Collect of articles, updates and resources shared by the You're Welcome team.
Stonehouse /
Social Interest Groups
The Door Youth Club (Pod Stonehouse)
A safe and inclusive space to hang out with your friends. You have a range of activities including table tennis, games consoles, cooking and music. Meets every Tuesday 3.30-5.30 for all young people aged 11-17.
A safe and inclusive space to hang out with your friends. The majority have free entry and depending on which centre is local to you have a range of activities including table tennis, games consoles, cooking and music. Meets every Thursday 6.30-8.30 for all young people aged 11-17
Confidence through Creativity – Free Employability courses 2023
Our Confidence through Creativity Summer 2023 programme has launched! Art Shape are offering 8 week courses designed to support your wellbeing, whilst making plans towards your next steps. Visit our Confidence through Creativity page to book your place Would you benefit from a relaxed, creative space where you can develop employability skills? Join our FREE […]
Forest of Dean /
Parks and Green Spaces -
Sports and Leisure
Swimming and Jumping
Orchard Trust has a fully accessible Therapy Suite on its peaceful, rural Stowfield Site. This houses a hydrotherapy pool with a counter current current massage unit and colourful lights and a Rebound trampoline. There are private changing rooms with hoist access and space to store wheelchairs when you are in the pool or on the […]
The Jamats Academy provides a variety of life skills, learning, creative and social activities for young adults and school/college leavers aged 16+ with special needs. Our unique programmes and activities aim to help our members in building confidence, developing friendships, gaining life experience, and ultimately realising their future potential. The Academy aims to provide members […]
Forest of Dean /
Farms and Zoos -
Parks and Green Spaces -
Play Areas
Have a go on the Activity Park
The Orchard Trust Stowfield site has it’s own activity park with swings, a roundabout and a floor trampoline. All are wheelchair accessible, there is also a small slide accessible by a shallow steps or a pull up pipe. The park sits on the wheelchair accessible site surrounded by nature and our friendly animals. Pay us […]
Forest of Dean /
Farms and Zoos -
Parks and Green Spaces
Give some love to a Guinea Pig
The Orchard Trusts small animals include guinea pigs, rabbits and Speedy the tortoise. They all enjoy seeing visitors and having a cuddle. Come to our Stowfield site to see the animals, the small ones and the larger ones like Millie the pig and our sheep and goats. They’d love to see you. The whole site […]
Forest of Dean /
Farms and Zoos -
Parks and Green Spaces
Walking with animals
Visitors to our Stowfield site can take a walk with a goat. Our pygmy goat family is very friendly and they all like to say hello when they see someone approach. It is possible to walk them around the site or go into their paddock to help look after them too. The whole site is […]
Join us for our Discos designed exclusively for adults with learning disabilities! It’s the ultimate party where everyone is a star on the dance floor. Get ready to groove, mingle, and make lasting memories! Our fun Discos are specially crafted for adults with learning disabilities! Every Monday, Thursday (7 PM – 8:30 PM), and Wednesday […]
Stroud /
Social Interest Groups -
Sports and Leisure -
Wellbeing
Creative Sustainability – Access Bike
A bike repair, recycle, reuse and reduce project in Stroud Come along and learn how to fix your own bike and help us fix up donated bikes to sell at low cost to the community. – Get the chance to learn more about bike maintenances and safety – Meet new people and have fun – Be […]
Stroud /
Arts and Crafts -
Food and Drink -
Gardens and Nature -
Social Interest Groups -
Wellbeing
Creative Sustainability – 3rd Space
A youth space for 16- 25 year olds in Stroud Provides opportunities to get involved in group sessions and support for individuals to build confidence to take part. Focusing on health and wellbeing and building confidence and empowerment. Activities are arranged based on what participants would like to do or need to do to help […]
Cirencester /
Performing Arts -
Play Areas -
Sports and Leisure -
Wellbeing
Interdepen-Dance Class for Adults with disabilities
Cirencester Dance club are so proud of our Interdepen-Dance or I-Dance as we lovingly call it. We offer dance classes for adults with additional needs and/or disabilities. Our classes are full of fun, creative and imaginative dance. Seeing the joy and love of this group grow over the last year has been magical. We giggle as […]