We are incredibly grateful to PJ’s Track Days for hosting a fantastic fundraising event in support of The Brightwell.

Bradley Stoke Town Council is bringing back its Trail, but with a new theme – Bugs in their Habitats! The trail will run from Friday, 8 August to Tuesday, 26 August 2025 across Bradley Stoke.

A fun evening with 6 prize bingo games, 2 cash bingo games and 2 silly bingo games. A Bingo exclusive raffle will take place on the night.

MS-UK offers a range of online sessions and activities, and we thought some of these might be of interest to our Brightwell community. For August, they are introducing new sessions, including courses, creative workshops, supportive peer groups and weekly classes. If you miss these sessions, they can be watched back on demand.

Following a very successful talk in June from the Sirona NHS Falls Prevention Team, we are pleased to announce details of the next 2 Brightwell Carers’ Sessions, which will be held at the Centre, as follows:

This month’s edition is packed full of news, information, and events. Lots of details about health tips and classes, plus our new brochure. Hope you enjoy this newsletter.

On Monday, 21 July, the Physio Team planned and ran a Taster Session for a new Dance Class. This idea was led by Audrey, one of our Physios, supported by Amrik, our Lead Physio.

Doro, Helen, and Victoria were delighted to welcome Centre Squares Winterbourne to The Brightwell on Wednesday, 23 July.

We’re thrilled to announce that we have raised over £32,000 so far, thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, fundraisers, and raffle participants. That means we’re just under £8,000 away from our goal, with time running until August 11th. We’re so close!

On Thursday, 17 July, Doro, our CEO, was delighted to welcome Anna Smith, CEO of the Quartet Community Foundation, to the Centre.