Welcome to our July 2026 newsletter! This month’s edition is packed full of everything that has been going on in our amazing Brightwell Community, plus lots more. Enjoy….

On Friday evening and throughout Saturday, The Brightwell was delighted to be part of the fantastic Sea Shanty Festival at Portishead Marina. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand, shared their stories, donated, sang, supported and helped create such a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

On Saturday, from 11am-2pm, we were delighted to hold our 2026 Summer Fair, and what a wonderful success it was.

We were delighted to welcome a lovely group of Corporate Volunteers on 13 July from Lloyds Banking Group to help us with planting the Woodstock Homes Multiple Sclerosis pocket garden that was brought to the Centre following the RHS Badminton Flower Show. The team got stuck in with digging and planting, under direction of one of the garden’s designers, Micheal Leech, who also did an epic job of loading and transporting two van loads of flowers, furniture and sculptures from Ba

There are significant roadworks in Bradley Stoke and surrounding areas for the coming weeks/months. Allow additional time for your journey. Please see the information above Our postcode for your SATNAV is BS32 9DB

Doro’s story of the RHS garden starting from September 2025 to this week…..

Paul John, a long‑standing member, supporter, and the organiser behind the well‑known PJ Track Days, is taking on a new kind of challenge this summer: a charity skydive to raise funds for our centre. And he won’t be doing it alone. His close friend Shaun will be jumping with him.

After months of exceptional hard work, gardening duo Michael Leech and Gavin Moth opened the Woodstock Homes Multiple Sclerosis Garden in the Pocket Planting section yesterday, and what an opening it was.

We are delighted that, after months of restricted access, our Therapy Garden is now fully open! It all started as a simple project back in March 2025: laying and extending the path, which wheelchair users were finding difficult to use. To cut a very long story short, despite numerous attempts and a lot of different tips and options, a “hoggin” surface simply could not be made to suit our needs.

Check out our June newsletter! This edition is jam-packed full of news, updates, stories and events. We hope you enjoy the read!