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Collect of articles, updates and resources shared by the You're Welcome team.
Mix & Mash October Halloween Beats & Bleeps
Mix & Mash week October Half-Term will run from 30th October-3rd November from 10am-3pm every day at our inclusive music Hub in Gloucester. A week of music-making aimed at those with additional needs but open to all, especially those who may not have previously considered themselves musical. Its emphasis is on providing adaptive musical equipment and inclusive […]
› Read moreHalloween Coffee Morning
Halloween themed coffee morning on our smallholding. With Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt, lots of yummy treats and optional fancy dress. Open to all, the coffee morning will be held on our Smallholding in Lower Lydbrook, from 10am-12pm on October 25th 2023. We have good car parking and the site is level and wheelchair accessible […]
› Read moreDrawn to Water: Quentin Blake at WWT
Reimagine the wonder of wetlands and nature through the eyes of the UK’s best loved illustrator. Collect an illustrated guide full of Quentin Blake’s drawings and journey around our wonderful wetland world this summer. New seasonal trails will be launched later in the year, each with a different illustrated guide to collect and keep. We’ve […]
› Read moreOccupational Therapy
Huuman is a businesses based on the routes of Occupational Therapy. Harriet is a specialist Occupational Therapist with an interest in Neurology and Care of the Elderly. Occupational Therapy treatment can be very broad as we help you in areas that are important to you, whether thats cooking yourself a meal, getting out into the […]
› Read moreMassage Therapy
Massage therapy can work wonders for everyone! We offer holistic massage treatment to help you feel relaxed and also to best support your body. Our massage therapist Charlotte can ensure treatment is specific to you to help you feel most relaxed and supported. Whether you need support with hoisting or perhaps to have massage in […]
› Read moreWild Winter at Slimbridge
Winter is a fantastic time to visit Slimbridge with up to 30,000 wild wintering ducks, geese and swans feeding and roosting on the reserve. Look out for star species: Bewick’s swans, white-fronted geese, lapwing, water rail, curlew. Enjoy the following winter activities included in admission: – Wild Bird Feeds | Daily at 4pm See flocks […]
› Read moreSwimming 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 […]
› Read moreHave 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 […]
› Read moreGive 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 […]
› Read moreWalking 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 […]
› Read moreSpecialist Music Sessions
These sessions are held on Fridays (term time only) from 3pm-5pm at Heart of the Forest School. Young people get to enjoy activities such as soft play, sports, art and craft whilst waiting for their music session. The music sessions consist of small groups (approx 3-4 young people) with support from Forest Pulse staff and […]
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