Community
We aim to enhance lives by making a positive impact on the wider community. Our community-focused activities engage children and young people and inspire them to achieve their full potential in sport and in life.
What makes Essex Rebels special?
We aim to inspire children and young people to achieve their full potential, by offering a full pathway, linking sporting achievement and academic attainment. Each child’s journey has to start somewhere with a first bounce of the ball, and Essex Rebels offer a range of engagement activities that present that first opportunity to take a step on that pathway.
Basketball is the second most popular participation team sport among young people according to Sport England data, partly due to high levels of ‘street cred’ that has the sport has, and is an excellent vehicle for engaging with children and young people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.
Rebels Roadshow.
The Rebels Roadshow sees the Essex Rebels players visiting primary and secondary schools across Colchester and Tendring. Acting as role models for the children in these schools, the players deliver engaging and interactive school assembly talks, and deliver fun and exciting basketball taster sessions.
Contact our Sports Development Coordinator (community and schools), Olivia Partridge, for more information or to book a visit to your school: [email protected]
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Essex Rebels Reach.
Essex Rebels Reach links basketball engagement activities in secondary schools with higher education experience visits. Targeted at schools in wards within Essex with historically low rates of progression to higher education, this programme engages young people with basketball and arranges visits on to the campus of the University of Essex, where they can experience for themselves what life at university is like. Participants also hear from basketball scholarship students about their journeys and progression to higher education.
To find out more about the Essex Rebels Reach programme contact our Sports Development Coordinator (community and schools), Olivia Partridge: [email protected]
Essex Rebels Play
Starting from as young as 5 years old, Rebels Play sessions provide an inclusive, fun and lively introduction to children who want to try out basketball. Children are engaged in games and activities that help develop fundamental movement skills, as well as build their love of basketball. Sessions take place at the Essex Sport Arena on Saturday mornings. More details via the Essex Sport website.
Holiday camps.
Taking place during school holidays at the Essex Sport Arena, Essex Rebels holiday camps are for all aspiring basketball stars of the future.
Children learn the fundamentals of basketball, such as dribbling, shooting techniques and passing drills. Children also have the chance to meet our professional players as well as win prizes and tickets to Rebels matches.
Upcoming matches & events
SLB Women: Essex Rebels vs Newcastle Eagles
Super League Basketball Action – Essex Rebels vs. Newcastle Eagles!
Join us on 29 March at the Essex Sport Arena as the Essex Rebels Women take on the Newcastle Eagles in a thrilling Super League Basketball clash. With the season nearing its end, every win counts—this one’s going to be big!
Don’t miss out on the action—get your tickets now and be part of the excitement as we push towards the playoffs!
Community Day SLB Women: Essex Rebels vs Caledonia Gladiators
Super League Basketball Action – Essex Rebels vs. Caledonia Gladiators!
Join us on 12 April at 4pm at the Essex Sport Arena for an exciting Super League Basketball clash as the Essex Rebels Women take on the Caledonia Gladiators. This is the second-to-last home game of the season, so don’t miss your chance to see the Rebels Women in action!
Get your tickets now and be part of the excitement as we push toward the playoffs!
SLB Women: Essex Rebels vs Cardiff Met Archers
Super League Basketball Action – Essex Rebels vs. Cardiff Met Archers!
It’s the last home game of the season for our Essex Rebels Super League Basketball Women! Join us on 19 April at the Essex Sport Arena as the Essex Rebels Women face the Cardiff Met Archers at 4pm.
Don’t miss out on the action—get your tickets now in the last home game!
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Come and see fast-paced, action-packed, top-level professional basketball in a first-class venue. Match days offer family-friendly entertainment including a DJ, big screen, cheerleaders, interactive competitions, children’s activities, refreshments, and our larger-than-life mascot, Queen B.
We Are Rebels – come join the rebellion!