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The Brightwell Thank you for choosing to donate to The Brightwell's Treatment Fund Campaign Donate Now Please use the form below to donate using a debit/credit card, Google Pay or PayPal Last name Email Donate in the name of First name Enter the amount £ Gift Aid my donation Address Town / City Postal / Zip code Donate Thank you for your donation! Thank you so much for donating to The Brightwell. We very much appreciate your generosity. If your donation is specifically to be used as a contribution towards a named member’s therapy, please let us know by emailing hello@thebrightwell.org.uk

The Brightwell offers a unique environment for those looking to receive an extensive range of therapies for people with chronic neurological and other conditions. Therapies at The Brightwell The Brightwell offers a unique environment for those looking to receive an extensive range of therapies for people with chronic neurological and other conditions. We are proud to confirm that our facilities are second to none in the Greater Bristol area and we offer a friendly yet professional approach in a non- clinical environment. The Brightwell offers fully accessible premises, with extensive free disabled parking. In the physiotherapy department there is a full hoisting system and a vast array of equipment. Each therapist is fully qualified in their field and registered with the relevant professional body. All our volunteers are also trained to the highest standard. Click here to find out about Becoming a Member. Oxygen Therapy For Neurological Conditions Oxygen Therapy for Sports Injuries Oxygen Therapy for Other Conditions One-to-One Neuro Physiotherapy Groups and Classes Online Classes FES Clinic Specialist Clinics Support and Information What Conditions Do We Treat? Suggested Contributions All the sessions for those members living with neurological conditions are subsidised through our fundraising efforts and supporter donations. However, as a charity we do ask for a contribution towards each session, Please click here to find out more. It is the Charity’s policy to never deny someone support due to financial reasons and we welcome the opportunity to confidentially discuss any payment issues with anyone struggling to contribute towards for their therapy sessions. Please click here to see our Cancellation Policy Contributing by Standing Order Click here to find out how to contribute by standing order.

Doro’s story of the RHS garden starting from September 2025 to this week….. What a few weeks it has been! From the final push to get the Woodstock Homes Multiple Sclerosis Pocket Garden ready for the RHS Badminton Flower Show, to opening day and a Silver Medal, to the relocation on Monday 13 July to the Brightwell garden, with the help of an army of wonderful volunteers. It has genuinely been a whirlwind, and one I will never forget. I keep coming back to the same thought: none of it would have been possible without community. Not in an abstract, "we're all in this together" way, but in the very real, hands-in-the-soil, turning-up-when-it's-hot, staying-late-when-it-matters kind of way. So please indulge me while I say a proper thank you: To James Hutchinson and Woodstock Homes, for believing in this garden from the start and sponsoring it into existence. To Michael Leech (The Somerset Gardener) and Gavin Moth, whose design, hard work and heart made a first-time RHS collaboration into a Silver Medal-winning garden. To Sarah Watson, for your help along the way. To Martin and Linda Newman, and to Caz and family, for being there through it all. To our incredible volunteers from Lloyds Banking Group and Aviva, and to Erica and the team at Kellaway Building Supplies, and P Phillips and Sons, thank you for your time and generosity. To Lara and Victoria for taking on the heat to raise Brightwell awareness, to Dave and Sylv, Jen and Jenny, our wonderful garden volunteers, to Sharon Lou who made sure everyone was fed and watered, and Helen and Monique who welcomed and looked after volunteers on the day, I am so grateful. To Ross and Kevin at BBC News Points West, and Joe Sims at BBC Radio Bristol, thank you for telling this story with such care, and for giving it your time and airspace. To every member of Brightwell staff and volunteers who kept things running while we all got swept up in garden fever. To everyone who visited us at Badminton, everyone who voted for the garden, and every gardening influencer who shared our story, thank you for carrying it further than we ever could alone. It underlines something we already know: when a community pulls together, extraordinary things happen. We see it in the volunteers who helped prep the Therapy Garden path for resurfacing, so every member can have access. We see it in the local Bradley Stoke community, who show up time after time. We see it every day in members who support each other through living with a neurological condition, and in a team of staff, volunteers and supporters who always go the extra mile. Where there is a will, there really is a way, and we have never felt that more than we do right now, looking at a garden that began as a sketch, and now sits, replanted, in our own Therapy Garden for members to enjoy for years to come. Check out our previous Blogs for the background story. Thank you to everyone, and please forgive me if I have left anyone out, it is only by name, not intention. This one belongs to the whole community. We would like to invite you all to our Summer Fair this coming Saturday, 18 July, from 11 am- 3 pm, when the gardens will be open for everyone to enjoy. #GardeningwithMS #SomersetGardener #RHSBadminton #WoodstockHomes #BBCRadioBristol #BBCPointsWest #TheBrightwell

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, thanks to a very simple ultimatum from Paul: deliver the best man speech or jump out of a plane. Shaun chose the plane. Skydiving has been on Paul’s list for years. Living with MS, he’s a committed member of our centre and wanted to take on something that pushed him while giving back at the same time. He’s even been working hard to lose weight specifically so he could take part, a clear sign of how determined he is to make this happen. In August, Paul and Shaun will head up into the clouds and take the leap. Their aim is to raise funds that help us continue providing support and services to those who need it. Support Their Fundraising If you’d like to back their efforts, you can donate directly to their pages: Donate to Paul https://www.justgiving.com/page/paul-john-1 Donate to Shaun https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shaunblackburnlza3alu37p Thank you Paul and Shaun!

We are delighted to offer a new P3 session on Tuesdays at 5.30 pm. This is part of our new extended hours programme. This new session will be available from Tuesday 28 July. Isobaric Oxygen will also be available at the same time. For further information about the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy that we offer, please visit www.thebrightwell.org.uk/oxygen-therapy. To book an HBOT session, please call 01454 201686 or email hello@thebrightwell.org.uk We look forward to seeing you soon!