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.

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

We have some wonderful news to share, The Brightwell has been named as a finalist in the BBC Radio Bristol Make a Difference Awards, in the Community Group Award category. We are one of just four finalists, and we are absolutely thrilled.

I am a Volunteer Oxygen Operator here at The Brightwell. Here is my story about how this volunteering role has had a massive impact on my life.

Many of us will be familiar with the spectacular displays at RHS Chelsea, but from July 2026 there is a wonderful new venue to add to the diary. The RHS Badminton Flower Show, set within the magnificent Badminton Estate in South Gloucestershire, is one of the most exciting developments in the horticultural calendar for years, and, as it turns out, one with a very personal connection to the MS community

If you thought preparing for a World Cup just meant standard drill cones, a few tactical whiteboard sessions, and an intensive training camp, think again. As Thomas Tuchel’s England squad readies itself for the gruelling North American summer, sports science has been dialled up to an entirely new level.

We thought that it might be useful to share some of the key slides and notes from the presentation at our AGM, held at the Centre on 28 May 2026