We open our doors next year!
The UK's first fully inclusive exercise, play and leisure centre
The inclusive world of fun & fitness
Go Bananas for Gympanzees!
29th September - 3rd November
Let’s go bananas this October! We’ve already raised £9 million, but from 29th September to 3rd of November, we need one last public push and have five weeks to raise £350,000. Help us open a permanent centre where disabled children and young people can play, move and belong.
Join us in fundraising this Autumn and help us open the doors.
How much has been raised so far...
*Raise £200 or more by 13th October and you'll be entered into our prize draw to win a 6-month Gympanzees pass!* [ Prize draw T&Cs below at the bottom of the page ]
Imagine a place where everyone can belong.
The total cost of the campaign:
£11,500,000
What’s been raised so far:
£9,000,000
Our Mission
To create fully inclusive spaces that improve health outcomes for disabled children and young people by offering regular exercise and therapeutic play while addressing the isolation faced by these children and their families.
Why We Help
There are 100,000 young people with disabilities within an hour of Bristol and over 1.8 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.
"You've opened up a world in which we can just exist exactly how we need to."
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*`Go Bananas’ Fundraiser Prize Draw – Terms & Conditions
- To enter, you must create an individual Chuffed fundraising page linked to the Gympanzees Go Bananas Crowdfunder: Sign up as a fundraiser | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising – https://chuffed.org/project/go-bananas-for-gympanzees/signup
- A minimum of £200 raised by 11:59pm on 13 October 2026 is needed to qualify for one entry into the prize draw.
- You will receive one additional entry for every further £200 raised by the deadline. There is no limit to the number of entries.
- Only funds showing on your linked Chuffed fundraising page by the closing time will count towards your entries.
- One winner will be selected at random and contacted using the details associated with their fundraising page.
- The prize is a 6-month Gympanzees pass, valid for six months from the opening of the Gympanzees Centre in Spring 2027, subject to Gympanzees’ usual booking terms, availability and eligibility requirements.
- The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
- Gympanzees reserves the right to amend, suspend or withdraw the draw if circumstances outside its reasonable control make this necessary.
Promoter: Gympanzees, Registered Charity No. 1189375.