Why We Help

There are 66,000 young people with disabilities within an hour of Bristol and over 1.1 million in the UK.

77% of children with disabilities cannot access regular leisure facilities so can’t play, exercise or socialise in the same ways as their peers.

This not only affects them, but leaves whole families in isolation, with 72% of parents suffering mental health issues as a result.

We must support them and their parents with access to specialist equipment and vital support systems.

Who We Help

We support children and young people (0-25yrs) with sensory, physical, learning difficulties, SEN and any mild to profound disability.

We want to make sure children and young people with disabilities are given equal opportunities to play and exercise to aid their physical and mental development, ensuring that they can meet their potential

Our Appeal

Gympanzees’ mission from the start has been to find a permanent home – a play, exercise and social facility that will have everything under one roof for our families. We are delighted to announce Project Home, a campaign that will help that dream become a reality.

A brand new facility

Help Us Raise £2.2m

To open our new facility, the first of its kind in the UK, we need to raise £2.2 million, which will secure us a building and fill it with specialist rooms and fantastic inclusive and accessible sensory and exercise equipment.

Our new home will be open seven days a week and provide endless possibilities for health, happiness and support and will create cherished family memories such as a 3-year-old laughing for the first time, a 6-year-old taking his first steps, siblings playing together, and parents making friendships with others who understand the disability world.

About Project Home

"You've opened up a world in which we can just exist exactly how we need to."

How We Help

Access Gympanzees at Home

From exercise videos, activities, ideas, online therapy webinars with a qualified therapist, and even borrowing specialist play and exercise equipment – we’re here to help you. Our focus is all with a therapeutic twist so that your child receives health and wellbeing benefits – all whilst having a great time.

Free advice and ideas

Therapy Webinars

Intimate chats led by a therapist where families can learn, but also chat and share their difficulties, successes and support each other, helping to reduce their isolation.

Webinars

Loan specialist play equipment

Lending Library

We want every child, regardless of disability, to have access to play and exercise opportunities. If you are a family in Bristol or the surrounding areas, you can use this website to loan specialist play and exercise equipment.

Lending Library

Resources you can use at home

Online Resources Hub

Packed with ideas, information, ‘how to’ explanations, videos and external links to help your child develop a variety of skills, catering for different play and exercise needs.

Online Resources Hub

Come to Gympanzees

We provide play, exercise and friendship opportunities to people with disabilities and their families. Alongside our current work, we continue to develop our plans to build the UK’s first dedicated play, exercise and social inclusion destination for children and young people with disabilities and their families.

Gympanzees Comes to You

Roadshow

Our Pop-Up events are hugely popular with families. But in 2021 we did things slightly differently, we brought you the magic of Gympanzees, in a way that was Covid safe and accessible.

Roadshow

A permanent home for Gympanzees

Project Home

Our mission has always been to find a permanent home - a play, exercise and social facility that will have everything under one roof for our families. Project Home is a campaign that will help that dream become a reality.

Our Appeal

Play, exercise and build friendships

Pop Ups

Our Pop Ups offer a variety of activities, from specialised gyms and sensory rooms to therapy suites and social cafés, they provide the chance to exercise, play and build friendships for the whole family.

Pop Ups

How to Support Us

Please support us if you can through a donation or get involved and fundraise for us. Your donation will will help protect the physical and mental health of 1,000s of children and young people with disabilities by meeting their needs and supporting them and their families with professional guidance and access to specialist equipment.