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….

We all hear standard health advice about sipping eight glasses of water a day. But when you’re navigating life with a neurological condition—such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s, Epilepsy, Stroke recovery, or Neuropathy—staying hydrated moves from general wellness advice to a critical everyday tool for symptom management.

We would like to thank Sophia for this heartfelt and honest story of her journey living with Functional Neurological Disorder and how she is finding the strength to live with this condition.

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…..

We are delighted to offer a new P3 session on Tuesdays at 5.30 pm. This is part of our new extended hours programme.

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.