill this for you for free. We also have a small selection of soft drinks for sale. Should you spill your drink, please let a marshall know straight away. Please make sure you are not eating and drinking while you skate, that includes chewing gum.For more information about the class location and its accessibility click see this page: https://www.theskatesanctuary.co.uk/ourlocations
- Wednesday PracticeNeeds location
Our Wednesday sessions have a few planned activities as well as match play. The structure is usually: warm up, introductions (we stand in a circle and share names and pronouns - optional), netball activities and finishing with game play.
- Location is shared on our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IADZQ4MWjQVG5OtnJHSeL5
- Open to the LGBTQ+ community (you can bring along an emotional support cishet if needed - we won't be policing identity of those who join us - we only ask that everyone adheres to our Values and Culture Agreement which can provided on contact).
