Big Health 2021

Big Health Day: Friday 14th June 2024

Time: 9.30am to 2.30pm

Place: Oxstalls Sports Park, Plock Court, Tewkesbury Road, Gloucester, GL2 9DW

 

As part of Carers Week 2024, the Big Health Day is hosting various Carer support organisations as part of the event.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid Carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as Carers and access much-needed support.

If you are providing support for someone. This could be due to a disability, ill health, frailty, mental health or due to an addiction. Come along and see what support is available for you.

           

This annual event features accessible activities designed to help people with a disability, a mental health condition, hearing or sensory loss to stay active and healthy.

Big Health Day celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2023 with a repeat of the gorgeous sunshine of 2022. The day was as busy as ever, with 1,571 people attending, along with 101 indoor stallholders, 10 static vehicles, five activities on Plock Court Field, 10 inclusive sports activities, three interactive workshops and 152 volunteers from Hartpury College, University of Gloucestershire, Dene Magna School and Inclusion Gloucestershire, giving up their time to make the day happen.

With our links to Inclusive sports organisations, Active Gloucestershire co-ordinated 14 Inclusive and interactive sporting activities which included:

  • Adapted Short tennis
  • Spike Ball
  • Boccia
  • Powerchair Football
  • Golf
  • Adapted bikes and trikes
  • Trampolining
  • Longlevens Mixed Ability Rugby
  • Inclusive football
  • Cricket

Visitors were also able to visit the private and voluntary organisations creating awareness of activities and voluntary work including:

  • Therapy Dogs Nationwide
  • The Music Works
  • Gig Buddies
  • Artshape
  • Digibus
  • Veterans Outreach Bus
  • Kingfisher Treasure Seekers
  • Inclusion Gloucestershire Scrubditch Farm Animals
  • Girlguiding
  • Circus skills
  • Sailing for the Disabled
  • Assistive Technology
  • Wiggly (cooking workshops)
  • Drama Sessions
  • Active Impact Marquee
  • Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
  • GDR Solutions First Aid Service
  • Mounted Police Horses`
  • RevoLOOtion (mobile loos)
  • and not forgetting Mr Whippy and his highly valued Ice Cream Van

Among the many health and social care stalls was information on:

  • Annual health checks
  • Easy read information and resources
  • Learning Disability teams
  • Children and Young People Services
  • Post Covid Syndrome Service
  • Community Dental Services
  • Podiatry
  • Community Diabetic Services
  • Community and Social Inclusion Team
  • Gloucester City Social Prescribing Teams
  • County Council Employment teams
  • and many more amazing local organisations in Gloucestershire

Our Trust’s Charity Funds assisted to provide funding for 400 Health Goodie bags.

Video – Big Health Day 2023

Video – Big Health Day 2023 snapshot

Video – Big Health Day 2022

Aim of the Big Health Days

The aim of each Big Health Day is to:

  • To deliver an inclusive event with the theme of staying healthy and active, meeting friends and having fun.
  • To reduce health inequalities for people living with a learning disability, a physical disability and/or mental health problems and help people to help themselves, through activities outlined in our programme
  • Our Accessibility and Facilities Statement is here

For more information, please contact Simon Shorrick, Strategic Health Facilitator and Lead Organiser or Karin Parker, Health Facilitation Team Administrator on 0300 421 3864 or 07766 733421.

A to Z of partner organisations

Active Gloucestershire
01452 393611
Link

Camphill Village Trust
Email here
Link

Gfitness
07742 270718
Link

Kingfisher Treasure Seekers
01452 307201
Link

PohWER
0300 003 1162
Link

Wiggly Worm
Email
Link

Active Impact
01452 341266
Link

Forwards Employment Service
07825 024692
Link

Gloucestershire Carers Hub
0300 111 9000
Link

Learning Disabilities Liaison Nurses
0300 422 4985

Scrubditch Care Farm
01285 895790
Link

Yoga – Jules Creating Wellbeing
07393 496499
Link

Allsorts
01453 750474
Link

Future Me Gloucestershire
Email here
Link

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire
0800 122 3788
Link

Mobiloo
0300 030 1255
Link

Shared Lives
01452 426237
Link

Aspire Trust
01452 396969
Link

Going the Extra Mile
01452 699741
Link

Inclusion Gloucestershire
01452 234003
Link

Orchard Trust
01594 861137
Link

Wheels for All
Email
Link

Accessibility