Big Health 2021

Big Health Day: Friday 16th June 2023

Time: 9.30am to 3pm

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

The Big Health Day will celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2023 – please save the date!

The event is aimed at helping people with learning disabilities with complex physical and emotional health needs, people with physical disabilities and sensory impairments, autistic people and anyone with mental health support needs to stay active and healthy.

Around 1,500 people came along to our event last year and enjoyed the fun and inclusive activities at Oxstalls Sports Centre, in Gloucester.

Visitors enjoyed a range of activities, including:

  • Inclusive bikes and trikes
  • Snooker
  • Boccia
  • Powerchair football
  • Trampolining
  • Golf
  • Tennis
  • Mixed ability rugby
  • Cooking
  • Art
  • Dance and Drama
  • Sailing for the disabled
  • Scrubditch Care Farm animals
  • Girl Guiding

We also welcomed mounted police, a big red London bus, ambulances from South West Ambulance Service, trainers in sign language and Makaton from Gloucestershire Deaf Association and dozens of other stalls and static displays.

You can watch a short (five minute) film on the day below:

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

A to Z of partner organisations

Active Gloucestershire
01452 393611
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Camphill Village Trust
Email here
Link

Gfitness
07742 270718
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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
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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
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Orchard Trust
01594 861137
Link

Wheels for All
Email
Link

Accessibility